More control over aircraft deaths

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 28 Jul 2007, 10:13

Is there any way to script-fire the 'fall out the sky trailing smoke' behaviour in planes? Is it also possible to change the standard smoke trail to something else, and finally, is it possible to have it run a killed() script at the same time? I'm trying to make a plane crash on fire, with bits of it falling off as it crashes

AF · Post by AF » 28 Jul 2007, 10:18

Perhaps a little lua trickery will solve the problem.

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 28 Jul 2007, 16:14

Perhaps a little lua documentation will solve the problem.

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Peet · Post by **Peet** » 28 Jul 2007, 20:03

Guessmyname wrote:Is there any way to script-fire the 'fall out the sky trailing smoke' behaviour in planes? Is it also possible to change the standard smoke trail to something else, and finally, is it possible to have it run a killed() script at the same time? I'm trying to make a plane crash on fire, with bits of it falling off as it crashes

Currently, no. However....DO WANT

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 28 Jul 2007, 20:06

Wait, so if I have a plane it will do the flaming and falling thing regardless? I don't have to do work on it..?

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 28 Jul 2007, 20:10

Nope, it's hardcoded and happens occasionally.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 28 Jul 2007, 20:37

Both good and bad, then...

I want more control, though...

MR.D · Post by **MR.D** » 28 Jul 2007, 22:58

What would be really nice is to have planes and other units with Death animations, to set those units to a NON-TARGET if its killed.

I can't remember how many times that a lead plane in a formation has been killed, the death animation starts, My AA still shoots at it while it stays alive, and seems to get stuck in a loop of the animation which requires massive overkill damage to actually vaporise it and finally making it a NON-target.

All the AA guns would just stay locked onto the falling/dead aircraft and ignore all the other valid targets, and my base and the AA would usually get raped in the process, when it should not have.

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 28 Jul 2007, 23:05

Enemy units ignore falling aircraft in .75

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 28 Jul 2007, 23:46

Peet wrote:Enemy units ignore falling aircraft in .75

ORLY!

It's about time!

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 28 Jul 2007, 23:49

lawl... Thats a nice pic...

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 29 Jul 2007, 00:00

Shame the cigar looks like it was photoshopped in

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 29 Jul 2007, 00:02

Yeah, give it a more oily and black outlined form

yuritch · Post by **yuritch** » 29 Jul 2007, 13:40

Actually, adding script control over plane crashing would be quite easy. We'll need a new COB get/set constant that will expose crashing property (bool crashing) from the Unit class. That should do nicely. I can make a patch for this, but I'm not sure it will really be needed by someone.

yuritch · Post by **yuritch** » 29 Jul 2007, 13:40

Actually, adding script control over plane crashing would be quite easy. We'll need a new COB get/set constant that will expose crashing property (bool crashing) from the Unit class. That should do nicely. I can make a patch for this, but I'm not sure it will really be needed by anyone.

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 29 Jul 2007, 14:21

I'd use it (And I can imagine smoth not wanting the 'fall out of sky' behaviour for his flying commanders). Can we also change the effects emitted by the plane as it crashes? (Replacing the default smoke with a custom fire effect for example)

EDIT: And if we could controll how fast it falls and spins, that would be quite awesome

EDIT: On a slightly random note, I've just discovered a 'break' command in scriptor (or at least, I've discovered that if you type 'break' into it it colours it blue like it does all the other commands). Anyone what that command does?

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 29 Jul 2007, 14:39

Not an idea.

This is quite useful, I want some control, too...

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 29 Jul 2007, 15:16

gmn: http://www-numi.fnal.gov/offline_softwa ... break.html

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 29 Jul 2007, 15:24

Hmm. Sounds useful

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 29 Jul 2007, 15:37

Son of a bitch, I have been looking for something like that...

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