Can somebody please fix missiles?

[Erik]

Missilelauncher type weapons cannot attack targets on hills because missiles fall short all the time.
This bug exists for ages now, could someone familiar with the code look over this?

[smoth]

Not an engine bug but a weapon feature. Give the missiles a better lifetime.

[Erik]

lifetime does not change anything and on plain ground it shoots maximum range easily, while even the tiniest hill will make it slam into the ground headfirst at about half of the distance traveled.

[knorke]

its not lifetime but flighttime

even the tiniest hill will make it slam into the ground headfirst at about half of the distance traveled.

if you mean that they fly too close to ground, try trajectoryheight for an arced flight path?

[smoth]

its not lifetime but flighttime

thanks, I knew it was something like that.


it seems eric is indicating a possible problem with his AIMPIECE maybe?

[Pressure Line]

it seems eric is indicating a possible problem with his AIMPIECE maybe?

AND/OR wobble/dance/sprayangle
AND/OR the centroid of the unit it is shooting at

[Erik]

So this is what happens:

Both missile launchers fire at maximum range, the southern terrain is slightly raised.

Both fire similar but halfway through the southern missile just decides to nosedive into the ground after completing half the distance.

[jK]

that's flightime

[Forboding Angel]

If they are unguided, just use a cannon and fake it with a model + CEG. Far less annoying.

[Erik]

that's flightime

No.

[jK]

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FlightTime	 For missile weapons, how long before their engines turn off and they fall to the ground (becoming essentially ballistic projectiles). Can cause overshoot exploits if too high, or missiles falling short of their targets if too low. Can be any numeric value.

[Erik]

The missiles don't fall short. They hit their target as intended if its on the same height.
If the target is even even slightly elevated the missile steers into the ground halfway trough, no matter if it has a flight time of 5,20 or a million.

[knorke]

post the weapondef for weapontesting

[Erik]

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    missile  = {
      name                    = "he missile",
      weaponType              = [[MissileLauncher]],

     damage = {
       Default = 2000,
       Tank = 1000, 
     },	      
     areaOfEffect            = 350,
     edgeEffectiveness=0.0,
     reloadtime              = 40.0,


        SoundStart=[[bigmissile]],
        SoundStartVolume=6.1,    
        explosiongenerator=[[custom:tac_nuke]],  
        cegTag                  = "missile_trail",

		soundhit=[[Mini_Nuke]],
		soundhitvolume=13,


     startvelocity	     = 1500,
     weaponVelocity          = 1500,
     acceleration	     = 550,
     range                   = 2000,
     
     tolerance               = 450,
     lineOfSight             = false,	      
     turret                  = true,
     craterMult              = 0,	
     
     turnrate=2700,
flighttime=200000,

		  collidefriendly         = 0,
       avoidFeature		  =0,
       avoidFriendly		  =0,

     trajectoryheight=3.1,
	 


      model="prom_nuke.s3o",

[Pressure Line]

iirc missiles with a trajectoryheight over 2 or so need to be homing missiles (it can be super-crap homing) otherwise they break horribly (as seen here)