Thekals Lua Tutorial

[bettleman]

thanks for the guide..

[munkenfunk]

Thank you for the Tutorials , it helped alot, + Rep for You (:

[Mildan]

Hey Thekal man, I have alittle request for your guide.
Like the gossip but that some menus only show if its a special race or class and such.
That would help me alot and alot others too I think.

[Scubasage]

Great guide, although the spawn creature function isn't too clear.

ex: Unit:SpawnCreature (9994, x, y, z, o, 14 ,60000)

I assume 9994 is the creature ID, but what are the 14 and the 60000?

[Agent Orange]

Thanks this was useful

[Baelzebub]

Nice work man, helps alot.
3x +rep

[Linkn]

Great guide, although the spawn creature function isn't too clear.

ex: Unit:SpawnCreature (9994, x, y, z, o, 14 ,60000)

I assume 9994 is the creature ID, but what are the 14 and the 60000?

14 is the faction (Hostile) 60000 is how long it lasts in milliseconds. eg: 1 second = 1000 milliseconds.

[Ashyda]

amazing. seriously amazing

+2 rep

[Scubasage]

how long it lasts in milliseconds? So, you can only spawn timed life mobs? You can't summon a mob that lasts until it dies? Or do I have to give it a ridiculously long spawn time so that it stays?

Also, if I wanted to spawn multiple mobs, how would I do that? Say I wanted to spawn ten mobs when the boss reaches 75%. Would I have to add the spawn Function in the phase set of functions ten times and then register it ten times?

[Linkn]

In response to Scubasage, if you put 0 for the time, the mob will last until death. As for the second part, its actually very simple. You just have the spawn listed ten times within the phase function. You then just register the phase one time. Like this:

Unit:RegisterEvent("Boss_Phase1", 1000, 0)

function Boss_Phase1(Unit, Event)
if Unit:GetHealthPct() <= 75 then
Unit:RemoveEvents()
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
Unit:SpawnCreature (ID, x, y, z, o, 14 ,0);
end
end

That will spawn ten hostile mobs when the boss reached 75%, the mobs will also stay until killed.

[Scubasage]

Ok, that's what I thought, but I didn't know about the o time thing. I was just planning to make them last much longer than the boss fight (10 min for a 5 min fight) xD

Two last questions. I assume that the x and y coordinates are the ones you'd see in-game using a coordinate add-on, and that z would be the height, but what is the o for?

Finally, in the boss phases, (as an example, I'll show the script for my boss), the command to start a phase based on health is like this:
function Generalrooke_Phase1(Unit, Event)
if Unit:GetHealthPct() <= 80 then

If I wanted the phases to be based on time (say, after 2 min the boss enters phase 2), what would I replace the GetHealthPct() part with?

[Linkn]

Actually, no need for coordinate addon, just do .gps while in game. o is the orientation that comes up with using .gps in game. Making timed fights wouldn't necessarily require the phase function. I think it would be based on the registers more so. I'm not totally sure this would work but its worth a shot.

Unit:RegisterEvent("Boss_Switch1", 120000, 0)

That would call the next part of the script in 2 minutes. Then you could just name the function

function Boss_Switch1(Unit,Event)

and act as if that were the phase. A little sample script so its easier to understand

function Boss_OnCombat(Unit, Event)
Unit:SendChatMessage(14, 0, "La la laaaaaa Die.")
Unit:RegisterEvent("G_Switch1", 120000, 0)        
end

function Boss_Switch1(Unit, Event)
Unit:RemoveEvents()
Unit:SendChatMessage(12, 8, "Your time is up, Die.")
end

Stonehary made a timed script I believe, I'll check it out and see what he did and see if its like this.

[Scubasage]

Oh, I wasn't saying you'd use the coordinate add-on, I was just making a refrence as to what the x and y values are.

I can see how what would work, but if there were more than one timed event, for example, phase 1 starts at 2 min then phase 2 starts at 4 min, in a script like that, wouldn't the phases interfere with each other?

Thanks for all the help, now I just need to learn how to make custom spells xD

[Linkn]

They wouldnt interfere you would just register the the phase at the end of the first like so.

function Boss_OnCombat(Unit, Event)
Unit:SendChatMessage(14, 0, "La la laaaaaa Die.")
Unit:RegisterEvent("G_Switch1", 120000, 0)        
end

function Boss_Switch1(Unit, Event)
Unit:RemoveEvents()
Unit:SendChatMessage(12, 8, "2 More mins till you die.")
Unit:RegisterEvent("G_Switch2", 120000, 0)    
end

function Boss_Switch2(Unit, Event)
Unit:RemoveEvents()
Unit:SendChatMessage(12, 8, "Now you die.")  
end

2 minutes for the first phase, then after 2 minutes being in the first phase he goes onto the second. As for custom spells, its possible in theory but I have yet to see it done. Also its tremendous amounts of work to do it and needs client-side patches to work.

[Scubasage]

Yeah, I know, but I'm going to do it. If I can actually get the custom spells to work, then that will boost my server's popularity by a ridiculous amount. And I want the bosses to actually be unique, like real brand new bosses, not some cheap tank and spank or clone bosses (only one of my bosses will be a clone, but I need to edit his spells anyways... a lvl 60 boss with lvl 60 spells doesn't hurt much lol).

Which would be easier? Creating new spells from scratch or editing old ones?