Reducing overkill

[imbaczek]

http://spring.clan-sy.com/fisheye/chang ... g/?cs=4630

[KDR_11k]

Cool I didn't know BlockShotX picks another target, I thought it only prevented the weapon from shooting.

[Argh]

Yeah, I will have to test this when I get home.

[bobthedinosaur]

so, how would this look thrown in a script?

[Argh]

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AimWeapon1(heading,pitch,RandomSeed)
{
   RandomSeed = RAND(0,4)
   If(RandomSeed > 1)
   (
       SET BlockShot1(TARGET_ID,1)
   } else {
   //DO AIMING CODE HERE
   }
   Return(1);
}

... I guess? It's unclear how BlockShot is supposed to be called, and I'm at Work, I don't have enough time to look at the sourcecode... it'd be nice if this was documented a bit more completely.

[rattle]

Probably something like

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BlockShotX(unitID, blockShot) {
	if (unitID) blockShot = TRUE;
}

I think unitID was > 0 for aircraft. So this would make the unit stop targeting it's current target if it was an aircraft. I'd like to know what unitID is good for other than the obvious...

Anyway, you could count the amount of rounds you fired and if it exceeds a certain number have BlockShotX() pick another target and reset the counter. It's always getting called by the way, before AimWeaponX() I think.

[imbaczek]

unitID is the same thing that it is in Lua and in the engine (and even in COB) - it's a unique identifier of a unit. You can use LuaCOB to know more (= everything) if you've got its id.

[rattle]

Why's it zero for ground targets then?

[KDR_11k]

"ground targets" means "attack ground".