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Need help w/Force Push...
2005-10-30, 4:26 PM #1
I want Force Push to push projectiles...

setting the flags to "0x40c" works great...

"if(type == 3) // WEAPON" works great...

Here's the problem: I only want Force Push to push slower projectiles (i.e., Thermal Dets, Rail Dets, & Sequencer Charges...

Can anyone helP?

Ultra thanks in advance.

_K_
2005-10-30, 11:47 PM #2
You can either check for the projectile's velocity or you can directly compare it's template with the ones you want to affect.
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2005-10-31, 1:54 PM #3
Code: 
if(VectorLen(GetThingVelocity(projectile)) < 2){ //2 is the speed, and projectile
//DO BLAH...                                                        is the projectile you're testing.
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2005-10-31, 10:16 PM #4
Hmmm.... tried this

Code:
Code: 
pulse:

   // Check all things for our victim.
   victim = -1;
   maxDot = 0;

   // Search for all players, actors and slower velocity projectiles.

   potential = FirstThingInView(player, 50 * rank, 5 * rank, 0x40c);

   if(VectorLen(GetThingVelocity(potential) > 1))
 
   Return;


.... doesn't work... still targets STrifle bolts...

_K_

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2005-11-01, 4:37 PM #5
Well for one thing:

if(VectorLen(GetThingVelocity(potential) > 1))
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2005-11-01, 6:40 PM #6
Well "if(VectorLen(GetThingVelocity(potential) > 1)" sure isn't going to do it...

_K_
2005-11-02, 6:16 PM #7
Sorry if I wasn't clear. The ending parenthesis was in the wrong place, and I just noticed that it should be GetThingVel(). It should be something like:

Code: 
&& (VectorLen(GetThingVel(potential)) < maxSpeed)


This would be placed in the long condition that includes the HasLOS() check. And you should use something closer to 2 for maxSpeed because the player runs at 1.33.
Historians are the most powerful and dangerous members of any society. They must be watched carefully... They can spoil everything. - Nikita Khrushchev.
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. - Jean Rostand.
2005-11-05, 2:36 PM #8
Hmmm.... this still doesn't work...

Code: 
      if(
         HasLOS(player, potential) &&
         (potential != player) &&
         (VectorDist(GetThingPos(player), GetThingPos(potential)) <= (0.5 + rank / 2)) &&
         !(GetThingFlags(potential) & 0x200) &&	  
         !((jkGetFlags(potential) & 0x20) && !IsInvActivated(player, 38)) &&
	   
        !(VectorLen(GetThingVelocity(potential) > 1))
    
        )


What am I overlooking? There _must_ be a way to do this...
2005-11-05, 2:39 PM #9
Did you even read what I said? :eek:
Historians are the most powerful and dangerous members of any society. They must be watched carefully... They can spoil everything. - Nikita Khrushchev.
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. - Jean Rostand.
2005-11-05, 2:46 PM #10
! DoH...!
I meant:

Code: 
      if(
         HasLOS(player, potential) &&
         (potential != player) &&
         (VectorDist(GetThingPos(player), GetThingPos(potential)) <= (0.5 + rank / 2)) &&
         !(GetThingFlags(potential) & 0x200) &&	  
         !((jkGetFlags(potential) & 0x20) && !IsInvActivated(player, 38)) &&
	   
        !(VectorLen(GetThingVelocity(potential)) > 1)
    
        )


... still doesn't work...
2005-11-05, 3:53 PM #11
Double "DoH!" -- "GetThingVel" not "GetThingVelOCITY"...!

Thanks Centrist...!

Works like a charm...!

_K_
2005-11-05, 3:56 PM #12
Glad to help. ;)
Historians are the most powerful and dangerous members of any society. They must be watched carefully... They can spoil everything. - Nikita Khrushchev.
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. - Jean Rostand.

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