Old scripts that use show/hide to call CEGs

[Forboding Angel]

I've been poking around in BA out of morbid curiosity lately, and I've run across something that just boggles my mind... CEG effects seem to be called using show/hide pieces, but when I look for the CEG I can't find it. WTF?

Also, it seems that you can't emit CEGs properly from 3do units because the CEG doesn't seem to get the vector information (Like emitting a CEG from a gun barrel)?

Help me out here?

[raaar]

You can emit CEG from 3do models' pieces. I use pieces with 2 vertexes as emit points.

[yuritch]

Forb, that's the old flare code. Basically if you do show/hide inside a FireWeapon callin, then the engine shows a weapon flare effect instead. This was made to improve standard OTA models (which had flares modelled as pieces) if I remember right.

Look for ShowFlare() in UnitScript.cpp to find out more.

[Forboding Angel]

Oi, vectors are not passed to flare pieces. That's no bueno. Basically torpedoes any reasonable attempt to add nice muzzle effects.

[smoth]

gundam had bos/3dos that used cgs moving from 3do to proper model I never had any issues.

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#define dirt 					1024+0 
#define kampfertail 			1024+1 
#define	bluemuzzle 				1024+2

...

FirePrimary()
	{

		move right	to z-axis [-0.4] now;
		turn r_arm	to x-axis <-5> 	now;
		
		emit-sfx bluemuzzle  from flare; //first shot is actual weapon
		sleep 25;
			
		turn r_arm	to x-axis <0> 	speed [0.5];
		move right	to z-axis [0] 	speed [5];		
		
		sleep 75;
		
	}