Get Mounted II (the sequeal)

[Ememjr]

so way back when Gangrenous was getting his NPC's mounted, after seeing how exciting it was i have decided to Get Mounted myself.
but apparently i just dont have it anymore and need help.

I have set item # 47476 as usable, so when i right click it i can use it, i have also issigned a script to the item, i made it very sipmple for now, once i get it working, i will add more to dismount if already mounted, etc.

so when i right click the item and select use. nothing appears to happen, i debug it and it doe show the script executeing and the setmount funtion executing, and then i get lost and get timed out on client during my stepping,

what am i missing, should i select a different model id?

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--[[
	Script Name		:	ItemScripts/GenericMount.lua
	Script Purpose	:	Use a mount
	Script Author	:	Ememjr
	Script Date		:	9/18/2017
	Script Notes	:	Halasian Draft Horse item id's 46615,46616
						use will mount/dismount
						examine has option to convert to house item
--]]



function used(Item, Player)
	SetMount(Player, 6828)
end

[Ememjr]

i need a place to store the equipmount and appearance mount that you see in character screen /mounts
i am thinking to add 3 columns to the character details
1. mount equip slot (index from mount list)
2. mount appearance slot (index from mount list)
3. current mount (only if we are not already storing peristant buffs that persist through log out ( since the horse is a buff (spell)

the thing i am unsure of is where to store in in the player, i am guessing info_struct but i could not find it

[Ememjr]

i did get mounts to show up in the mounts tab though

mounts.JPG

[Jabantiz]

If the ID is not a valid mount I do not think it will show at all, we really should get a list of valid mount model id's. Another common issue is that mounts are toggled off in options on the character sheet, I have had that several times and wasted a lot of time trying to figure out why mounts didn't show...

character_details would probably be a good table to store this info, the current mount should probably be left off and handled in the maintained buffs whenever that is added though. This will also mean you will need to change the item scripts to cast a spell in the future.

info, vis, and pos structs are shared across all spawns, specifically they relate to the xml structs in the packets that are required for all spawns. As this is a player only thing it shouldn't be added to those structs and will be fine as just normal variables in the player class.

[Ememjr]

i believe you may hit the nail on the head with the mounts turned off in options i will test that later tonight

yep my mounts were set to never display in OPtions

[Ememjr]

ok I can now get mounted, but it seems that when on live and you sommon a mount it goes to the spell effects windows as well
are we going to need to add all the mounts to spells in order to summon them and for them to use there effects properly, or is there another way to do this

* i should be able to post the struct and code changes to the forums tonight

[Jabantiz]

It will have to be a spell per mount for the players.

[Ememjr]

that uderstood, but can it be a spell they can not see or cast directly ie, would never show in spell window, when they press K

[Jabantiz]

yea, as long as they aren't given the spell via spell_classes or from a scroll it will never show up in the knowledge book, it can still be cast from items though.

[Ememjr]

that what i want , since it should be able to be cast from item as well, if the mount is in there inventory