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[bobthedinosaur]

Okay. Here is a really ugly script that I am having issues with the weapon1 firing at all. I know it is the script because I have changed out weapons that I know work and it fails to fire. I have also replaced the aimweapon1 script with a bare minimum and it still fails to fire.

Any help bug fixing I would be most gracious!

http://pastebin.com/z0d9s4U2

[Argh]

I have also replaced the aimweapon1 script with a bare minimum and it still fails to fire.

If you've tried AimWeapon1(){return(1);}

...then the problem is elsewhere. Are you using aiming cones, etc. that might be causing an issue?

[bobthedinosaur]

It is not the weapon's issue. I have weapons that work on the same unit, and other units running for the test. It is something in the script that doesn't let it aim.

[FireStorm_]

Before addressing this one should probably know I have no programming background (besides perhaps my own brain ). And I'm trying to Lua script a unit by looking at examples and reading the wiki.

Question:
Can I show an animation of the unit dying or falling over after the call-in 'Killed' was called? I started like this:

function script.Killed(recentDamage, maxHealth)
StartThread( Diescript )
return 1
end

'Diescript' is ofcourse my animation of the unit falling to the ground. But calling 'Killed' makes the unit disappear (or be replaced with a corpse), and a disappeared unit cant show an animation. So how should/can this be done? I hope my question is not to ignorant to be taken seriously.

[Peet]

The unit is removed when killed() returns. Do the animation in the same thread as that function (just call diescript() instead of running it in a new thread).

[FireStorm_]

I see my mistake now. The way I wrote it the function is a thread, which makes it run parallel, which caused my problem. I should have written Diescript() where i put StartThread( Diescript )
I'm actually starting to get some of this stuff. Thanks Peet.

[PTSnoop]

Is there a weapon tag to prevent explosions from damaging friendly units? I've tried CollideFriendly=0 but the quite-excessively-large area of effect is still damaging friendly units. Or will this have to be a Lua thing?

[Pxtl]

Is there a weapon tag to prevent explosions from damaging friendly units? I've tried CollideFriendly=0 but the quite-excessively-large area of effect is still damaging friendly units. Or will this have to be a Lua thing?

Lua. Not too hard to do that one though, I believe that several games have a noselfpwn gadget kicking around that could easily be expanded to all friendlies. It'd be a good starter-project to learn Lua, really.

[CarRepairer]

Is there a weapon tag to prevent explosions from damaging friendly units? I've tried CollideFriendly=0 but the quite-excessively-large area of effect is still damaging friendly units. Or will this have to be a Lua thing?

http://trac.caspring.org/browser/trunk/ ... lyfire.lua

[PTSnoop]

I ended up messing around with CA's noselfpwn, but didn't get it working exactly how I wanted.

But the nofriendlyfire gadget (which I didn't notice for some reason) is working perfectly. And I learnt a bit of Lua in the process! Thanks guys.

[Beherith]

Is a feature that is not selectable still reclaimable if it has an autoreclaimable=1 and a reclaimable=1 tag?

[jK]

Is a feature that is not selectable still reclaimable if it has an autoreclaimable=1 and a reclaimable=1 tag?

yup, try a area reclaim next to it.

[thedude]

Is it possible to give a build command to a gaia factory?
(I couldn't find a build command to use it for Spring.Give Order() )

[KDR_11k]

Factories have two queues, one build queue and one rally queue (the orders that go to units built by it), check the wiki page on the CMDs, I think it's described there.

[thedude]

Sorry but I don't get it. In the wiki (http://springrts.com/wiki/Lua_CMDs) there is this example:

Spring.GiveOrderToUnit(unitID,
CMD.INSERT,
{-1,CMD.ATTACK,CMD.OPT_SHIFT,unitID2},
{"alt"}
);

Because I have to use the build queue of my factory I have to use "CMD.OPT_CONTROL" instead of "CMD.OPT_SHIFT" (as the wiki says "options.CONTROL -> use the build queue for factories"). But what have I to use insead of CMD.ATTACK? Cause there is no command like "CMD.BUILD"?
If I wouldn't use "CMD.OPT_CONTROL" would this command go to the queue of the unit which is built by my factory, right?

[SirMaverick]

But what have I to use insead of CMD.ATTACK? Cause there is no command like "CMD.BUILD"?

For build commands the negative unitdefid is used.

[thedude]

The goog thing is I don't get errors but the factory still does not build the unit.
What I use:
Spring.GiveOrderToUnit(factoryID, CMD.INSERT,{-1,-unitdefid,CMD.OPT_CONTROL},{});

The "-1" puts my command at the end of the build queue. What have I to use to put the command on the first position ("0" or "1") ?

[KDR_11k]

I think you have to put the CMD.OPT_CONTROL into the CMD.INSERT too.

[thedude]

Nope,
Spring.GiveOrderToUnit(factoryID, CMD.INSERT,{-1,-unitdefid,CMD.OPT_CONTROL},{CMD.OPT_CONTROL});

doesn't work for me.
After trying a whole week to make the command work I feel like I already tried all possibilities. (But not the right one)

[AF]

The command to build a Peewee has the ID -(peewee ID)

So if the peewee unitdef is 46, the command ID is -46