[Tutorial] Making Portals - The Real Way(LUA)

[pawaox]

Introduction:
There is several ways to make portals. They are mostly all about editing an old Teleport to your gameobject. Then, when you press it, you get teleported. The only problem about that is, that since you editted an old spell, that name comes up while teleporting IE: Goldshire:
Another problem is, that you can run out of old teleports.

You can fix that !
All you gotta do, is to script your gameobjects, and it ain't really hard:

1. Open up your database(HeidiSQL, Navicat ect.)

2. Go to the Gameobject_Names and create an gameobject
EntryID: Any high number
Type: 22
DisplayID: 1327 is Summoning Portal, but you can use like everything else. It could be a skull, a tree or whatever you wish
Spell Focus: 0

O.k.
Now you got the gameobject fixed.

3. Log into your private server, with a GM account
4. Write GPS. That information will be needed in the script.
You will need MapID, X-Coord, Y-Coord, Z-Coord.
(Xcoordinate is North[+] and South[-] -
Ycoordinate is East[>] and West[<] -
Z is Height)

Now The Scripting Part

5. Open up an empty Notepad.
6. Write this in:

function ScriptName(pUnit, Event, pMisc)
           pMisc:Teleport(MapID, X-Coord, Y-Coord, Z-Coord)
end
RegisterGameobjectEvent(GameObjectsENTRYID, 2, "ScriptName")

Breaken Into Parts:

function ScriptName(pUnit, Event, pMisc)

That is the name of the function. Ascent Console will identify this, and match it with an "Register". Make sure this Name is U-N-I-Q-U-E

pMisc:Teleport(MapID, X-Coord, Y-Coord, Z-Coord)

After your script has been recognized, This tells it what to do. In this case it tells to Teleport("pMisc:Teleport")
After that it needs to know where to teleport to, and that is the coordinates

end

Tells the script to end here(IE. no more commands. You could also make it cast a spell, but the end tells it not to do anything else )

RegisterGameObjectEvent(GameObjectsEntryID, 2, "ScriptName"(

Tells it to Register the script. In this case as a GameObject.

RegisterGameobjectEvent(GameObjectsEntryID, 2, "ScriptName")

GameObjectsEntryID is the EntryID you created the Gameobject with. This tells the script what GameObject should teleport u.

2. Means that it is on use(IE: Click)
It could also be 1, which means on spawn

ScriptName is the script name(That you wrote at start)


What the script could look like:

function CustomMallPortal(pUnit, Event, pMisc)
           pMisc:Teleport(530, 1000, 100, 200)
end
RegisterGameobjectEvent(881222, 2, "CustomMallPortal")

7. Reload Server(Ascent.exe or Ascent-World.exe)
8.Go into game and spawn your gameobject
9. Right click it. IF it ports you to your location, You're completed. Congratulations.

Solves to Some Problems:

Q: The portal didn't work? It just showed World of Recall()
A: You did something wrong in the script, or you didn't restart your server.
.Reload Gameobject_Names is NOT enough

Q: I can't click my Object?
A: You didn't give the Gameobject the right "type". Go to your Database, and fix the type to 22. Then write .Reload Gameobject_Names and relog. Try again.

Q: My Ascent.exe tells me, that the script got an error??
A: You have miss spelled something in the script. Remeber, LUA is case sensitive, and you must not forget the " and ( ).

Q: I Can't spawn the Object??
A: You gotta write .reload Gameobject_Names and try again. If doesn't work, make sure you saved the changed in database(Please don't ask how - It's too simple) If you have saved it, Try restart server. IF still doesn't work, Delete that object from database, and create a new OR just create a new

Q: I spawns the object, but it doesnt show up. I get the message with Gameobject(blabla) spawned
A: You must enter the right DisplayID.

Q: The portal didn't teleport me to where i wanted, but somewhere else ??
A: Make sure you wrote the coordinates right. The newest repack sometimes keeps showing you some old coordinates. Try write .GPS, walk 2 feet away and write .GPS again. If it writes same coordinates, you gotta relog. Try again

Q: When i get ported to location, i fall under ground?
A: This is due to your Z-Coordinate(Height) Being to low. Try highen it.
It could also be your 2 other coordinates, going into a hill/mountain ect. You get the point. Try write the exact coordinate, or put them alittle away from the hills. Usual Highening the Z-Coord works tho.


That's all for now folks.

Glad you read my guide and PLEASE leave feedback. Feel free to ask any questions here.

[Groger]

Nice tutorial dude, but i am wandering can you make a Teleporter NPC? i really would like to make one or someone make one for me. that would be awesome.

thx Groger

[Sikilde]

where shall i save that notepad file? =P

[clampy125]

Yer I was wondering about where to save the notepad file? 'cos I cant find anywhere where it tells us where to save it.

Ah rite solved it...For thoser unsure what you do once youve written your code into your notepad is to copy it and past it as a query in you database, now mine still has a few errors but it understands what i'm trying to do so it must be right

Rite ok here comes the question. Ive got this as my script and it says ther omething wrong with it.

function alliancemallport (pUnit, Event, pMisc)
pMisc:Teleport(0,-4017.433105,-1412.105225,-156.300781)
end
RegisterGameobjectEvent(910001, 2, "alliancemallport")

it says theres something wrong with teh first line

[Wrathwar]

This is LUA script, it goes as a .lua file in the scripts folder in ur ascent folder. It is NOT a sql/query, so put it into lua and it will have no bugs. SQL uses its own language, not lua

[clampy125]

Ok then, still I dropped that .lua file into the scrpits folder in the ascent folder and it still doesnt work, where is the problem in my code?

