inherit "/std/races/insect_base";
void setup() {
set_name( "caterpillar" );
set_long( "The elongated wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth.\n" );
set_height( 5 );
set_weight( 2 );
set_desc( "a caterpillar, crawling along the ground" );
// add_attackable_area("head", "head");
// add_attackable_area("neck", "neck");
// add_attackable_area("back", "back");
// add_attackable_area("abdomen", "belly");
// add_attackable_area("arms", ({"left side", "right side"}) );
set_stats( ({ -6, -8, -8, -6, -8 }) );
} /* setup() */
void player_heart_beat( string word, object eater ) {
int i, time;
object flowers, *things;
if( !environment( eater ) ) return;
if( eater->query_property( "eating" ) ) return;
things = all_inventory( environment( eater ) ) - ({ eater });
if( !sizeof( things ) ) return;
for( i = 0; i < sizeof( things ); i++ ) {
if( !(int)things[ i ]->id( "flowers" ) ) {
things -= ({ things[ i ] });
i--;
} else {
if( things[ i ]->query_property( "being eaten" ) ) {
things -= ({ things[ i ] });
i--;
}
}
}
if( !sizeof( things ) ) return;
flowers = things[ random( sizeof( things ) ) ];
tell_room( environment( eater ), "The " + (string)eater->query_short() +
" discovers the " + (string)flowers->query_short() + " and starts to "
+ "munch.\n" );
eater->add_property( "eating", 1 );
flowers->add_property( "being eaten", 1 );
time = (int)flowers->query_weight();
time += random( time );
call_out( "done_eating", time, eater, flowers );
} /* player_heart_beat() */
void done_eating( object eater, object flowers ) {
if( !eater ) return;
eater->remove_property( "eating" );
if( !environment( eater ) ) return;
if( !flowers ) return;
if( member_array( flowers, all_inventory( environment( eater ) ) ) == -1 )
return;
tell_room( environment( eater ), "The " + (string)eater->query_short() +
" finishes the " + (string)flowers->query_short() + " and burps " +
"contentedly.\n" );
flowers->dest_me();
} /* done_eating() */
