[DotK3D]

Hello everyone and Happy New Year.

I wanted to try some things in scripting and I have a small problem :

I have made a switch to operate a door and I want this switch to get back to "released" state after a delay while in "pressed" state you can't activate it.
It works nearly as I want but sometimes the switch is reactivated nearly immediately (the door open a bit and close afterwards - and vice versa).

Any help is welcome,
Bye,
DotK3D

here the code :

// Custom switches
define NEWSWITCH 3585

action NEWSWITCHRELEASE 0 1 1 1 1 
action NEWSWITCHPRESS 1 1 1 1 1 

eventloadactor NEWSWITCH
 gamevar activatorLotag 0 2
 getactor[THISACTOR].lotag activatorLotag
enda
useractor notenemy NEWSWITCH 0 NEWSWITCHRELEASE
  ifp pfacing
   ifpdistl 1280
    ifhitspace
     ifaction NEWSWITCHRELEASE
     {
      action NEWSWITCHPRESS
      soundonce SWITCH_ON
      operateactivators activatorLotag 0
      break
     }
  ifaction NEWSWITCHPRESS
   ifcount 64
   {
    action NEWSWITCHRELEASE
    resetcount
    break
   }
enda

and the test map with art file and game.con

Attached File(s)

•  testswitch.zip (23.42K)
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[Hendricks266]

Try adding a resetcount alongside the "action NEWSWITCHPRESS" and "soundonce SWITCH_ON".

[DotK3D]

That's a quick answer !

It seem to works. I have added resetcount just after soundonce SWITCH_ON

Thanks a lot,
DotK3D

PS : I have read somewhere that a EVENT_DAMAGEWALL was planned, to do custom breakable screens If I have understand correctly, is it available ?

[Hendricks266]

Not yet but it is very high on my to-do list.

[DotK3D]

Ok, nice.

Thanks again,
Dotk3D

[RichardStorm]

I'm trying to add to my projectile_type projectiles a way to press buttons... my idea is to shoot a short-range hitscan dummy on event_killit, but it doesn't work:

define _BPRESS ####

defineprojectile _BPRESS  PROJ_WORKSLIKE 1     // or 16
defineprojectile _BPRESS  PROJ_EXTRA 1              // or 0
defineprojectile _BPRESS  PROJ_XREPEAT 4
defineprojectile _BPRESS  PROJ_XREPEAT 4
defineprojectile _BPRESS  PROJ_RANGE 128

onevent EVENT_KILLIT
 switch sprite[THISACTOR].picnum
  ...
 case FIRELASER
 case PLASMA_PROJ
 case ...
  shoot _BPRESS
 break

 endswitch
endevent
 

I tried various combinations of size, damage, no_aim flag, zshoot at 0, different range...

Is something wrong/odd in the projectile declaration, or is the whole idea wrong and there are other ways to do that ?

// edit
Also, i would know the description of the PROJECTILE_REALCLIPDIST, _ACCURATE and _NOSETOWNERSHADE flags, not yet on wiki

[Fox]

REALCLIP: Something to do with hard-coded behavior. Very specific usage.

ACCURATE: Bullet-type projectile doesn't spread.

NOSETOWNERSHADE: Shooting actor won't glow when firing the projectile.

[Mark]

After a long break I'm getting back into con coding ( what little I know ) . I'm a little rusty and need some help. I have an animated md3 model that unfortunately was created facing sideways. Its causing me problems when trying to use the faceplayerslow command. As expected the model's side faces the player as you move around it. So then I had the bright idea of using the angoff command to offset the model at the start to get it to spin 90 degrees CW. Problem is, when faceplayer kicks in the model still never quite faces the player. I can't seem to get the full 90 degree spin I need. I tried inserting angoff at the very beginning of the actor's code and also tried inside the brackets with the move and faceplayer command. Nothing gets me exactly what I want.

For starters, what are the min/max values for the angoff command? It is not stated in the Wiki. Second, am I going about it all wrong?

Editing the model itself is a last resort because of it being an md3 and not something with a skeleton. I would have to manually spin all the frames by 90 degrees to keep it intact.

[Mark]

Double post, ahh... Blender Guru TeaMonster came to the rescue with an older version of Blender that still imported and exported md3 models properly. He was able to spin the model so I don't need the con solution right away. But for the sake of learning I would still like to know if there was a con solution that I missed.

[Mblackwell]

angoff is Build values so 0-2047, positive or negative. Positive is clockwise. 512 is 90 degrees.

