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nullBolt

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"Not the Sunlight!" - Making creatures that hate sunlight?
« on: January 16, 2016, 11:44:33 am »

Hey, guys, does anyone have any idea how to rig up an interaction or something that makes creatures sick if they go into direct sunlight? Like cave adaptation but more extreme?

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Re: "Not the Sunlight!" - Making creatures that hate sunlight?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2016, 11:56:06 am »

Give the creature the CAVE_ADAPT tag and a constant secretion (or self-targeting interaction, but those are less reliable nowadays) that applies two syndromes.
Make the first syndrome cause a constant detrimental effect.
Make the second syndrome nullify this effect, and put the tag [CE:COUNTER_TRIGGER:CAVE_ADAPT:0:NO_END:REQUIRED] after it.  This will cause the syndrome to activate when the creature goes into a cave.
For example, the first syndrome can be constant severe vomiting, and the second can add NONAUSEA.

EDIT: Also note that 'inside a building but not underground' still counts as outside for these purposes.

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Re: "Not the Sunlight!" - Making creatures that hate sunlight?
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2016, 12:04:05 pm »

Give the creature the CAVE_ADAPT tag and a constant secretion (or self-targeting interaction, but those are less reliable nowadays) that applies two syndromes.
Make the first syndrome cause a constant detrimental effect.
Make the second syndrome nullify this effect, and put the tag [CE:COUNTER_TRIGGER:CAVE_ADAPT:0:NO_END:REQUIRED] after it.  This will cause the syndrome to activate when the creature goes into a cave.
For example, the first syndrome can be constant severe vomiting, and the second can add NONAUSEA.

EDIT: Also note that 'inside a building but not underground' still counts as outside for these purposes.

Beautiful. Thank you. I think that's perfect for my purposes.
« Last Edit: January 16, 2016, 12:11:36 pm by nullBolt »
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Re: "Not the Sunlight!" - Making creatures that hate sunlight?
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2016, 07:14:26 pm »

Instead of the second syndrome adding nonausea, you're better off making that syndrome have a synclass that the bad interaction can't effect.
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