Grey wrote:
Add a "collapse_immunty" variable and make her and other sandworms immune to the effects of falling sand. Also make them not require breath of course.
Sandworm tunnelers don't follow preset paths, so this could lead to the queen being stuck (alive and fine) in sand for large amounts of time. This has an obvious solution: have tunnelers regularly move towards the sandworm queen. That behavior could be done as a change to the sandworm tunneler AI or (much cooler in my opinion) add a talent to the sandworm queen that calls all tunnelers to her and have a log message show up regardless of line of sight, something like "You hear a mighty bellow resonate through the hardpacked walls." Once the tunnelers reach the queen's location they will again pick random rooms to travel to... voila! Here is an untested talent that should do that: (note the particle effect should be updated... note sure what would look best)
Code:
newTalent{
name = "Sandworm Call",
type = {"wild-gift/other", 1},
points = 5,
cooldown = 20,
tactical = {
CLOSEIN = 10,
},
range = 0,
radius = 20,
target = function(self, t)
return {type="ball", range=self:getTalentRange(t), radius=self:getTalentRadius(t)}
end,
action = function(self, t)
local tg = self:getTalentTarget(t)
self:project(tg, self.x, self.y, function(px, py)
local act = game.level.map(px, py, engine.Map.ACTOR)
if act then
if act.define_as == "SANDWORM_TUNNELER" then
act.ai_state.spot_x = self.x
act.ai_state.spot_y = self.y
elseif act.player then
game.logPlayer(act, "You hear a mighty bellow resonate through the hardpacked walls.")
end
end
end)
game.level.map:particleEmitter(self.x, self.y, tg.radius, "ball_light", {radius=tg.radius})
game:playSoundNear(self, "talents/devouringflame")
return true
end,
info = function(self, t)a
local radius = self:getTalentRadius(t)
return ([[Calls sandworm tunnelers within a radius of %d to you.
]]):format(radius)
end,
}
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Its fun to watch the loot suddenly appear on the other side of the map though. I've also seen the troll boss drown himself, die to traps, etc. Took me forever to find the spot where he died one game, just so I could get the Rod of Recall.