[Mark]

AHA. So I was using the command right but didn't go high enough with the values. It was a case of me assuming wrongly that it would have been either -128 to +128 or 0-255. I never entered anything outside that range. Thanks.

If I knew how, I would add that info to the wiki.

[Gambini]

nevermind, got it working!!

[Gambini]

I did this, which spawns a driver on my jetskies and then it follows the player around (it´s a placeholder so we can start working on the level) but i can´t get the driver (5 angled sprite) retain the jetski (model) angle. the driver follows the jetski and all but it always points north. Any idea how to do it?

define JETSKI 5440
define JETSKISHOOT 5441
define JETSKI_DRIVER 5446

spritenvg JETSKI
spritenvg JETSKI_DRIVER
spriteshadow JETSKI

//JETSKI

define JETSKISTRENGTH 150

action JETSKISTAND 0 1 1
action JETSKIRUN   0 1 1
action JETSKISHOOT 0 2 1 4 
action JETSKI_DRIVERSTAND 0 1 5

move JETSKIRUNVEL 150
move JETSKISTOP

ai AIJETSKIGETENEMY JETSKIRUN JETSKIRUNVEL seekplayer
ai AIJETSKISHOOTENEMY JETSKIRUN JETSKIRUNVEL faceplayer

useractor notenemy JETSKI_DRIVER 0

ifvarn target -1
 {
	ifvare actorvar[target].peractor1 -1 killit
	sizeat 40 40
	getactor[target].z z
	action JETSKI_DRIVERSTAND
	cstat 0
	setsprite THISACTOR sprite[target].x sprite[target].y z
	setangle THISACTOR [target].ang
}
enda

useractor enemy JETSKI JETSKISTRENGTH
fall
ifaction 0
  {
  fall
  sizeat 58 58
  action JETSKIRUN
  cstat 257
  espawn JETSKI_DRIVER
  setactorvar[RETURN].target THISACTOR
  setvarvar peractor1 RETURN
  }

ifmove 0 move JETSKIRUNVEL faceplayer

enda

[Danukem]

I'm not sure how you are getting that to compile, since there is no such command as "setangle" but try this change:

ifvarn target -1
{
ifvare actorvar[target].peractor1 -1 killit
sizeat 40 40
getactor[target].z z
action JETSKI_DRIVERSTAND
cstat 0
setsprite THISACTOR sprite[target].x sprite[target].y z
setactor[THISACTOR].ang sprite[target].ang
}
enda

[Mblackwell]

Why would you need to killit if peractor1 is -1? Based on your code it will never be -1.

[Danukem]

 Mblackwell, on 02 February 2017 - 09:28 PM, said:

Why would you need to killit if peractor1 is -1? Based on your code it will never be -1.

He copied the code from a different actor where it made sense to have that line. I think it was code I wrote that had an enemy spawning a force field or something similar. There were other parts to it which didn't get copied. I left it in my edit because it wasn't related to the angle issue and it could become relevant later if more code is added.

[Gambini]

Thanks a lot! That setangle line was a blind shot trying to fix the problem, the code compiled alright without it.

Yes I based most of this by looking at code of actors that behaved similar to what i wanted. The driver (or attached sprite) is the tentacles code of the EDF troopers, i removed the pal specific lines but didn´t touch that ifvare actorvar[target].peractor1 -1 killit because i dont have a clue of what it is.

[Mark]

I used it a couple of years ago but I can't seem to find now the snippet of code to disable global screen flash when firing a weapon.

[Danukem]

 Mark., on 17 February 2017 - 07:38 PM, said:

I used it a couple of years ago but I can't seem to find now the snippet of code to disable global screen flash when firing a weapon.

http://wiki.eduke32....i/WEAPONx_FLAGS

orvar 256 on the weapon#_flags corresponding to the weapon

[Mark]

Thanks for steering me in the right direction. In case anyone else wants to use it.
// NO GLOBAL FLASH WHEN FIRING PISTOL SHOTGUN CHAINGUN
onevent EVENT_RESETWEAPONS
setvarvar gs WEAPON1_FLAGS
setvarvar gs WEAPON2_FLAGS
setvarvar gs WEAPON3_FLAGS
orvar gs 256
setvarvar WEAPON1_FLAGS gs
setvarvar WEAPON2_FLAGS gs
setvarvar WEAPON3_FLAGS gs
endevent

