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Increasing the speed at which projectiles fly...
2002-08-24, 2:31 PM #1
How do you modify the speed that projectiles travel at?
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2002-08-24, 2:50 PM #2
Either up the template value with Static.jkl, which will make it crash in SP games, or modify the projectile after it is fired, upping the speed.

Code: 
Bullet = Fireprojectile(Blah, blah, blah);

Setthingvel(Projectile, Vectorscale(Getthingvel(Projectile), X));


Where X is the multiplication factor.

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2002-08-24, 2:58 PM #3
I've used FireProjectile to alter the speed before. One of those 10 objects does it.
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2002-08-25, 3:02 AM #4
You can do it with FireProjectile() by using the 0x1 Projectile Flag and the seventh parameter. For example:

Code: 
FireProjectile(thing, tpl, -1, -1, '0 0 0', '0 0 0', speedMult, 0x1, 0, 0);


Because of the 0x1 flag, the projectile's speed will be multiplied by the seventh argument - speedMult in the example.

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2002-08-25, 3:02 AM #5
I like my way better.

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2002-08-25, 3:40 AM #6
I use 'vel=(x/y/z)' in the template. So much simpler. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2002-08-25, 5:10 AM #7
It depends on the effect you want to create. Using FireProjectile() allows you to change the speed dynamically. If you had to set projectiles' speeds in their templates, thermal dets would be useless.

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Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.
2002-08-25, 5:28 AM #8
It all depends on the situation. Overall the template way is the best. For dramatic and specific uses, sometimes FireProjectile() or SetThingVel() shall work.

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