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[bobthedinosaur]

Here is KDR's toggle gadget. It works great.
http://sl.pastebin.com/faC7aVHL

Lookes like this in unit files:

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    toggle1 = 3,
        toggle1a = [[Option 1a]],
        toggle1b = [[Option 1b]],
        toggle1c = [[Option 1c]],
        toggle1tooltip = [[1st Options]],
        toggle2 = 2,
        toggle2a = [[Option 2a]],
        toggle2b = [[Option 2b]],
        toggle2tooltip = [[2nd Option]],
        toggle3 = 1,
        toggle3a = [[Super D Gun]],
        toggle3tooltip = [[Fires super Dgun]],

and this in the cob:

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(t,value) 
{
if(t==1)
	{
	if(value==0)
		{
		opt1= 1;  //can really do anything here this just means the toggle settings a,b,c where a =0, b=1, c=2. Value is set to 0 when unit is created
	e	}
	if(value==1)
		{
		opt1= 2; //this is what well be slected the 1st time you hit the switch
		}
	if(value==2)
		{
		opt1= 3; 
		}
	}
if(t==2)
	{
	if(value==0)
		{
		opt2 = 1;
		}
	if(value==1)
		{
		opt2 = 2;  
		}
	}	
if(t==3)
	{
	if(value==0 )
		{
	        superdgun = true;
		}
	}
}

Now, back to bitching about units stopping to push instead of pushing and continuing to move. Are there any hacks around this?

[KingRaptor]

Is it me or can you not use gadget callins within a Lua unit script?

[bobthedinosaur]

if I wanted to make a weapon only fire past a minimum range could I use GET SET_WEAPON_GROUND_TARGET weaponID xzCoord yCoord userTarget to find the targets range?

[FireStorm_]

if I wanted to make a weapon only fire past a minimum range could I use GET SET_WEAPON_GROUND_TARGET weaponID xzCoord yCoord userTarget to find the targets range?

I'm probably misunderstanding but how about you just moving the flare-point, by witch i mean the origin of the weapon projectile?

On a completely different note:
Of all the problems I've encountered trying making a spring game, i believe this is a new one.


the texture works fine on a different unit, and is 'properly flipped'
The texture is mostly team colour, but that can't be it, right? Works for Fibre if i recall correctly.
Anyone any ideas why my unit is black but transparent for trees?

[bobthedinosaur]

probably bad model radius, check the hitsphere radius in upspring, if it is okay, then try adjusting the normals.

[Pressure Line]

id just use a fake weapon slaved to the weapon with the minimum range set to what you want the minimum range to be, and use CHANGE_TARGET and/or BlockShotX to get the desired result.

[bobthedinosaur]

since it was a ballistic i just limited the gun elevation. that seems to work.

[FireStorm_]

probably bad model radius, check the hitsphere radius in upspring, if it is okay, then try adjusting the normals.

I feel a bit silly. Guess I was to tired to check basic stuff. But in any case:

[knorke]

Planet Express!

[FireStorm_]

Ha ha, yes, kinda... I didn't noticed yet. Although I did worry about things not looking to Simpsons-like.
I guess this will be my favourite team colour, though.

[bobthedinosaur]

Cute ship. It would be some work but maybe you could have units stroll down the ramp with an invisible attachment arm.

[FireStorm_]

Going a bit of topic but I promise i won't derail the Mod Question Repository any further after this post.

I didn't want to share my ideas already, because i don't have all the answers yet to questions that may arise in the community/on the forum, but the unit was already supposed to have a mechanical arm, with a resource reclamation device at the end.


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[FireStorm_]

invisible

Oh, wait i misunderstood. But yes, that is worth considering, perhaps also possible using Lua MoveCtrl stuff.

[bobthedinosaur]

What is the easiest way to send a mod option variable to a specific unittype's cob?

[Wombat]

question - is it possible to 'apply' unit limit to concrete type of unit ? like, lets say, u can have only 2 peewees alive at the same moment ? lua im right ?

[SanadaUjiosan]

If you're asking what I think you're asking, it's a tag in the unit def:

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          unitRestricted      = 10,

If you're asking something else, I'm not sure.

[FireStorm_]

I really just need to be sure, and feel it would take a lot of time if I had to accomplish that myself. So hopefully a question will solve it:
(To specify, this is about a Lua Unit script.)

About Signals and Signalmasks, callouts to mark and kill a running tread.

Spring.UnitScript.SetSignalMask ( number mask ) -> nil
Spring.UnitScript.Signal ( number signal ) -> nil

When i look at example scripts, I see the same typical names in all of them, for instance, "SIG_BUILD".
Is there is reason for this consistency? Or would the following work as well? :

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local function my_script()
    SetSignalMask( a_custom_signal_to_kill_the_myscript_tread  )
    Signal( a_custom_signal_to_kill_the_myscript_tread  )
    Spring.Echo('Executing my script')
end

(hope I encounter some noob-friendliness )

[Argh]

What is the easiest way to send a mod option variable to a specific unittype's cob?

Read the mod option, then call a script in the Unit, sending it the data it needs as a parameter:

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Spring.CallCOBScript(u, "ComScript", 0,X)

Where X is whatever you need to communicate.

[zwzsg]

The name of the signal doesn't matter at all. However it's very important that each signal is a power of 2 distinct from other signals (Do you speak binary? Ever worked with bitfields?)

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local function my_script()
    SetSignalMask( a_custom_signal_to_kill_the_myscript_tread  )
    Signal( a_custom_signal_to_kill_the_myscript_tread  )
    Spring.Echo('Executing my script')
end

You inverted Signal and SetSignalMask. You want to kill previous instance of my_script, not yourself! And don't forget to assign some 2^n number to a_custom_signal_to_kill_the_myscript_tread.

Then what I'm saying is from Cob, I assume it's the same for Lua unit scripts but I never tried.

[FireStorm_]

tanks zwzsg.
I now (think I) understand.
(and can carry on more confidently )