[XThX2]

	{
		eshoot GRAYROCKET
		getactor[THISACTOR].x x
		getactor[THISACTOR].y y
		getplayer[THISACTOR].ang TEMP
		setvarvar x2 x
		addvar x2 384
		setvarvar y2 y
		subvar y2 128
		rotatepoint x y x2 y2 TEMP x3 y3
		setactor[RETURN].x x3
		setactor[RETURN].y y3
		eshoot GRAYROCKET
		addvar y2 256
		rotatepoint x y x2 y2 TEMP x3 y3
		setactor[RETURN].x x3
		setactor[RETURN].y y3		
	}

I don't know why, but this projectile goes through walls if you fire really close to the wall. (I think it is because of the rotatesprite) How can I prevent it ? Here's the code of the projectile itself in any case.

defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_WORKSLIKE 65538
defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_SPAWNS EXPLOSION2
defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_VEL 814
defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_EXTRA 300
defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_ISOUND GRAY_BOOM
defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_XREPEAT 48
defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_YREPEAT 48
defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_HITRADIUS 2600
defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_OFFSET 128
defineprojectile GRAYROCKET PROJ_CLIPDIST 48

And a different question, what does ifvaror do? Is it like "if variable Y is added X, then do" ?

[Dr. Kylstein]

 XThX2, on Jul 17 2009, 09:44 AM, said:

And a different question, what does ifvaror do? Is it like "if variable Y is added X, then do" ?

I assume it does a bitwise OR and executes the code block if the result is not zero.

[XThX2]

Is there any chance for someone to take a "backup" of the scripting thread at 3D Realms forums or move the posts to here? (May sound ridiculous, just noticed when I read again...) I was going through the oldest one and there are a lot of valuable information that should not be lost in case the forums go down.

[Fox]

Dynamicremapping is not working and I am getting a "warning: duplicate g_dynamicTileMapping statement" error.

I am only using it as I always used:

Quote

dynamicremap define SMALLSMOKE 3610

May I have missed certain update note and I am using a out-of-date sintax? =/

[Hendricks266]

All you have to do is put "dynamicremap", alone, at the beginning of DEFS.CON. You don't need to put it before every switched label.

[Fox]

1) Hmm... I tried it, but it has no effect.

Quote

dynamicremap
define SECTOREFFECTOR 1
define ACTIVATOR 2
(...)
define SMALLSMOKE 3610

2) Does the Shrinker HUD weapon glowing is stored somewhere? I mean, the crystal HUD tile seems to change it's shading. Is it stored somewhere in a structure member?

[XThX2]

2) I don't think so. Why do you need it?

[Hendricks266]

1) Odd, it worked for me.
2) It's in the WEAPONx_... gamevars, I think WEAPON6 to be exact.

[XThX2]

He didn't mean the flag for it, he meant the shade for it's crystal.

[m210®]

Help me please to make an actor which will be reflected from walls(as a billiard sphere) after a shot at this actor.

[XThX2]

Hmm, I haven't thought too much about it, but this little explanation might work for you.

When hit by a weapon (ifhitweapon OR getactor[THISACTOR].htextra temp ifvarg temp 0) get the angle your actor got hit, add 1024 to it, set your actors angle to the new angle and make it shoot a projectile that looks exactly like this actor, and then kill the shooting actor. Make sure this new projectile has bounces off walls tag along with a few others that you find necessary. (I don't have time to type out the whole code)

[m210®]

I think use a movesprite command.
Angle of actor may get through code

getactor[THISACTOR].htang tmp
cos x tmp
sin y tmp
movesprite THISACTOR x y 0 CLIPMASK RETURN

and need get a ID of wall which have contact with actor and reflect it. but how to get it ID of wall?

[Dr. Kylstein]

Ilovefoxes, on Jul 22 2009, 06:17 AM, said:

2) Does the Shrinker HUD weapon glowing is stored somewhere? I mean, the crystal HUD tile seems to change it's shading. Is it stored somewhere in a structure member?

Maybe this?

[Fox]

Dr. Kylstein, on Jul 22 2009, 09:12 PM, said:

Maybe this?

That may work. I will check the values later.

