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+# death_message.py
+#
+# Copyright 2007 by Nicolas Weeger
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#
+#
+#
+# This script makes the monster/living thing containing it display
+# a message when it dies.
+# Message is specified in event object's options field. It can contain %m
+# and %k, which will be replaced by respectively dead item's name and killer's
+# name (if no killer, replaced by an empty string).
+
+import Crossfire
+
+# This script only works when dying monster is WhoAmI
+
+whoami = Crossfire.WhoAmI()
+msg = Crossfire.ScriptParameters()
+hitter = Crossfire.WhoIsActivator()
+
+if msg != '':
+	msg = msg.replace('%m', whoami.Name)
+	if hitter != None:
+		msg = msg.replace('%k', hitter.Name)
+	else:
+		msg = msg.replace('%k', '')
+	Crossfire.WhoAmI().Map.Print(msg, Crossfire.MessageFlag.NDI_UNIQUE | Crossfire.MessageFlag.NDI_BLUE)