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Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 24 May 2007, 18:11

Alright, due to my shitlike knowledge of the ways of the script.. Something is F'ing up.. The treads keep looping, even when its stopped.
And, when I had a sound that was supposed to be looped to emulate the sounds of a tank moving, guess what!? It kept playing while it was stopped, too..

Yay, I suck...

Edit: Never mind, I fixed it.. I still suck though

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 25 May 2007, 01:14

Alright, I spent a while making a nuke.. Is there any way to make smoke or particles come out, then up?

I can do EVERYTHING else for it, but I can't seem to find a way to give it a different move pattern.. Maybe Argh's has some tips...

edit: Never mind, I already got help...

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 31 May 2007, 05:30

This one may be kinda easy for somebody who knows the secret..

How do I make a particle shoot out in a specified direction from a model? I got a unit which fires a ton of bullets, and for once, I wanna make bullet casings fall out...

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 31 May 2007, 05:35

In the fbi:
[SFXTypes]
{
explosiongeneratorX=custom:FLAMER_PILOT;
}

In the script:
emit-sfx 1024+X from piecename;

Where X is...a number.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 31 May 2007, 05:49

lol... you miss my questions every time...

I mean to have a brass shell shoot out, from the side of a turret... This is not close to what I asked.. Peet, I am not a retard, I know how to script effects, I have over 30 in my mod already...

If it shoots in 1 direction, map-wise, then it won't be shooting out from the side of my turret, if it rotates, will it...?

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 31 May 2007, 07:37

Then rotate the piece!

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 31 May 2007, 16:21

By script preferably.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 01 Jun 2007, 23:35

Scripting isn't hard.. I just DON'T KNOW EVERY FUCKEN COMMAND!

There are no compilations of what is and what isn't a command. If I knew the mother fucken commands I wouldn't have to fucken guess every damn time I wanted to get something different fucken done...

Wow, I needed that...

Could somebody, for the love of god, make a compilation of the different commands and symbols I can use and what they do...?

I can't and won't use something if I don't know what it is..

I see plenty of people using different things than I do, and it seems like some of the things they use make it a lot shorter... I WILL NOT COPY SOMEBODY ELSE'S WORK! I REFUSE! I may look at it and go "Oh, so that command does that" but I won't just copy work and use it, while altering a few basic things. Makes me feel like a fucken retard. I like to use my own content, and write my own codes and scripts.

So, in the end. YES, I WOULD rather write a 100 line script for Ammunition and Bursts than use somebody elses example. One reason I am not going to use Rattle's.. I don't know what -- and a few other things do.

I might come off as hard headed, ignorant, and headstrong for not using somebody else's scripts. I feel it is weak and pathetic to steal someone elses.

So, make a damn compilation...

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 02 Jun 2007, 07:13

1. You can align the effect to the dir vector.
2. The dir vector is the rotation of the emitting piece.

Any questions?

Zpock · Post by **Zpock** » 02 Jun 2007, 07:54

When it comes to code, always reuse (steal) and build upon the work of others. Not invented here philosophy will not get you far.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 02 Jun 2007, 23:55

KDR, I don't need help with that anymore.

My problem is that there is no wiki or compilation of all of the things we can do with scripts and scriptor.

Half the time I need something, I check a half a million scripts, none have anything similar, and I guess 5 or 6 times until it turns blue or it compiles.

yuritch · Post by **yuritch** » 04 Jun 2007, 07:55

There were at least some script command manuals on FileUniverse, those list all the BOS keywords for OTA engine. 99% of them works in Spring.
Look here.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 05 Jun 2007, 00:24

Thanks yuritch..

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 05 Jun 2007, 06:28

Ack...

A: Is this the cool dusttrail that goes through the air on standard explosions?

smoketrail=CSmokeTrailProjectile;

B: If so, what are the parameters, etc?

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 08 Jun 2007, 04:43

gah..

Is there anything called when a unit dies by self destruction?

My soldiers are about to start slittin some throats when they are told to kill themselves...

Of course, with a nice spray of fresh blood to water the parched battlefield...

(PS: If ya haven't guessed by now, my game may be rated M...

)

Archangel of Death · Post by **Archangel of Death** » 08 Jun 2007, 08:55

When self-ded, the Killed() function is called at maximum severity. This, I believe, corresponds to the bit that comes after all the if( severity% <= %). There aren't any special functions called, but most of the time you will only get 100% death from a self-d. However, with the new, all-powerful lua it should be possible to intercept the self-d command with lua, probably the mod specific gui, and call a special function in the cob, and even (probably, maybe) have that function return a value to lua so it knows that it is time to remove the unit from the game.

Just don't ask me how. Lua doesn't like me yet...

imbaczek · Post by **imbaczek** » 21 Jun 2007, 18:05

What does an orange sphere (instead of black) in debug mean? See some gundam federation mech fabs for examples.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 21 Jun 2007, 20:28

It seems to take a random color from the s3o texture, even depends on the parts that are shown. I get different colors for the different drones in CvC which all use the same s3o, just with parts hidden.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 02 Jul 2007, 16:28

HHHHeeeeyyy...

If I use one long continuous, instead of making a sound everytime a bullet is fired in a burst, will it reduce lag?..

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 02 Jul 2007, 16:34

Possibly.

Spring RTS Engine

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