Need help with global/spells/spellid.lua script

[silvergrin46]

After alot of experimenting in game with global/spells/spellid.lua (in my example global/spells/102.lua) and casting
my test spell over and over with minor changes and #reloadquest, also reading this again from
https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/wiki...player-scripts


Spell Events

event_spell_effect

Triggered when a spell affects a target. Passes an event table as an argument:

{
Spell self;
Mob target;
Integer buff_slot;
Integer caster_id;
}
Returning a non-zero value from this function will cancel the spell effect.


It finally sank in how to word this spell file properly. I am now at least getting some reaction when activating the script and I will continue attempting to convert more complex versions of my old perl spell files to lua.

--global/spells/102.lua  test spell target self
--Message is received whenever spell 102 is cast, with or without a target as spell 102 is self only spell

function event_spell_effect(e)

e.target:Message(15, "I just cast a spell FROM SPELL FILE ! "); 

end

Hopefully this will help someone else out at some point.

[silvergrin46]

Many of the functions found here seem to be read correctly upon casting my test spell:

https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/wiki/Lua-Mob

Here is an example script which all displays as it should when the spell is cast and triggers a script to be run from global/spells.

function event_spell_effect(e)

	local P_LVL = e.target:GetLevel(); 	
	local P_RACE = e.target:GetBaseRace(); 
	local P_STR = e.target:GetSTR(); 	
	
	local Mana = e.target:GetMana();
	local ManaCost = (P_LVL*5);
	local NewMana = (Mana - ManaCost);


	e.target:Message(15, "My LEVEL IS: "..P_LVL); 
	e.target:Message(15, "My RACE IS: "..P_RACE);
	e.target:Message(15, "My STR IS: "..P_STR);
	
	e.target:Message(15, "My INITIAL MANA IS: "..Mana);
	e.target:Message(15, "MANACOST TO CAST THIS SPELL IS: "..ManaCost);
	e.target:Message(15, "My MANA TOTAL AFTER CASTING IS: "..NewMana);
	
		if(NewMana < 0) then e.target:Message(5, "You do not have enough mana to use this ability.");
		elseif (NewMana >= 0) then e.target:SetMana(NewMana);
	
	
		end
	end

What one of my goals is to have a spell cast and trigger a script that will cast another spell or trigger the global_player file to cast another spell based on the conditions I specify.

I've tried variations of Selfcast /CastSpell /CastToClient /SignalClient /SignalAllClients etc. and can not seem to get the script to recognize just who e.target really is.

I have figured out how to do so in the lua global_player file, I was just trying to avoid constant access to the player file if I can do so in a separate spell file.