I have a "gouge" skill that occassionally blinds the opponent if they aren't wearing headgear. I don't want the blind to be permanent, just for a few combat rounds. I took either do_kick or do_bash (i don't remember which) and modified it for the new do_gouge.
Relevant code from act.offensive.c:
ACMD(do_gouge)
{
char arg[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH];
struct char_data *vict;
struct affected_type af;
int percent, prob;
if (IS_NPC(ch) || !GET_SKILL(ch, SKILL_GOUGE)) {
send_to_char(ch, "You have no idea how.\r\n");
return;
}
one_argument(argument, arg);
if (!(vict = get_char_vis(ch, arg, NULL, FIND_CHAR_ROOM))) {
if (FIGHTING(ch) && IN_ROOM(ch) == IN_ROOM(FIGHTING(ch))) {
vict = FIGHTING(ch);
} else {
send_to_char(ch, "Gouge who?\r\n");
return;
}
}
if (vict == ch) {
send_to_char(ch, "That is not a great idea...\r\n");
return;
}
/* 101% is a complete failure */
percent = ((10 - (compute_armor_class(vict) / 10)) * 2) + rand_number(1, 101);
prob = GET_SKILL(ch, SKILL_GOUGE);
if (AFF_FLAGGED(ch, AFF_HIDE)) {
prob = (prob + ((GET_SKILL(ch, SKILL_GOUGE)) / 4));
}
if (percent > prob) {
damage(ch, vict, 0, SKILL_GOUGE);
} else if (prob >= percent) {
damage(ch, vict, GET_LEVEL(ch) / 2, SKILL_GOUGE);
if (!AFF_FLAGGED(vict, AFF_BLIND))
{
if (MOB_FLAGGED(vict, MOB_NOBLIND) || GET_LEVEL(vict) >= LVL_IMMORT) {
send_to_char(ch, "Your opponent cannot be blinded.\r\n");
} else if (GET_EQ(vict, 6) != NULL) {
send_to_char(ch, "Your victim's headwear prevents you from blinding them.\r\n");
} else {
new_affect(&af);
af.spell = SKILL_GOUGE;
af.location = APPLY_HITROLL;
af.modifier = -3;
af.duration = PULSE_VIOLENCE * 4;
SET_BIT_AR(af.bitvector, AFF_BLIND);
affect_to_char(vict, &af);
new_affect(&af);
af.spell = SKILL_GOUGE;
af.location = APPLY_AC;
af.modifier = 20;
af.duration = PULSE_VIOLENCE * 4;
SET_BIT_AR(af.bitvector, AFF_BLIND);
affect_to_char(vict, &af);
GET_WAIT_STATE(vict) = PULSE_VIOLENCE * 3;
act("\tgYou temporarily \tWblind\tg $N\tn.", FALSE, ch, 0, vict, TO_CHAR);
act("\tg$N is temporarily \tWblinded\tn.", TRUE, ch, 0, vict, TO_NOTVICT);
//act("\tgYou viciously gouge $N's face, blinding him!\tn.", FALSE, ch, 0, vict, TO_CHAR);
}
}
}
GET_WAIT_STATE(ch) = PULSE_VIOLENCE * 2;
}
As it sits now, the blind lasts 80-something hours. I can't figure out where that's coming from, but my guess it that it has to do with PULSE_VIOLENCE?
Forgive me, C isn't my native language. I'm really hacking things together through a combination of snippets, docs, and inference from reading the code, with help from VS Code's "Peek Definition" context option.
Any thoughts on how to set a proper affect duration are greatly appreciated
