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Gun torret

2004-01-01, 11:36 AM #1

SM_Sith_Lord

S&M Master

Posts: 189

Alright, I'm making a gun torret for Attack on Theed and i've ran into a little problem. What my cog does is teleports the player to a platform, and sets his actor flags such that he can't move, only turn and fire. I use SelectWeapon to make him pull out the strifle, and i set his super charge bin so he can fire fast. I also try to change his energy ammo inventory to 999.

You experience cog guys probably see my problem already. ChangeInv doesn't let you exceed the bin max, and apparently neither does SetInv. Is there a way I can change an inventory to a value higher than the bin max? And if not, can you guys think of a way around this? Its every important that this be done without modifying items.dat so that AoT can be played with mods. Here are the cogs for you to look at.

Code:

# Jedi Knight Cog Script
#
# aot_defensegun.cog
#
# Controls the defense guns.
#
# [SM SIth Lord]
#
# This cog is not made or distributed by LucasArts Entertainment Co.

symbols

message		activated
message		timer

surface		actiswitch=-1

thing		player		local
thing		gunport=-1
thing		exitport=-1
thing		debugcam=-1

end

# ========================================================================================

code

activated:
player = GetSourceRef();
SetActorFlags(player,0x840000);
TeleportThing(player,gunport);
SendTrigger(player,771,player,exitport,-1,-1);
SetTimerEx(30,1,player,-1);
return;

timer:
SetCameraFocus(1,debugcam);
return;

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

end

And the cient side of the cog:

Code:

# Jedi Knight Cog Script
#
# aot_defensegun_cli.cog
#
# Client side of defense gun.
#
# [SM SIth Lord]
#
# This cog is not made or distributed by LucasArts Entertainment Co.

flags=0x240
symbols

message		trigger
message		pulse

thing		exitport	local
thing		player		local

flex		oldammo=-1	local

end

# ========================================================================================

code

trigger:
player = GetLocalPlayerThing();
if( GetSourceRef() != 771 || GetParam(0) != player ) return;
exitport = GetParam(1);
SelectWeapon(player,3);
oldammo = GetInv(player,11);
SetInv(player,11,999);
SetPulse(0.5);
return;

pulse:
if( GetCurWeapon(player) == 3 && GetInv(player,11) > 500 ){
  if( GetInv(player,63) != 3.0 ) ChangeInv(player,63,3.0);
  if( GetInv(player,11) != 999 ) SetInv(player,11,999);
  }
else{
  SetPulse(0);
  ChangeInv(player,11,oldammo);
  oldammo = -1;
  TeleportThing(player,exitport);
  ClearActorFlags(player,0x840000);
  }
return;

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

end

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[This message has been edited by SM_Sith_Lord (edited January 01, 2004).]

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2004-01-01, 12:00 PM #2

Stormtrooper

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Posts: 2,068

You could change the items.dat to allow 999 in that bin.

Are you just trying to make it so you can shoot an infinite amount of shots? If you are, you could just make the cog so that it doens't subtract anything from the bin.

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2004-01-01, 12:04 PM #3

SM_Sith_Lord

S&M Master

Posts: 189

Yeah, that would easily do it, but the thing is I can't modify items.dat. I have to make it so my level is compatible with mods, and changing items.dat or the strifle cog would screw up its compatability.

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2004-01-01, 2:02 PM #4

Stormtrooper

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Posts: 2,068

Would making a cog add 1 to the bin after one is taken away work? Or maybe something like, ammo = GetInv(player, 11); and in a pulse message, SetInv(player, 11, ammo);. That way, it would keep setting the inventory of that bin to what it was before?

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2004-01-01, 10:10 PM #5

SM_Sith_Lord

S&M Master

Posts: 189

Well, I was trying to set the inventory to a value higher then the max so I could tell if the player changes guns or not. But now that i think about it... the inventory would not be reset until after the cog relizes that he changed guns. I guess i need to make it so it just sets the bin to the bin max until the player's current weapon isn't 3 anymore. I'll try it out and let u know how it goes.

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2004-01-02, 7:48 AM #6

Grismath

Registered User

Posts: 5,177

I think Stormtrooper's idea may have merit; use a pulse to keep resetting the ammo to the max.

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2004-01-03, 6:57 AM #7

lucky_jackpot

Emoticon seizure in progress

Posts: 788

Now here's just a thought (so please forgive me if I've gotten the wrong end of the stick... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/redface.gif]

)

If you set the weapon in "items.dat" file to be "999" then when you teleport the player to that position, you could perform a flag check on that player (the one that got teleported) because he/she would be the only player with those flags (from a client-side persepctive - eg, they wouldn't be moving for a start) and then with a pulse message perform what Stormtrooper suggested...

By the by, that's not really the scenario to be using "SetInv()" verb for really... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/redface.gif]

Sorry...

Hope this has helped (in some small way - they're just ideas for you to tinker and play-around with) [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

-Jackpot

PS: I'll post back if I think up any more ideas... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2004-01-04, 2:26 PM #8

a_person

that_is_bewildered

Posts: 779

Well there would be good ways to do it like stortroppers idea but i dont think ull be able to get the inventory to read 999. Although I have one idea it probably wont work but just create a bm of the inventory side of the hud that has 999 writin in and when you enter the turret get it to change the bm to your new one.

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