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Need nother cog!
2002-03-06, 5:43 PM #1
I need a cog that shoots a type of projectile from a ghost position, ALWAYS. its not activated by a switch, it just always shoots at the players. It needs to have auto aim too, and its gotta be synced.

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"Does that compute?

Or do I need to draw you a schematic!?"
2002-03-07, 9:39 AM #2
Try this:

Code: 
# firecog.cog
#
# Fire a projectile at players from a ghost.
#
# [SM]
#======================================================================#
symbols

thing		ghost
template	projTemp
flex		fireWait
flex		fireDist
int		fov

flex		speed		local
thing		target		local
thing		proj			local
vector	gpos		local

message	startup
message	pulse

end
#======================================================================#
code
#----------------------------------------------------------------
startup:
	if(!IsServer()) Return;
	gpos=GetThingPos(ghost);
	SetPulse(fireWait);

Return;
#----------------------------------------------------------------
pulse:
	target=FirstThingInView(ghost, fov, 10, 0x400);
	while((VectorDist(GetThingPos(target), gpos) > fireDist || GetThingHealth(target) < 1) && target != -1)
		target=NextThingInView();
	if(target == -1) Return;
	proj=FireProjectile(ghost, projTemp, -1, -1, '0 0 0', '0 0 0', 0, 0x0, 0, 0);
	speed=VectorLen(GetThingVel(proj));
	lvec=VectorNorm(VectorSub(GetThingPos(target), gpos));
	SetThingLook(proj, lvec);
	SetThingVel(proj, VectorScale(lvec, speed));

Return;
#----------------------------------------------------------------
end


fov is the Field of View in degrees. FOVs above 270 don't seem to work; so use a number lower than that.

I haven't tested it, but this cog *should* work alright in MP. Since this is for a level, the creation of the template will be synced. And only the server will run the firing code.

There you go. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2002-03-07, 5:10 PM #3
Whats Firedist, and is the fov for X and Y, or just one of them?

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"Does that compute?

Or do I need to draw you a schematic!?"

[This message has been edited by Dash_rendar (edited March 07, 2002).]

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