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Important tertiary fire laser mode
2001-09-18, 10:05 AM #1
this goes at the end of my P90 gun cog:

# ........................................................................................

user0:

SetMaterialCel(laseraimtex, 1);
SetFireWait(player, firewait - 0.04);
FireProjectile(player, laser, -1, -1, '0.0168 0.1896 0.00', '0 0 0', 0, 0, 0, 0);

Sleep(5);

SetMaterialCel(laseraimtex, 0);


return;

end

Is there a function which will keep user0 firing continuously? its a laser sight, and I want it to stay on, as well as the addcell bit

Ps, can normal fire still work when user0 is active?
Code:
if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}
2001-09-18, 11:19 AM #2
You should use a pulse for the laser sight, but I'm not sure what you want to do with the mat. Anyway, do something like this for the aiming laser:

Code: 
Selected:
   #Other Code
   SetPulse(.1);
Return;
#=========#
deselected:
   #Other Code
   SetPulse(0);
Return;
#=========#
pulse:
   FireProjectile(player, laser, -1, -1, '0.0168 0.1896 0.00', '0 0 0', 0, 0, 0, 0);
Return;
#=========#
end


That will make the aiming laser come on when you select the weapon, and turn off when the weapon is deselected. Hideki has a good tutorial on making aiming lasers and getting them to work in MP.

You could get user0 to fire continuously by putting "call user0;" at the end of that message. But that might lag if you fired a projectile every time.

Yes, normal fire will work fine even if you're firing other projectiles almost simultaneously. Don't know about using a sleep(), though. I don't use them because they can crash JK.

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Fiction must be more realistic than truth or no one will believe it.
Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.
2001-09-19, 12:01 PM #3
no no no, its very important that the laser isnt activated when you select the P90, i can do that anyway, but i want user0 to turn it on, then press user0 again, to turn it off.

Ya Dig?

Oh, also, in the same cog, to reload it, how do I play a keyframe and a sound after a previous keyframe? this wont work:

if(count==50) //we've gotten up to 50
{
jkPlayPOVKey( player, reloadAnim, 1, 0x38 );
PlaySoundThing(reloadSound, player, 1.0, -1, -1, 0x80);
SetFireWait(player, GetKeyLen(reloadAnim));
count=0; //reset your counter variable for the next go round
jkPlayPOVKey( player, gunAnim, 1, 0x38 );
PlaySoundThing(gunSound, player, 1.0, -1, -1, 0x80);
SetFireWait(player, GetKeyLen(gunAnim));

}

Return;
it only plays the first

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Code:
if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}
2001-09-19, 5:06 PM #4
Actually in the tertiary fire mode cog which sends a message to the weapon cog, place this.

SetInvWait(player, your3rdFireCogInvNumber, someWaitInSeconds);

So whenever you press the key it will make the inventory not to work for a certain amount of time, making it not possible to fire so rapidly and if you also want to make the usual fire mode to stay as well, place

FireWait(some params);

In the user0 message.


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http://millennium.massassi.net/ - Millennium
2001-09-20, 12:05 AM #5
Why would I want the inventory to stop working? you mean the reload cog? thanks anyway but I have that working now, simply by using "sleep" and some other stuff.

Heres what I have for the user0 laseraim

Pulse:

FireLaser(para)
Setmaterial(the laser turning on)
sleep(same number as pulse)
Setmaterial(the laser turning off)

user0:

SetFirewait(whatever)
SetPulse(0.012);

I think its something like that, what that should do is activate the pulse when you press user0, then everypulse the laser will shoot and the material will change.

When I stop pressing it the pulse is deacivated and everything goes back to normal
Code:
if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}
2001-09-20, 8:07 AM #6
Ok, the following code will set the mat on and start the laser when user0 is pressed. And when pressed again the mat and the pulse will turn off.

Code: 
#=============#
pulse:
   FireProjectile()

Return;
#=============#
user0:
   if(pulsevar == 0)
   {
     SetPulse(.1); #Or faster than that
     pulsevar=1;
     SetMaterialCel(mat, 1); #Turn it on
   }
   else if(pulsevar == 1)
   {
     SetPulse(0);
     pulsevar=0;
     SetMaterialCel(mat, 0); #Turn it off
   }

Return;
#=============#


You can't change the mat in the same pulse that fires the projectile because the projectile has to fire too quickly. Putting a sleep in there won't work.

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If you want the mat to continually change while the pulse is going, you should use alternating timers:

Code: 
#==============#
timer:
   id=GetSenderId();
   if(id == 1)
   {
     SetMaterialCel(mat, 1);
     SetTimerEx(0.5, 0, 0, 0); #Id of zero
   }
   else if(id == 0)
   {
     SetMaterialCel(mat, 0);
     SetTimerEx(0.5, 1, 0, 0); #Id of one
   }

Return;
#=============#
user0:
   if(pulsevar == 0)
   {
     SetPulse(.1);
     pulsevar=1;
     SetTimerEx(0.5, 1, 0, 0); #Turn it on
   }
   else if(pulsevar == 1)
   {
     SetPulse(0);
     pulsevar=0;
     KillTimerEx(1); #Kill both timers
     KillTimerEx(0);
   }

Return;
#=============#


Also, put both KillTimerExes in the deselected message. Hope that solves your problem [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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Fiction must be more realistic than truth or no one will believe it.
Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.

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