Tolerance

[Argh]

Hey there... been away for a week, on vacation. Got back and did a few tests, and wanted to let everybody know that a Tolerance value of 0 often causes weapons to lock out and never finish aiming conditions "return(TRUE)". After having done some tests, this appears to occur even if I raise the spin on the guns up to absurd levels (i.e., it shouldn't have any problems maintaining aim).

I don't think this is a "problem", per se, but thought it would be useful for modders to know that Tolerance values need to be about 500 or higher (that's about 2 degrees of arc) in order to operate reliably. I haven't taken a close look at the source on this to find out what the default value is.

[FLOZi]

Thanks, this might be handy.

[SwiftSpear]

Shouldn't it? I mean 0 would mean no tolerance... Can you not use a similarly low tolerance value that gives the illusion of no tolerance while actually having enough to return true conditions?

[Argh]

Well, as I've said, 500 seems to be the bare minimum to ensure adequate functionality. I've also found out that using the aiming-restriction cones requires a special scripting hack in BOS in order to operate 100% reliably, but it's all very trivial now that I know what is required.