[bananlolan99]

Hmm... Okey... I made a script for a portal to my custom instance... Looks like this:

function Teleporting_onUse (pUnit, Event, pMisc)
pMisc:Teleport (530, -362, 3072, -15)
end
RegisterGameObjectEvent (998, 2, "CustomInstanceOne")


I cant use it. In the ascent-world window, it says:

Tried to call invalid LUA function 'CustomInstanceOne' from Ascent! (GO)

Please help me!

[DudeLove]

Originally Posted by bananlolan99

Hmm... Okey... I made a script for a portal to my custom instance... Looks like this:

function Teleporting_onUse (pUnit, Event, pMisc)
pMisc:Teleport (530, -362, 3072, -15)
end
RegisterGameObjectEvent (998, 2, "CustomInstanceOne")


I cant use it. In the ascent-world window, it says:

Tried to call invalid LUA function 'CustomInstanceOne' from Ascent! (GO)

Please help me!

Hm lets see...

maybe this will work better:

function Teleporting_onUse (pUnit, Event, pMisc)
pMisc:Teleport (530, -362, 3072, -15)
end
RegisterGameObjectEvent (998, 2, "Teleporting_onUse")

[druidx]

function Quel'Danas(pUnit, Event, pMisc)
pMisc:Teleport(530, 12776.720703, -6701.632324, 1.277364)
end
RegisterGameobjectEvent(166000, 2, "Quel'Danas")

but i get portal and its starts to "teleport" but when its done it just wont get me anywhere, stuck the same place

[purdy]

There is a mistake in the original poster's script which makes it not work. It took me ages to figure out what was wrong. So, in future, it would be helpful to everyone if people posting tutorials refrained from posting "If there's a problem with the script it's you, not me" (I'm paraphrasing, but getting tired of seeing that repeatedly in the forums and then having tutorials not work). It is not helpful in the least, and when there is an error, the original poster never ends up correcting it.

Otherwise, this is an awesome script.

The script should read as follows:
=================================================
function ScriptName(pUnit, Event, pMisc)
pMisc:Teleport(MapID, X-Coord, Y-Coord, Z-Coord)
end
RegisterGameObjectEvent(GameObjectsENTRYID, 2, "ScriptName")
=================================================

Your error was in *not* capitalizing the 'O' in RegisterGameObjectEvent, which led to a Word of Recall() error. Please update. Thanks.

[aeirs07]

WORK!! Yes if you got any question just ask me!

[bananlolan99]

Originally Posted by DudeLove

Hm lets see...

maybe this will work better:

function Teleporting_onUse (pUnit, Event, pMisc)
pMisc:Teleport (530, -362, 3072, -15)
end
RegisterGameObjectEvent (998, 2, "Teleporting_onUse")

Ye. LOL. Thanks. Now it's working

[jdannels]

Thank you to Purdy for explaining the "O" error... THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[tathar26]

but how can you set -40077.553467 in the lua file????

[killer911pt]

this is shweet i added it to my list of tuts

[realyo3]

hey in my ascent-world i get this

22:01 N LuaEngine: easyeventcoarse.lua...
failed. (could not run)
        scripts\easyeventcoarse.lua:4: attempt to call global 'RegisterGameobjec
tEvent' (a nil value)

my script looks like this

function easyeventcoarse(pUnit, Event, pMisc)
           pMisc:Teleport(169, -1215.209961, -1837459961, 137.78700)
end
RegisterGameobjectEvent(3006, 2, "easyeventcoarse")

NOTE:

Ok then, still I dropped that .lua file into the scrpits folder in the ascent folder and it still doesnt work, where is the problem in my code?

save it as .lua and put it in your scripts folder
f.e customportal.lua

[Kiefer]

When you're making the portal you can just make it's type 2, so when you click the portal you dont have that old recall thing!

[colbyfarley]

cool thanks

[Savion]

so how do you save the txt file as .lua?

[Syrup]

Originally Posted by Savion

so how do you save the txt file as .lua?

It's pretty much all .lua.

[Savion]

So are you saying just save txt file in your script folder? because i cant save my txt file as .lua ...

[Robertoell]

KODOS~!!!!! + rep bud! IT worked i Think cause... server when i restarted didn't say nothing but.. how do i call it in game? hehe XD still an admin noob

[juswill3]

OMG noobs, when you save it. Type the file name .lua.

Example: Portal.lua

then move it in the folder

YAY IT WORKED!!

But after you teleport is it supost to say Word Of Recal (OLD) still?

[nerk]

Can u tell me what i did wong plz? =-3 Quick check it

function obcourse(pUnit, Event, pMisc)
pMisc:Teleport(1, -8925, 1550, 22.3)
end
RegisterGameobjectEvent(53100, 2, "obcourse")

It say something with RegisterGameobjectEvent in my arcemu console

Yes, the Go entry is 53100 , and the type is 22

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I +rep helparz ^^

[rjvznl2]

hi it work in the console but not in game i cant spawn it in game i have added in the databse gameobject_names but it dont work its says in game gameobjectinfo not found