Feature - Implemented Register Stomping Boots' paste "drops" in its drops_today and drops_limit fields

ereinion

ereinion

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Register Stomping Boots' paste "drops" in its drops_today and drops_limit fields

I would very much appreciate it if you included pastes obtained from the Stomping Boots' Release the Boots skill into its proxy-fields. I can see why you might not, as the drops_limit might vary if you e.g. use Release the Boots versus boss monsters, and since it can be argued that the pastes aren't drops from the boots, but from the skill. However it would make it much easier to loop over what familiars drop (a set number of) items after combat, as this was what I was doing when I discovered that both of its fields were equal to zero, even though I had used it earlier during the day. I know I can use properties to track this instead, but I am hoping to deal with as many familiars as possible without having to handle too many special cases (Stomping Boots, Goth Kid, etc).
 
They are, but what does that have to do with his request?

The monster's phylum determines what paste you get when you use the skill "Release the Boots" which can only be used a total of 7 times a day. After using "Release the Boots" you get a paste determined by the phylum of the monster you used it again, but if you used it on a boss you don't get any paste at all.

I suggest that the skill usage would be listed in the drops_today proxy field regardless of it actually producing a paste and the drops_limit would be 7.
 
You see, I was completely unable to parse his request. Re-reading it, with your commentary, and I still don't get it.

What "proxy field" is he talking about? The monster's? He is asking for "which pastes" - and I pointed out that "which paste" you get from a monster is determined by the phylum.

OK. Does a skill have a "proxy field"? It does. So, he wants "which pastes" are available using that skill? Near as I can see - including what you just told me - the answer is ANY paste - depending on which monster you use it against, since there doesn't seem to be a "one per day per paste" limit, that either he or you mentioned.

Or is he asking to track how many times you have successfully used the skill? Isn't that tracked in the "_bootStomps" setting?

So, what exactly, is he asking for here?

Your condescending response answered exactly none of those questions.

Fuck it. I own the familiar - since I buy every IOTM - but I never have - and never will - use it, since I am completely uninterested in "fiddly" things. I will not be the one implementing this feature - whatever the fuck it is - so I will no longer be looking at this thread. Presumably somebody who intuitively understands what is being asked for - like you, although you completely failed to transmit that knowledge in your response - will pick it up.
 
This seems tied to the $familiar[stomping boots] proxy record. There's certainly _bootStomps as Veracity pointed out, but there really isn't a way to denote multiple items in $familiar[].drop_item as it stands (not like there isn't precedent -- cotton candy carnie, fist turkey both can drop multiple items, but we don't denote either explicitly).

Without significant changes to the code, I can add a listener to _bootStomps, I suppose.
 
Veracity said:
Your condescending response answered exactly none of those questions.
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I did not intend to be condescending. You of all people know what it is like when others misinterpret you as condescending, so hopefully you'll understand.

Anyway, my initial statement was intended to convey that there was a miscommunication. I then tried to explain how it works in hopes that the problem would become clear. Obviously I failed to find the point of confusion. I think that hee-3 answered the question.

The reason I support this is because before the familiar proxy for fields drops_today, drops_limit, and charges were added; these things were all handled by preferences like _bootStomps, but many familiar drop stats were eventually moved to proxy fields for the sake of uniformity. $familiar[Pair of Stomping Boots] is a straggler in this regard.
 
Bale said:
I did not intend to be condescending. You of all people know what it is like when others misinterpret you as condescending, so hopefully you'll understand.
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Explanation accepted. ;)

Looks like heeheehee understood what was needed, so, hopefully, everybody should be happy.
 
Having a look at the latest build, it appears this feature is implemented satisfactorily for me, even if I communicated the request poorly - thanks a lot for that. Apparently posting a request late at night, and then going to bed so I wasn't around to clarify was a bad idea, and I'm sorry about that.

In case anyone still want a clarification, my request was basically that the property _pasteDrops (or maybe _bootStomps) was counted in the proxy-field drops_today, and that the maximum amount of uses of "Release the Boots" was counted in the proxy-field drops_limit.

I suppose I was rambling a bit >_>
 
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