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Hi there all!

I've created a system where some characters have unique abilities they can use, which creates an item that has a timer on it that prevents the ability from working (the item is invisible and on the person).

The ability works perfectly, but i don't have a method of showing the current Cool-down time remaining on the ability. anyone know how I can go about it? I would guess a gump but i wouldn't know how to check the timer of an item in your backpack.

///Human Active - Restore///

///This Active ability was deemed too powerful and thus removed
IF <SRC.RESTEST 1 i_timer_ua_human>
SRC.SYSMESSAGE You must wait until your skill becomes active again.
RETURN 1
ELSE
IF (<tag0.race>==1)
SRC.HITS=(<SRC.HITS>+(<SRC.MAXHITS>/2))
SRC.STAM=(<SRC.STAM>+(<SRC.MAXSTAM>/2))
SRC.MANA=(<SRC.MANA>+(<SRC.MAXMANA>/2))
MHC
MMC
MSC
SRC.NEWITEM=i_timer_UA_Human
SRC.ACT.EQUIP
SRC.SOUND 491
effect=3,i_fx_sparkle,6,15,1
RETURN 0
ENDIF

[function MHC]
IF (<SRC.HITS> > <SRC.MAXHITS>)
SRC.HITS=<SRC.MAXHITS>
RETURN 0
ENDIF

[function MMC]
IF (<SRC.MANA> > <SRC.MAXMANA>)
SRC.MANA=<SRC.MAXMANA>
RETURN 0
ENDIF

[function MSC]
IF (<SRC.STAM> > <SRC.MAXSTAM>)
SRC.STAM=<SRC.MAXSTAM>
RETURN 0
ENDIF

[ITEMDEF i_timer_UA_human]
NAME=Delay Teleport
ID=i_handr_1
TYPE=T_EQ_SCRIPT

ON=@Create
ATTR=attr_invis|attr_decay
MORE1=24

ON=@Equip
TIMER=1

ON=@Timer
// Take the effect we would like.
if ( <CONT> )
if ( <MORE1> )
MORE1 -= 1
TIMER=1
return 1
else
CONT.SYSMESSAGE Your Refresh ability is ready
CONT.TAG.UA1=
SOUND=1450
remove
endif
endif
// normal timer fall through is to delete the item
remove
return 1

I would use a tag to store the timer's uid and then use it to recover timer's more1


Then add the following to clear the tag


So now in your gump you can show the timer using <UID.<SRC.TAG.UA1UID>.MORE1>

you can use FINDID to get some info about the item

As i read Coruja's post i remembered that a script like this was used as an example on the wiki's Occam's Razor section

Artyk, Brilliant, i'll try it out and let you know if it works

Didn't work... however, i did make a change which did. Now for the part i don't know. How can I make it so the gump has a countdown on it? It's a permanent gump but i want a countdown to appear on the second gumppic (i know the locations wrong for the text, just getting the function to work first)

[DIALOG DRACONIAN_PA]
200,200
noclose
resizepic 0 0 9250 251 100
dtext 21 18 455 Passive - Tough Scales
dtext 149 18 455 Active - Blood Boil
dtext 149 25 455 <EVAL <SRC.TAG.COOLDOWN>>
gumppic 41 39 2253
gumppic 169 39 2295

the countdown number is SRC.TAG.COOLDOWN, but the gump doesn't change unless i re-open the dialog.

you can call dialog when timer change?

problem with that is, my gump appears and stays with the player on login, so it's always there. re-opening the dialog would move it back to it's origional location (200,200)

UPDATE:

I decided to make the gump static, and gone with azmanomer's idea. Problem is, the dialog will not open or close when put in the timer of the item

[ITEMDEF i_timer_UA_draco1]
NAME=Delay Teleport
ID=i_handr_1
TYPE=T_EQ_SCRIPT

ON=@Create
ATTR=attr_invis|attr_decay
MORE1=22
SRC.TAG.COOLDOWN=<MORE1>

ON=@Equip
TIMER=1

ON=@Timer
// Take the effect we would like.
if ( <CONT> )
if ( <MORE1> )
MORE1 -= 1
CONT.TAG.COOLDOWN -= 1
TIMER=1
CONT.DIALOGCLOSE DRACONIAN_PA
CONT.DIALOG DRACONIAN_PA
return 1
else
CONT.SYSMESSAGE Your Blood Boil ability is ready
CONT.TAG.UA1=
SOUND=1450
remove
endif
endif
// normal timer fall through is to delete the item
remove
return 1

i can work that just like this otherwise it wont open dialog i dont know why

[function haha]
dialogclose d_status
dialog d_status

[ITEMDEF i_timer_UA_draco1]
NAME=Delay Teleport
ID=i_handr_1
TYPE=T_EQ_SCRIPT

ON=@Create
ATTR=attr_invis|attr_decay
MORE1=22
SRC.TAG.COOLDOWN=<MORE1>

ON=@Timer
// Take the effect we would like.
//if ( <CONT> )
say <cont> <src>
if ( <MORE1> > 0 )
MORE1 -= 1
CONT.TAG.COOLDOWN -= 1
TIMER=1
CONT.timerf 0 haha
return 1
else
CONT.SYSMESSAGE Your Blood Boil ability is ready
CONT.TAG.UA1=
SOUND=1450
remove
endif