Ingrediences

[Grey]

You'd have to scum a lot to get the right monster eventually. It's a poor solution to the problem.

[Nyx]

Wyrms should probably be less frequent inclusions on the list given how decently rare they are in the game. You dont' find wyrms very often, yet it seems like at least 1-3 of your starting 4 quests will need a wyrm part. And one of mine needs a multi-hued wyrm part... i think i've only seen one of those *once* in all my TOME play.

[darkgod]

And be glad you did !

[Miruko]

i wonder if is possible to make the monsters drop always the ingredients, no matter if you have the quest or not...

[darkgod]

It would be such a huge flood of items :/

[Miruko]

well, now if i found an ingredient it will stop appearing, so one per monster is enough, they spawn just once...

[Dervis]

Couldn't we just make sure the specific monster we're hunting would be there...
The idea is adding a little bit of code to make sure to create a monster on an acessible area.

Using some of the code of the backup guardians.

class/Game.lua 528

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 -- Check if we need to add an alchemist quest monster
	self.state:zoneCheckAlchemistMonster()

class/Gamestate.lua

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	self.allow_alchemist_monsters = {}

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--- Setup an alchemist monster for the given zone
function _M:activateAlchemistMonster(monster, on_level)
	print("Setting up Alchemist monster", monster)
	self.allow_alchemist_monsters[game.zone.short_name] =
	{
		name = game.zone.name,
		monster = monster,
		on_level = on_level,
	}
end

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--- Activate a monster for Alchemist quest
function _M:zoneCheckAlchemistMonster()
	-- Spawn the new monster
	if self.allow_alchemist_monsters[game.zone.short_name] and self.allow_alchemist_monsters[game.zone.short_name].on_level == game.level.level then
		local data = self.allow_alchemist_monsters[game.zone.short_name]

		-- Place the monster, we do not check for connectivity, vault or whatever, the player is supposed to be strong enough to get there
		local m = game.zone:makeEntityByName(game.level, "actor", data.monster)
		if m then
			local x, y = rng.range(0, game.level.map.w - 1), rng.range(0, game.level.map.h - 1)
			local tries = 0
			while not m:canMove(x, y) and tries < 100 do
				x, y = rng.range(0, game.level.map.w - 1), rng.range(0, game.level.map.h - 1)
				tries = tries + 1
			end
			if tries < 100 then
				game.zone:addEntity(game.level, m, "actor", x, y)
				print("monster allocated: ", data.monster, m.uid, m.name)
			end
		else
			print("WARNING: Monster not found: ", data.monster)
		end

		if data.action then data.action(true) end
		self.allow_alchemist_monsters[game.zone.short_name] = nil
	end
end

Still missing the quest code.... trying to figure it out.
And I think this one will a zone descriptor too, I'll get on it later.

[darkgod]

Hum yes it's indeed possible.

I just commited something else though, the adventurer's parties that wander the map now have a chance to drop an ingredient you need, which makes sense since they have been around killing stuff too