Journeywar

[PicassoCT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjP2VSz- ... e=youtu.be

[PicassoCT]

This are the spawncreatures of the shadowdancer.. (they work as radarblips and general distraction by nightmarishness)..

[knorke]

Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live in cars!

also weeee, gifs in HD resolution

[PicassoCT]

HD Gifs with waterstains on them. Never has bandwithbackstabbing handyCapped so many cellphones :D

Got to holy the 42

[knorke]

good luck i am on my iphone. gifs almost make it feel like flash!
I use this for gifs:
http://answers.springlobby.info/questio ... rom-spring
Tried many other software before and found it to be easiest and gives good results, no watermarks, good controll over filesize etc.

Btw the eyes of that fishthing look familiar..not sure what..

[PicassoCT]

Yep i "AtlasShrugged" on the ghostdancer.. as its now the hippster Thing to do. Oh, Atlases, you propably never heard of them

The unit will actually done by satan :D The concept is quite breathtaking :D Its basically.. the graphic representation of a horrortrip... its- one hit to death, but with chances... basically starts as 100% bulletproof and the chance of a lethal hit increases per second.. the problem is, every unit that shoots on it, gets speed set to zero.

This is a RailGun. It Rails people into Nons.



RailGun in Action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCffpC5I67I

[PicassoCT]

Needing some help here:

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function CaveInLoop()
	while(true) do 
	Spring.Echo("Terraformloop Active")
				while elementsInTable ~= 0 do
				Spring.Echo("table not empty")
				--get the randomized CaveInPoint
			
      			x=math.random(1,elementsInTable)
				Spring.Echo(elementsInTable)
						if terraFormTable[x][1]~= nil then
						xCaveIn=terraFormTable[x][1]
						Spring.Echo(xCaveIn)
						zCaveIn=(terraFormTable[x][2])
						Spring.Echo(zCaveIn)
						Spring.Echo(yCaveIn)
						yCaveIn=(terraFormTable[x][3])-math.random(0,4)
						--get Spring to set the Terrain on CaveIn
						Spring.Echo(yCaveIn)				
						
						Spring.SetHeightMapFunc(function(x,z,y)
					
								Spring.SetHeightMap(x,z,y,1)
					
						end,
						xCaveIn,
						zCaveIn,
						yCaveIn
						)
					
						
					
						table.remove(terraFormTable,x)
						elementsInTable=elementsInTable-1
						end
				end
	sleep=math.random(400,1200)
	Sleep(sleep)
	end
end

basically a loop which gets in a table precalculated points of the last railgun shot and then carves those into the landscape. Where did i go wrong? Sy and lua dont have a answer to this one, besides "the wiki knows it all".. googlefrog and knorke aint home.. so im asking here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwCpVWtP0bk

[knorke]

exploding zombies look cool.

basically a loop which gets in a table precalculated points of the last railgun shot and then carves those into the landscape.

dont understand what you mean..you want to create crater in shapes other than the circular holes spring does?

[PicassoCT]

yep basically the railgun leaves craters shaped as lines. And as the ground is never really equal everywhere, the caveInValue is random.


I tried the examplecode yesterday.. and it definatly works, so the terraform system is not bugged but the way i hand over values into the function is wrong.

The drillTree.. lovingly called spacepotatoe.

[knorke]

I found this old pastebin from a unitscript:
http://pastebin.com/B87GBpup

it makes the terrain under a units footprint form a wall inside the unit (so you other units can stand on top or w/e)

Anyway, to change the terrain at (x,z) by height it does:

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originaly = Spring.GetGroundOrigHeight (x,z)
Spring.SetHeightMapFunc (Spring.SetHeightMap, x,z, height+originaly)

not sure if could be simpler.

[PicassoCT]

I found this old pastebin from a unitscript:
http://pastebin.com/B87GBpup

it makes the terrain under a units footprint form a wall inside the unit (so you other units can stand on top or w/e)

Anyway, to change the terrain at (x,z) by height it does:

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originaly = Spring.GetGroundOrigHeight (x,z)
Spring.SetHeightMapFunc (Spring.SetHeightMap, x,z, height+originaly)

not sure if could be simpler.

It works now.. but i screwed it up mathwise.

slope=math.tan(math.deg(gHeading))

Spring.Echo("AddingaPoint",slope)

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x,z,zOfOld=0
	for i=15,range,1 do
	--calc point
	x=i+unitPosX
	z=(slope*x)+unitPosZ
	--modulu -if != yOfOld
			if zOfOld ~= (z-(z%1))then
			--getHeight add set point if height > unitPosX
			y=Spring.GetGroundHeight(x,z)
					if y > unitPosY then
					tempTable={}
					--add unitPosition
					tempTable[1]=x
					tempTable[2]=z
					tempTable[3]=y
					table.insert(terraFormTable,elementsInTable+1,tempTable)
					elementsInTable=elementsInTable+1
					
					--yOfOld =y
					end
			zOfOld=z
			end

	end

Well.. there is enough work otherwise. So now that this works. Time to get the Metalldiggester to run properly.

