About Cannon weaponType & Emit-SFX

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 13 Nov 2007, 03:23

Can somebody please fix it? I have a specific use in mind, and using a MissleLauncher instead is a waste.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 13 Nov 2007, 03:31

Bombs can't be emitted either, causes crashes here.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 13 Nov 2007, 08:33

Try a DGun with ballistic=1.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 02 Dec 2007, 02:07

It ... er... it "works", but it doesn't obey range, doesn't eventually explode, etc., unless it hits a Unit or Feature.

Kind've lame. Any chance that DGun could be made range-compliant via BurnBlow?

Also, it refuses to accept the value of Accuracy when the weapon projectile is created.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 02 Dec 2007, 02:38

With a MissileLauncher, it's almost right, except that weapons of that type with Ballistic=1 are no longer using gravity after the first bounce, it appears. I'll keep looking at this, maybe it's just my bounce settings... at least now I have the spectacular FX I was hoping for...

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 02 Dec 2007, 02:51

Cannon...

Huh? I got cannons to work fine with Cegtag. At least, I think I did.

I have a bouncing grenade and a cannon for a tank, both emit FX...

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 02 Dec 2007, 02:55

It's not the cegtag, that's just a slice of what I wanted to do here. I'll make a video when I'm done making the stuff I need to do a demo- let's just say that I just duplicated the FX stuff from that game SJ worked on.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 02 Dec 2007, 04:42

If DGun would accept a TTL and remove the weapon projectile after TTL, it'd be close to what I actually wanted. What I want is a ballistic projectile that can groundbounce and is able to be emit-sfx'd properly by COB. Currently, Cannon weapons just create their explosion.

However, DGun still automatically creates a cegtag-like system, which is annoying. Moreover, it's tied to explo.tga, which is used for all of the default "flame" FX- making it null == no fires from trees, etc.

But I almost have it adjusted to the point where it's acceptable, aside from losing the crappy FX for burning trees.

Hopefully Lurker will come through with that patch untying all of these default events from hardcoded stuff, so that instead of losing things to get what I want, I just point the relevant CEG towards an appropriate texture...

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 02 Dec 2007, 05:45

Argh wrote:If DGun would accept a TTL and remove the weapon projectile after TTL, it'd be close to what I actually wanted.

Sounds like a highly viable first patch for me to make, expect it either in two days or two weeks, depending on how much I feel like studying for finals.

What I want is a ballistic projectile that can groundbounce and is able to be emit-sfx'd properly by COB. Currently, Cannon weapons just create their explosion.

I'll have a look at that too, no guarantees there though. They seem to be emitted just fine initially, and explode either after a amall amount of time or after leaving the unit's footprint...or something.

edit: The former seems quite simple, it'll be about half done as soon as I figure out how to send the TTL to CProjectile (the constructor maybe?). Does a simple TTL=x; weapon tag sound ok, where x is an integer and is the number of frames for the projectile to exist? I'm thinking of simply removing the projectile when the ttl expires when x is negative, and detonating it when x is positive.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 02 Dec 2007, 06:35

A TTL tag would be great, and would totally solve my main problem with what I'm trying to do here. What I have now is pretty neato, but being able to use groundbounce would be perfect.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 02 Dec 2007, 07:11

This is still early days, but Peet, if you can get me a way to kill DGuns somehow... this will just get cooler

Different speeds, to add a lot of chaos to a system.

Each particle is its own entity- in theory, they could all be completely unique in their properties. Moreover, since this is being run by COB, you could randomize the numbers of particles spawned... heck, if you got really fancy, a LUA control could be used to raise / lower the possible numbers.

Because they're "weapons", they can interact with terrain... or other units, or with trees... did I mention that I can already cause realistic forest fires?

And, as you can see clearly here, they can also interact with water

Ah, and while your patching DGun, Peet... look at the flameprojectile... de-link it to the explotex... that'll allow tree-fires and other default "flame" events to work properly (hopefully just as a temporary hack-around until Lurker gets the major problem solved and removes the hardcoded FX in general...).

lurker · Post by **lurker** » 02 Dec 2007, 07:25

How did I get myself signed up for such a mess of coding? -_- At least I have a month off from school here.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 02 Dec 2007, 07:31

Sorry

You know it'll be worth it, though, when my beautiful forest fires of Dewm are a standard part of Spring <rubs hands together in glee>

bobthedinosaur · Post by **bobthedinosaur** » 07 Dec 2007, 17:50

will this hold up the engine?

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 07 Dec 2007, 23:54

Yet again, showcasing pictures of an idea I had! You've done this SO many times

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 08 Dec 2007, 00:00

everyone has these ideas, there is nothing groundbreaking or revolutionary about it. I am happy to see the engine support being added for this and I am thankful for the work being done.

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About Cannon weaponType & Emit-SFX

About Cannon weaponType & Emit-SFX