I'm trying to set up a teleporter and looking at the Academy to Church of Vows teleporter as an example. But I'm not sure what the 3024188 is supposed to be in this: InitializeCommonEvent(0, 90005605, 14001660, 3024188, 1037462650, 14000000, 14002660, 14002661, 14002662, 0, 0, 0, 0);
#[Solved] Teleporter event question
knotty scroll
lunar rose
the parameters for many common events are documented here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ow70jB6mkE22KfpKhdip32y_Vowcdm0HP2y8MHlFl1o/edit?gid=0#gid=0
ah yeah, I see the issue
that number represents the combined first 4 arguments of the WarpPlayer instruction
it's a bit of a special case, because those arguments are 1 byte each, rather than the usual 4 bytes
so darkscript reads them all as one argument
I can't remember how you convert it to the 4 arguments it's supposed to be, but considering the destination of the warp, that number should stand for 60, 37, 46, 0
that being the map code for church of vows
it's a bit of a pain because if you want to use that common_func for your own purposes, you need to do the same conversion in the opposite direction, and I'm not sure how that works, need to look into it
if you try to use 4 separate 1-byte arguments there, the game will most likely crash on load, because darkscript interprets each argument as the full 4 byte length
knotty scroll
I'm sorry, I'm unsure if I understood everything you explained. But I can understand that there are some difficulties.
So, how do I figure out the first 4 arguments of the WarpPlayer instruction and do the same conversion in the opposite direction?
lunar rose
#elden-ring-modding message
yeah it's not exactly a beginner emevd topic
I haven't actually messed with it myself yet
tbh to avoid all this, if I were to do stuff with waygates I'd just create my own separate event in common_func
copying the existing event 90005605, but changing those four 1-byte arguments to be 4-bytes instead
then I'd be able to initialize that event with the 4 usual map ID arguments, instead of having to do conversions and what not
so basically:
$Event(90005605, Restart, function(X0_4, X4_1, X5_1, X6_1, X7_1, X8_4, X12_4, X16_4, X20_4, X24_4, X28_4, X32_4, X36_4, X40_4)
would become
$Event(90005699, Restart, function(X0_4, X4_4, X8_4, X12_4, X16_4, X20_4, X24_4, X28_4, X32_4, X36_4, X40_4, X44_4, X48_4, X52_4) {
discord formatting pls
if you don't know how parameterized events work this probably flies completely over your head tho 😅
knotty scroll
if you don't know how parameterized events work this probably flies completely o...
I'm afraid, yes...
I'm trying to understand...
knotty scroll
How can setting up a single teleporter be this difficult...
lunar rose
such is life when you're decompiling code in a game not designed to be modded 😅
it's a bit of a limitation in darkscript at the moment
it may be easier to just try the conversion method
I want to learn this myself anyway
also, there are many other ways to do warps
you don't necessarily have to use the existing event for waygates
you could also create your own which waits for the player to interact with the waygate (or whatever object you choose), shows a yes/no prompt and warps the player if they select yes
I helped someone make something similar recently, to revive a boss
also involved a warp for that matter, to reload the area
for now let me just look into the parameter conversion method
it may be easier than we think
yep, following matt's instructions from the message I linked earlier
3024188 is equal to 60, 37, 46, 0 as I guessed
so you can easily do it the other way around with that tool
what map would you want to warp to?
knotty scroll
Roundtable Hold
lunar rose
alright, do you know how to find the map code for that?
knotty scroll
No
lunar rose
easiest way would be with the map editor in smithbox, since it has a search field
but it's also doable manually in darkscript
11 10 00 00
so if we use https://cryptii.com/pipes/integer-converter with the correct settings
the result is 2571
that would be the number you'd need to use in the event initialization, instead of 3024188
you need to do more things though, you also need a spawn point entity ID
you can find them with smithbox's map editor
(and create a spawn point if needed, but I imagine not in this case)
knotty scroll
I'll try and let you know how it goes
lunar rose
sure, feel free to ask anything 👍
knotty scroll
It keeps intensifying, and I can't even interact with the teleporter
lunar rose
lmao I've seen that mentioned before
I don't know why it happens, but it's probably some parameter not being correct
lunar rose
idk, just guessing, I've never implemented one of those
I was looking at the event itself but I can't find anything related to that behavior
knotty scroll
my save is just haunted Ig
So what now?
Should I change the post to: [UNSOLVED]?
knotty scroll
Here: InitializeCommonEvent(0, 90005605, 24001660, 2571, 2037462650, 24000000, 24002660, 24002661, 24002662, 0, 0, 0, 0);
lunar rose
and you added this to the chapel of anticipation map, is it?
knotty scroll
yes, that I did
lunar rose
ok, so you're using entity ID 24001660
you gave this waygate that entity ID in the map editor?
knotty scroll
yes
lunar rose
2037462650 is the spawn point entity ID parameter, it's still pointing to the church of vows
shouldn't be the cause of these problems, but still something you'll need to fix
you need to replace it with a spawn point entity ID from the roundtable
they're in region > spawnpoint
11102020 is the typical spawnpoint at the table
lunar rose
still can't interact?
knotty scroll
yep
knotty scroll
let me know if you find anything
lunar rose
I was looking at #elden-ring-modding message
but I think you're already doing everything right based on that
so idk
ok, try changing 24000000 to 0
knotty scroll
right
lunar rose
hmm... I wonder if these event flags are valid, too
24_00_00_00 is not an existing map after all
knotty scroll
nope
lunar rose
alright, let's try this
change:
the waygate's entity ID 24001660 to 10011990, both in the event script and in the map editor
knotty scroll
only the waygate's entity ID?
lunar rose
24002660, 24002661, 24002662
to
10012990, 10012991, 10012992
knotty scroll
gotcha
knotty scroll
last one, you mean 24002662 to 10011992?
lunar rose
I fixed it
knotty scroll
I see
lunar rose
yeah so those are event flags
I was using 1xxx before which is permanent flags, shouldn't be used for interactions like this
need 2xxx instead
and it also follows the vanilla convention of the event flags being entity ID +1000
which may be important
there's a lot of stuff like that
according to the message I linked those flags also control the vfx somehow
which I would have never guessed
knotty scroll
It worked
knotty scroll
praise be
lunar rose
had to dig a fair bit in discord search to find that lol
lunar rose
no problem
so yeah, the lesson: follow vanilla conventions as much as possible :D
usually when numbers are set up a certain way, there's a reason for it
lunar rose
and it's always a good idea to use existing map IDs as base for custom ones
like here, for the entity ID of the waygate, I used 1001 as base (the chapel of anticipation map code)
then 1990
1xxx is the convention for asset objects
knotty scroll
Ah, that makes sense
