fire projectile

darksmaster923 · Post by **darksmaster923** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:58 am

i always seemed to have a problem with shooting projectiles at nothing
nothing happens!
CODE(test script)

{
	Spawn[ ()
	{
		Console(true); //Doesnt display console
		LowLevel("Setup");
	} ]
	
	Setup[ ()
	{
		PawnRender(false); //no pawn no more
		PositionToPlayer(0, 0, 50, true, true);
		self.think = "Idle";
	} ]

	Idle[ ()
	{
		self.ThinkTime = "0.2";
		PositionToPlayer(0, 0, 50, true, true);
		SetTargetPoint(0, 0, 5000 );
		FireProjectile("armor_shell", "BIP 01", 0, 0, 25,"enemy_health" );
	} ]
}

zany_001 · Post by **zany_001** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:01 am

{
Spawn[() //you put a space inbetween,that might not change anything, just watch the spaces

darksmaster923 · Post by **darksmaster923** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:02 am

thats how i always did it

zany_001 · Post by **zany_001** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:03 am

PawnRender(false); //why is that false?

darksmaster923 · Post by **darksmaster923** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:04 am

so you dont see the pawn

zany_001 · Post by **zany_001** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:05 am

the enemy pawn,or the projectile?

darksmaster923 · Post by **darksmaster923** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:11 am

the pawn

zany_001 · Post by **zany_001** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:24 am

try going through it step by step,until you find something wrong,or else compare it to any working scripts you have.

darksmaster923 · Post by **darksmaster923** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:28 am

i added a sound
the sound plays but no projectile

darksmaster923 · Post by **darksmaster923** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:16 am

discovery: me handtyping my own scripts means fireprojectile command doesnt work

zany_001 · Post by **zany_001** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:34 am

So it works?and perhaps its the space here:

"BIP 01"

change the name so its got no space,cos it might be messing up the engine.

***EDIT***

SetTargetPoint(0, 0, 5000 );

isnt 5000 a bit big?

darksmaster923 · Post by **darksmaster923** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:08 am

zany_001 wrote:So it works?and perhaps its the space here:
"BIP 01"
change the name so its got no space,cos it might be messing up the engine.

***EDIT***
SetTargetPoint(0, 0, 5000 );
isnt 5000 a bit big?

also how i always did it.

5000? dunno

Post by **QuestOfDreams** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:14 pm

Use FireProjectileBlind if you don't want to target an actor.

Juutis · Post by **Juutis** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:40 pm

FireProjectile works like that too, at least I have always used FireProjectile() with SetTargetPoint and it works perfectly.

discovery: me handtyping my own scripts means fireprojectile command doesnt work

Yeah, that has happened to me too. Sometimes they just don't work when I type them, but when I copy the exactly same piece of text from the manual it works... That's just weird.

darksmaster923 · Post by **darksmaster923** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:54 pm

QuestOfDreams wrote:Use FireProjectileBlind if you don't want to target an actor.

that doesnt work either