FlameThrower: Proposed Modification

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 07 Sep 2006, 22:48

Hmmm, I would expect that in at least 8 months, maybe more!

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 07 Sep 2006, 23:08

Lava-spewing volcanoes should be very easy... 'cept that we cannot:

A. Have Features run a COB script
B. Call Projectiles from a COB script (except for fire events)

Um, as for the rest, I am sure we will work something out.

TechnoTone · Post by **TechnoTone** » 08 Sep 2006, 00:06

KDR_11k wrote:I don't think it'd work easily for missile trails, that's a lot of particles and having each missile emit that much would kill the framerate. You'd either have to reduce the rate or just paint a similar graphic on the texture loaded as the missile trail.

I don't suggest using it for all missiles. I'm thinking just nukes and the like.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 08 Sep 2006, 00:28

Argh wrote:Lava-spewing volcanoes should be very easy... 'cept that we cannot:

A. Have Features run a COB script
B. Call Projectiles from a COB script (except for fire events)

Um, as for the rest, I am sure we will work something out.

He's talking about a "gaia" player... basically an AI that map objects can be assigned to. So what he said is possible, to an extent.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 08 Sep 2006, 04:38

Is it possible to have that acid with a gravitational/ballistic effect?

XD that would OWN!

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 08 Sep 2006, 15:40

so how do we get those prette flames working Argh?

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 08 Sep 2006, 15:44

It's not in Spring yet. I'm still discussing things with JC. It's been a very useful conversation (er, at least for me, I think he's mainly humoring me lol) because I'm basically taking a crash-course on Certain Things while getting the code accepted. I think this last round will be final...

imbaczek · Post by **imbaczek** » 08 Sep 2006, 16:03

Learn C++ in 7 Days by JC?

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 08 Sep 2006, 16:22

It's a pretty good course

I went from How to Compile to What the !*@*! is a Float3 in about 6 days

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 10 Sep 2006, 05:30

When I get a break, I should see about learning at least some basic C++... maybe contributing more than just mods.

As soon as the new flamethrower code is finalized and committed, could someone please make me a compile? I'd like some time to make sure AA takes full advantage of this new effect.

esteroth12 · Post by **esteroth12** » 10 Sep 2006, 06:28

Argh wrote:What the !*@*! is a Float3

what 5 letter curse are you using?

flamer looks awesome, don't let it slip through .73b1!

Sheekel · Post by **Sheekel** » 10 Sep 2006, 07:10

Wow, thats awesome. Hope to see it in-game

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 10 Sep 2006, 08:58

Float3 is a vector of three floats, of course!

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 10 Sep 2006, 09:03

Actually, it's just a container for three floats that just happens to use x, y, and z. Using it as a vector is purely optional. That's the standard usage in OpenGL, but in Spring it's been also used as a handy container for moving RGB values around "packed". Pretty natural thing to do, really, since they both use three values... plus a fourth, in the case for texture rendering, that is used for the global alpha (which is then cross-multiplied with the bitmap alpha values).

Acidd_UK · Post by **Acidd_UK** » 10 Sep 2006, 11:14

It's actually a class and has such useful methods as .Distance2D() and such.

I have to say though, the Normalise() method, that actually normalises the vector and returns itself, rather than returning the normalised vector (wiothout changing the vector) screwed me up for a quite awhile before I sussed what was going on.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 10 Sep 2006, 11:46

Argh: A vector is nothing else, maths don't dictate that vectors must be used for coordinates or such.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 16 Sep 2006, 05:47

The current state of the code. I am sending in the relevant code patch and files to Yeha.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 16 Sep 2006, 06:30

Schwing.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 16 Sep 2006, 06:41

Want to play with it? You'll also need these. And I assume that anybody that downloads this is smart enough to know what to do with them

Warning: it doesn't play nice with NanoBlobs. Dunno why- it works great with XTAPE, and it compiled (about 1 million times, lemme tell you- this wasn't a quick patch) nicely. No garantees with any other S3O-based mod. But that probably has to do with some borked thing with VC++EE- this is not a buggy version of Spring, so long as the mods don't have S3Os in them. If it is reassuring to everybody, none of the code I'm working with had the remotest chance of breaking those mods- it's a compiler problem and it's specific to me and my setup, I strongly suspect.

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 16 Sep 2006, 06:55

Very nice looking flamethrower. IS it possible to make it green, and there fore make a gasthrower?

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