Post: #1

Howdy all just thought i'd add a good mimic (or doppleganger) char that could be interesting to add.

How It Works:

MIMIC:

1. The NPC sees its target and copys the equipment and combat stats.
2. The NPC evaluates if the stats of the character benefits most through either magery or other combat skills through the characters Intelligence. If the intelligence of the character is under 100, It will assume it is a melee character and remove all the intelligence and mana it owns and charges with the users weapon (or just shoots if archer).
3. On death the NPC drops standard loot through a template.
4. Upon Killing an opponent, the Mimic will remove it's transformed tag and become ready to morph again upon seeing a new player. If it doesnt kill and the player leaves, it will retain the form until killing or until death.

DARK MIMIC:

1. The NPC sees its target and copys the equipment, colours them dark and copies combat stats whilst increasing the magery stats by times 4.
2. The NPC evaluates if the stats of the character benefits most through either magery or other combat skills through the characters Intelligence. If the intelligence of the character is under 100, It will assume it is a melee character and remove all the intelligence and mana it owns and charges with the users weapon (or just shoots if archer). The dexterity and strength of the Dark Mimic is four times the amount of the person it copied and if qualified, also 4 times the intelligence.
3. On death, the Dark Mimic spawns a Dark Mount, which is tameable and fairly strong. (NOTE IT ONLY COPIES HORSES, LLAMAS, OSTARDS AND ZOS, IT DOES NOT COPY ANY OTHER MOUNT UNLESS THE EVENT IS MODIFIED). It still drops loot from it's corpse
4. Upon Killing an opponent, the Dark Mimic will remove it's transformed tag and become ready to morph again upon seeing a new player. If it doesnt kill and the player leaves, it will retain the form until killing or until death.

Post: #2

Little disappointed here... Writing "created by UltimaAku" at the top when it is 98% copied from the script that RanXerox posted for you (yes I know it was tagged author unknown) is a bit much.

Post: #3

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Picasso

Post: #4

Quote: RanXerox has the script very similar to mine, only in a different order, all of it was working apart from the mount, i wasnt sure on the layer.

That was the post i'd displated whilst i was making the script, it does look similar cause it was written very similar, hence why i added this. I actually was afraid to publish this after i asked for help on it because i thought someone might say somthing like that, but meh, thats life. Anyone can use it and enjoy

Post: #5

this would be the perfect place for a forloop me thinks:


[function copy_gear]
ref1=<args>
for 24
if (<local._for>==21) || (<local._for>==16) || (<local._for>==11)
local._for += 1
else
serv.newitem <ref1.findlayer.<local._for>.baseid>
equip <new>
new.color=any color
endif
endfor
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This submission was a good idea, i added something similar to my server. Doppelganger's are fun!

Post: #6

oo very nice ^^ didnt even think of that, i won't alter my script as it follows the purpose i wanted it to (copies a persons form until it kills someone then has the ability to change again) and yea, its great for an unusual location leading up to a champion.

Post: #7

yeah, im going to put a few in some random locations just to add some flavor to the server. ill pm you what i did with mine just so you can look at it if you'd like

Post: #8

sweet i'll check it out i aready added my mimics to the server, stuck them at the Yew underground building. My server is full of people who have never played UO before so they flip whe they see a copy of them attacking them