Enabling repair option for repairmen

[jrd]

I have a custom object which can break, and is repair-able by my playables. However the repairman ignores it when he is on the lot.

I thought just adding the repair BHAV to the OBJF resource should do it, however it still does not work: the repairman claims nothing is broken.
Is there something else I need to do to enable the function?

The object in question is Shaklin's central heating from Shaklin's page. I have unfortunately not gotten a reply from Shaklin on this, so I'm asking the experts in the community. I wish to know this anyway, as I may run in to the issue in future content.

[syberspunk]

You might wanna ask Josh of djssims since he has a global hack that enables the repairman to fix broken toy robots.

Maybe you could take a look at that hack or ask/pm him.

Ste

[jrd]

That's where I stoleĤĤĤĤĤgot the idea from… as far as I can tell all that hack does is add the repair function to the resource.
This also seems to be how other base game objects work…

Can't hurt though.

[twojeffs]

I was going to post the answer earlier, but the site was being a PITA and wouldn't stay connected long enough.

The heater isn't coded properly to be usable by the repairman. When broken is only sets an attribute on the object itself. In order for the repairman to 'see' it as repairable, it must have the repair functions defined in the OBJF (which you obviously knew already) and when broken it must set it's repair level (data 0x0F) to non-zero.

[jrd]

Ah, that second one would be it. Thanks!
And the site /was/ a PITA…

[jfade]

Heh, I just tried it myself and it didn't work, so I was about to reply and guess that was the reason why, but I wasn't for sure, so thanks for the information twojeffs, that's useful stuff to know!

[jrd]

Fix attempt #1 failed. But now I know what to look for… I'm going to fix this yet

Perhaps it is easier to just replace the custom break and repair functions with those of the sink.

[twojeffs]

Worked for me.

Are you using the debug 'kaput' to break the heater? That uses a separate bhav that you'd also have to mod to set the repair level.

[jrd]

Heh... of course, that's it. I forgot to set the debug option.

//Yup, that did it. Thanks again twojeffs. *Goes to add the break and repair function to several other objects*

[jrd]

Hmmm... the Malaysia piracy move deleted the fixed versions.

If anyone wants them, let me know.