EDIT: CODE PRODUCED A GLITCH. DO NOT USE AS-IS

[Mblackwell]

Not sure you want to use gs there, if it works it works but don't be surprised if something breaks at some point:
http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Gs

[Danukem]

Mark., on 18 February 2017 - 04:09 AM, said:

Thanks for steering me in the right direction. In case anyone else wants to use it.
// NO GLOBAL FLASH WHEN FIRING PISTOL SHOTGUN CHAINGUN
onevent EVENT_RESETWEAPONS
setvarvar gs WEAPON1_FLAGS
setvarvar gs WEAPON2_FLAGS
setvarvar gs WEAPON3_FLAGS

The var can only store one value at a time, so it's equal to WEAPON3_FLAGS as of that last line...

[Mark]

Thats copy pasted from my Graveyard mod where everything "seemed" to be fine. I pasted it in my ongoing project and at first glance it seems to be working. I'll double check.

EDIT: It works as intended removing the flash but it messed up the firing making those 3 weapons rapid fire like the chaingun. I'll have to also check to see if it affected Graveyard in the same way. Nobody ever reported the issue.... No rapid firing pistol or shotgun in Graveyard but I did not have the chaingun in it's noflash con. If I remove the noflash for weapon3, the chaingun, firing sequence goes back to normal for the pistol and shotgun while still keeping the noflash for those 2.

So I guess it will noflash for just those 2. I can live with that if no other glitches show up.

[David B.]

Hello everybody,

I suppose it's the right thread to post that question, so is there any way to control an animated 3d model with the 'use' key ?
What I mean is a 3d model which starts its animation forward or backward each time the player presses the "use" key when looking at it : for example an animated switch, a valve wheel or a door.

Does anyone think it's possible - and possibly knows the way one could do that ?

[Mark]

I'm not sure of actual tile numbers, this is just an example. Use an existing switch that has tile 100 for open and tile 101 for close. Your animated switch model has 8 frames. 1 - 4 moving the valve wheel clockwise and 5-8 moving the wheel counter clockwise. In the defs you would assign frames 1-4 for tile 100 and 5-8 for tile 101.

There are other ways including con coding with the "ifhitspace" command which detects when the use key is pressed. But the above does not require con code. Just def'ing in the new model to replace the old.

[Danukem]

Mark., on 18 February 2017 - 07:57 AM, said:

EDIT: It works as intended removing the flash but it messed up the firing making those 3 weapons rapid fire like the chaingun.

Yes, for the reason I pointed out in my post immediately above yours. You used the chaingun value to set all 3 weapons.

[Mark]

I assumed wrongly that my code would have no effect on firing timing because gs had nothing to do with that. Live and learn.

[Kyanos]

Mark., on 18 February 2017 - 04:40 PM, said:

I assumed wrongly that my code would have no effect on firing timing because gs had nothing to do with that. Live and learn.

You aren't even using gs as the engine gun shade variable. You may as well replace it with a temp var. You are just storing the weapon flag value there then orvaring it. You should do the orvar once per weapon.

onevent EVENT_RESETWEAPONS 

setvarvar temp WEAPON1_FLAGS
orvar temp 256
setvarvar WEAPON1_FLAGS temp

setvarvar temp WEAPON2_FLAGS 
orvar temp 256
setvarvar WEAPON2_FLAGS temp

setvarvar temp WEAPON3_FLAGS
orvar temp 256
setvarvar WEAPON3_FLAGS temp

endevent

Posted from my phone sorry in advance for any errors.

[Kyanos]

David B., on 18 February 2017 - 09:46 AM, said:

Hello everybody,

I suppose it's the right thread to post that question, so is there any way to control an animated 3d model with the 'use' key ?
What I mean is a 3d model which starts its animation forward or backward each time the player presses the "use" key when looking at it : for example an animated switch, a valve wheel or a door.

Does anyone think it's possible - and possibly knows the way one could do that ?

Yes. I have made working door models.
1 the models work best with clip shape maps for blocking IMO
2 ifhitspace is the con command you'll want to use
3 I made two states one was advance a tile num, the other subtracted one from the picnum
4 like in defs.con define two tiles as your model states aka open/closed
5 like in game.con write code for each state of the model to switch picnum to opposite state if it detects hitspace
6 add sounds via soundonce con code

Good luck feel free to ask more or for clarification.

[Mark]

Thanks Drek. It worked but you forgot the all important first line. gamevar temp 0 0. Luckily I knew just enough about cons to add that in.