It works! Apparently all that culling of pointless unitdef params was good, and all I needed was to put transportSize = 10000 back in. I thought it was unnecessary because after reading http://springrts.com/wiki/Units-UnitDefs#Transports I dyslexiaed transportSize and transportMass (size defaults to 0, mass defaults to 100000).

Now to work out some kinks...

Thumping in epic thread..

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worm obstacle navigation system not perfect, but that must be a feature, because worms can't be too smart

in any case, how do i get sworm's LOD to not be a brown square?


same worm up close:


or i could just set their icon distance lower than their LOD distance (speaking of which, i need to make a sand worm icon)

PS aside from the LOD thing, everything seems to be running smoothly. Give it a go if you like before I actually release anything to springfiles. And it might be good to have someone other than my brother and I test it if it gets put into any other map.

edit: i forgot about sound--this def. needs sound (ha ha, get it?)
(and this topic should be renamed "zoggop mumbles to himself")

One question... if modeled a Kiwi (the Bird) as a Unit, could that sandworm swallow it?

I would feel sorry for the poor Kiwi. One question... HOW DOES I LODS?!

spoonguard danger!!! protect yourself!

could be this: http://springrts.com/wiki/Trouble-shooting_s3o_units#Disappearing_Unit

wormXZ[wID]
wormTarget[wID]
bestDist[wID]

worm[wID].x
worm[wID].z
worm[wID].blabla
Makes many things easier eg:
local function wormDie(wID)
worm[wID] = nil
end
instead of reseting all tables manually.


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In function wormTargetting() you could skip alot of stuff if at the start you do if isEmergedWorm[uID]

too lazy to copy the stuff in some map to test :/

With MoveCtrl instead of attach'ing the worm could also swallow buildings and units that react lolzy to being attached, try attaching an aircraft
There is some function to read piece position in world coordinates.

Also it is absolutely essential that bigger units do not get swallowed whole but are bitten into pieces.
Like the cookiemonster that does not eat cookies but just enjoys throwing crumbles in the air
Try if you can make unit pieces explode from a gadget, maybe:
(lus-units only, not tested)

kinda dislike when widgets do this because it erases drawings in a radius around x,y,z.
But I guess it is up to the mod to add some better MiniMapPing (x,y,z) function. (iirc zK has that, at least i remember circles on the minimap if something gets attacked. Not sure if useable by other wupgets)

Thanks knorke!

I'm also not really a fan of the the whole adding a marker point and erasing it thing, but I was feeling too lazy to write something that does essentially the same thing, but more aesthetically & without accidentally erasing other marker points. :-P

Just tried it out in a 1v1 game, and discovered that worm chases airplanes like a dog chasing a laser pointer. LOL need to add an if.

Now.. i came out here.. into the sandbox..i waited..

hope you brought a thumper

much progress: sounds, lod fixed, sworm no longer ghosts as a penis, less shitty radar icon, targetting prioritization, little lightning arcs on the sand, working on a worm sign notification widget that's not just markeraddpoint&markerremoveposition (pink lightning bolt icon instead!).

(in other words, the project is not dead)

the spice must flow.. now...

spice flows

http://ge.tt/1DQeSyE

alas, no munching bit-by-bit or sworms that come in small, medium, and large... yet.