[Cage]

How to scale hardcoded sprites? I've tried sizeat, setting actor's.x/yrepeat, both in actor code and using event (eventloadactor IIRC) and it still doesn't work properly - the sprite sizes when it's seen, not immediately at startup

[XThX2]

Strange, this code actually works for hardcoded sprites for me;

eventloadactor SHOTGUNAMMO
setactor[THISACTOR].xrepeat 50
setactor[THISACTOR].yrepeat 50
enda

actor SHOTGUNAMMO
   fall
   sizeat 50 50
   .
   .
   .

Well, you may try changing the actor to an user actor if this doesn't work. This is the usual method I use for resizing my enemies. (Sizeat for when the actor spawns, eventloadactor for mapload)

[Fox]

Cage, on Jul 23 2009, 08:14 AM, said:

How to scale hardcoded sprites? I've tried sizeat, setting actor's.x/yrepeat, both in actor code and using event (eventloadactor IIRC) and it still doesn't work properly - the sprite sizes when it's seen, not immediately at startup

Do it at EVENT_GAME.

Quote

onevent EVENT_GAME
ifactor SHOTGUNAMMO
sizeat 50 50
endevent

[MIKE SIMS]

can someone help me with the nightvision rotate sprite effect? I've tried several different coordinates and codes and none seem to display sprites on screen when night vision is in use..

[Jimmy]

Use about 150 for both the X and Y dimensions, this should bring it somewhere visible on the screen.

[MIKE SIMS]

ALSO, I want to make the muzzle flashes for the weapons transparent (just the regular duke weapons for now), I know it's probably simple but I think this would be a quicker way to figure it out

[MIKE SIMS]

Captain Awesome, on Jul 26 2009, 06:17 PM, said:

Use about 150 for both the X and Y dimensions, this should bring it somewhere visible on the screen.

for some reason I got it to appear in the top left corner with x0 y0 dimensions... but when I try other dimensions it wont appear... I basically want to get it exactly where the crosshair is.

[Chip]

Is there any way to increase the speed of a model animation through cons?
I would like my character's movement animation to speed up when he moves faster but I don't want to have to result into defining the same animation loads of times accross many tile spaces.

[XThX2]

HTG_T might be of use to you. Find the number that represents the animation speed.

[Chip]

Hmm, number 3 seems to refer to "animspeed" but I'm thinking that only referes to its sprite animation speed (which has no effect on a 3D model animation speed) But I'll try it out later today.

[Fox]

Hendricks266 said:

1) Odd, it worked for me.

Phew, I have a problem with dynamicremap.

I try it the simpliest way. I put the dynamicremap command on top of DEFS, and them define SMALLSMOKE 1660. And them it doesn't work properly, here is a screenshot:



As you can see, the SMALLSMOKE has no sizeat definition (and uses 1 by default) - It's not the same as not using dynamicremap, but it is not as functional as it was before (when used to add dynamicremap command before every define).

I have attached a file with the DEFS I am using, anyone else is having this problem?

Attached File(s)

•  DEFS.zip (8.9K)
  Number of downloads: 1209

[Danukem]

Useractors spawn at size 1 1, which is a good thing, whereas a lot of the original actors (like SMALLSMOKE) have specific hardcoded sizes depending on the situation. When tiles are moved with dynamicremap they lose some of their hardcoded properties. I remember having that problem once before with it, and I have never tried to use the command since.

[Fox]

Yeah, but I want to use it. The point is that I know it is probably an error because early syntax doesn't used to do that.

[Chip]

I've just seen "modvar" on the wiki but not too sure exactly what it does.

Quote

modvar <gamevar> <value>
This command sets <gamevar> to <gamevar>%<value>. It's a math operation which calculates a modulus(aka reminder) of <gamevar>/<value>.

Is this some kind of "percentage" relating var - working out a percentage of a number?

[Ryan Cordell]

No, % is the symbol (in programming) for the MOD operator, that is, it returns only the remainder of the number. IE:

3%2 = 1
5%3 = 2 (*shrug*)
2%2 = 0

3%10 = 3
2%10 = 2

and such stuff. At least, that's what I remember from my programming classes. It's a bit foggy now though.
If I understand right, it simply performs that mathematical operation of the gamevar divided/modded by value.

[Chip]

Aww, I was hoping it would be a percentage work out.
Thanks for the info.