[PicassoCT]

Well... as terraforming is expensive.. and i have many units doing it. I concluded packing all the terraforming into one gadget might be a good idea. So i programmed on a sort of LandLord Gadget. It collects the WaterHeightChanges and the Various Blended together HeightmapChanges (by DrillTrees and MetallDiggesters), computes a new Heightmap every 60 secs and applies the very same slowly.

And while iam at it, i also get the Efence Gadget done, it beeing basically a pathfinder, who getting units in circles, explores these "nodes" going out from the Wallbuilders, setting the explored nodes to "charged".

3 mins after i impemented this, the Dev Murphy is going to push finally_morph_Animations commit.. wow style Lava



Planning on using the distortion shadder over that.. if there ver was a shadder that fitted the occation better :D

One weekend went into that godamn volcano.. hope it was worth it in the end..

[PicassoCT]

Just realised today what a mess jw is currently:
3 gadgets.. none of them working properly..
electrify gadget to electrify e-fences
terraformgadget (to apply mining excavations and mountains +waterlevel)
headcrab gadget-> suppossed to spawn the headcrabs (which should attack people (WHICH THEY DO), which then should turn into zombies (WHICH THEY DONT)

All praise be upon Satans BugFixer.. the one that searches the infolog for my wrongdoings.

Todo:
-- the volcano doesent work
--get the headcrabs to spawn..
--get some eruptionssounds for the volcano.. (maybe something like a dragonroar..)
--get in the other central buildings for the gameplay (those that enforce offensive gameplay (waterExtractor and waterGate))
--spend a week on refinements and bugfixxing
get..get..get
some sleep..

[Karl]

It would be 200% percent looking much better when spring would finaly support properly animation and not that obsolete TA-ish "animation" which we have for YEARS!

[knorke]

(unfinished, could be fancier)

i stole headcrab idea and made this:

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local ZOMBO = "anything at all"

--config for killer,victim,zombie relation
local zomba = {
--when a scorpion kill a dude, the dude dies so hard he turns into a helicopter and converts to your team:
[UnitDefNames["tpscorpion"].id] = {[UnitDefNames["tpdude"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["tphubschrauber"].id, killerTeam=true,}, } ,

--when a tank is destroyed (no matter by what) a dude escapes from it, like the technicans in C&C:
[ZOMBO] = {[UnitDefNames["tptank"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["tpdude"].id, killerTeam=false,}, } ,

--jeep turns everything it kills into a new jeep (for its team)
[UnitDefNames["tpjeep"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["tpjeep"].id, killerTeam=true,} ,

--headcrab creates new headcrab when killing a dude: 
-- [UnitDefNames["headcrab"].id] = {[UnitDefNames["dude"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["headcrab"].id, killerTeam=true,}, } ,
}

function gadget:UnitDestroyed(unitID, unitDefID, teamID, attackerID, attackerDefID, attackerTeamID)
	local result = nil
	if (zomba[attackerDefID]) then
			if zomba[attackerDefID][unitDefID] then
				result = zomba[attackerDefID][unitDefID]		
		else
			result = zomba[attackerDefID]
		end
	end
	
	if (result==nil and zomba[ZOMBO]) then
		result = zomba[ZOMBO][unitDefID]
	end
	
	if (result) then
		local x,y,z = Spring.GetUnitPosition (unitID)
		if (result.killerTeam) then 
			teamID = attackerTeamID
		end
		Spring.CreateUnit (result.unit, x,y,z, 0, teamID)
	end
end

(that works if you replace unitnames and c&p the gadget:GetInfo() stuff on top)

can config it like this:

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--when  this kills something, creates this:
--        v                            v
--zomba[attacker]             =     result

--also possible:
--when   this kills this creates this
--          v         v			   v
--zomba [attacker][victim]   =   result

--when something should turn into a new thing, no matter what killed it:
-- anything kills this creates this
--      v          v            v
--zomba[ZOMBO][victim] =     result

killerTeam = true / false
new unit is on killer's team or original team

[PicassoCT]

im doing it right? Thanks knorke. Loads of work done better then my hax.

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function gadget:GetInfo()
  return {
    name      = "OverHeadCrab",
    desc      = "",
    author    = "jK - always jk is there anyhting lua, that he didnt do long before you, making you look like a idiot in his fathers shoes. :(.
Haha, this time its mainly copied from knorke : )",
    date      = "Sep. 2008",
    license   = "GNU GPL, v2 or later",
    layer     = 0,
    enabled   = true,
  }
end


if (gadgetHandler:IsSyncedCode()) then

gaiaTeamID=Spring.GetGaiaTeamID()
local ZOMBO = "anything at all"
//This part sends them too hell

--config for killer,victim,zombie relation
local zomba = {
--when a scorpion kill a dude, the dude dies so hard he turns into a helicopter and converts to your team:
[UnitDefNames["headcrab"].id] = {[UnitDefNames["bg"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["zombie"].id, killerTeam=true,}, } ,
[UnitDefNames["headcrab"].id] = {[UnitDefNames["tiglil"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["zombie"].id, killerTeam=true,}, } ,
[UnitDefNames["headcrab"].id] = {[UnitDefNames["css"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["zombie"].id, killerTeam=true,}, } ,
[UnitDefNames["headcrab"].id] = {[UnitDefNames["skinfantry"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["zombie"].id, killerTeam=true,}, } ,

--when a tank is destroyed (no matter by what) a dude escapes from it, like the technicans in C&C:
[ZOMBO] = {[UnitDefNames["restrictor"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["bg"].id, killerTeam=false,}, } ,
[ZOMBO] = {[UnitDefNames["mtw"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["bg"].id, killerTeam=false,}, } ,
[ZOMBO] = {[UnitDefNames["ampro"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["bg"].id, killerTeam=false,}, } ,

--jeep turns everything it kills into a new jeep (for its team)
--[UnitDefNames["tpjeep"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["tpjeep"].id, killerTeam=true,} ,

--headcrab creates new headcrab when killing a dude:
-- [UnitDefNames["headcrab"].id] = {[UnitDefNames["dude"].id] = {unit=UnitDefNames["headcrab"].id, killerTeam=true,}, } ,
}

function gadget:UnitDestroyed(unitID, unitDefID, teamID, attackerID, attackerDefID, attackerTeamID)
   local result = nil
   if (zomba[attackerDefID]) then
         if zomba[attackerDefID][unitDefID] then
            result = zomba[attackerDefID][unitDefID]      
      else
         result = zomba[attackerDefID]
      end
   end
   
   if (result==nil and zomba[ZOMBO]) then
      result = zomba[ZOMBO][unitDefID]
   end
   
   if (result) then
      local x,y,z = Spring.GetUnitPosition (unitID)
      if (result.killerTeam) then
         teamID = gaiaTeamID
      end
      Spring.CreateUnit (result.unit, x,y,z, 0, teamID)
   end
end

//THis part watches for shell


  local headCrabWeapon = {}


  for i=1,#WeaponDefs do
    local wd = WeaponDefs[i]
	
    if (wd.description:find("HeadCrab-Shell"))  then
      Script.SetWatchWeapon(wd.id,true)
      headCrabWeapon[wd.id] = true
    end
  end




  function gadget:Explosion(weaponID, px, py, pz)
  if (headCrabWeapon[weaponID]) then
	  Spring.CreateUnit("hc",px,py,pz, 0, gaiaTeamID)  
  end
  
    return false
  end

 
end

[knorke]

nothing obvious too wrong with it..does it work?

for i=1,#WeaponDefs do
local wd = WeaponDefs
if (wd.description:find("HeadCrab-Shell")) then

can directly get the weapondefID like this:

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weapondefID = WeaponDefNames["HeadCrab-Shell"].id
Script.SetWatchWeapon(weapondefID , true)

and put it in gadget:Initialize(), having stuff (beside global declarations outside) is appearently bad. For example it won't allow the gadget to be disabled completly.

[knorke]

forgott that when when canceling unit contruction in a factory it calls UnitDestroyed. So add something like:

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function gadget:UnitDestroyed(unitID, unitDefID, teamID, attackerID, attackerDefID, attackerTeamID)
	if (not finishedUnits[unitID]) then return end
...
finishedUnits[unitID] = nil
end

--checking buildprogess==1 in UnitDestroyed does not work
local finishedUnits = {}
function gadget:UnitFinished(unitID, unitDefID, teamID)
	finishedUnits[unitID] = true
end

[PicassoCT]

forgott that when when canceling unit contruction in a factory it calls UnitDestroyed. So add something like:

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function gadget:UnitDestroyed(unitID, unitDefID, teamID, attackerID, attackerDefID, attackerTeamID)
	if (not finishedUnits[unitID]) then return end
...
finishedUnits[unitID] = nil
end

--checking buildprogess==1 in UnitDestroyed does not work
local finishedUnits = {}
function gadget:UnitFinished(unitID, unitDefID, teamID)
	finishedUnits[unitID] = true
end

? So, if a unit would be chanceled, a little guy would leave--> infinite infantry? but why does buildprogress not work- the unit still exists when this is called.

Also thx knorke. Your help is most appreciated.

Combine Building Debris..

[PicassoCT]

no recent posts due to reasons advances beeing to fast:
stuff that now works (ocassionaly):
Headcrabs finding bodys.. spawning zombies..
zombies attacking nearest enemys...
building leaving wreckages and running civilians..
civilians leaving dead bodys

also worked on the beanstalk growth animation... well it works, but the modell sucks.. goes back into the forge..
TodoList:
TerraInForm-Gadget -> Volcano
J-Shadow
J-Beherith
The Electricity Gadget
The spawn a Headcrab at shell impact Gadget (Yes, i suck at gadgetmaking-> recent Advances are mostly due to copying from jK and knorke)
the genericInfantryBody needs a new description "Memento Mori" would be fitting.

Hope they dont catch me- the Todo is redlisted