Help Scripting Projectiles

[hottstuff911]

can anyone please teach me how to script projectile stuff please and tell me what parts of it does what please.

[falco10291029]

shoot x,y,z,angle,zangle,power,gani,ganiattribute;

x-starting x of the projectile

y-" "y " "

z-" "z " "

angle-the angle at which the shot will fire, in radians. 0 is right, 3.14/2 is up, 3.15 is left, and 3.14*1.5 is down

zangle-same thing but for on the z axis, it decides how "up" the shot will be fired, with 0 being shot straight forward (not good to do, wont get anywhere becuase of the gravity), and 3.14/2 being straight up.

power- the force of the shot. 1 is the default graal arrow, and having 0 will make the projectile not be affected by gravity and travel at a speed of 1 (not sure if that's how it's meant, but my experience tells me this).

gani- gani of the projectile, if you put nothing it uses the player's gani without the player sprites (except for shadow). example: if the player is idle it will shoot a shadow.

gani attribute- same as with setani gani,ganiattribute;



Hope that helps, anyone can correct me if I put something wrong or misguiding here (but dont be an ass about it)


EDIT: forgot a few other things for setting up and recieving the projectile.


setshootparams param0,param1,ect.-for clientside, when recieved, there will be parameters based on what's set here, so if you have iut set as:

NPC Code:

---

setshootparams 1,2;

---

when recieved (I'll cover that next) with actionprojectile clientside it will have #p(0) as 1, and #p(1) as 2. if done serverside or with actionprojectile2, when recieved it will have #p(0) as the landing x(where the projectile hits the ground or something else), #p(1) as the landing y, and then #p(2) as 1, and #p(3) as 2.


Recieving:


actionprojectile-if on clientside, it reacts when hit by a clientside projectile. If on serverside it triggers if a clientside projectile lands (or if in a class npc when it's hit by one), and if done serverside, #p(0) is the land x, and #p(1) is the landing y, and the following params will be any ones that were set for the projectile. Otherwise the params are in order of what was set by the player, starting at #p(0).

actionsprojectile-a serverside projectile has landed (meaning a projectile sent by a serverside script). Params are the same as with serverside above. If put in a class npc or on clientside, it will react when hit by a serverside projectile (and params are as the player set)

actionprojectile2- clientside: a clientside projectile has landed. Params are same as actionprojectile on serverside. This command isnt used serverside.



I think that covers it all, hope this helps.

[hottstuff911]

ok if you didn't make any mistakes i think this will really help me thanks.

[hottstuff911]

do you think you can like make the part when it gets recived by like a player or a baddy they lose 1 hp.

because i dont get how to make that part from your instructions.

:'(

[Lance]

Originally Posted by hottstuff911

do you think you can like make the part when it gets recived by like a player or a baddy they lose 1 hp.

because i dont get how to make that part from your instructions.

:'(

Don't ask people to do your work for you. You're asking them to break the forum rules, man.

[falco10291029]

If we trust his words, it isn't illegal because it's only showing how to do it and he tried already.

[falco10291029]

Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

The rules clearly say that you shouldn't ask for scripts. All the trust in the world wouldn't obviate this rule.

Technically he asked for part of one

[Kaimetsu]

Originally Posted by falco10291029

Technically he asked for part of one

You are saying that a subset of a script is not itself a script? How do you define the term?

[falco10291029]

Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

You are saying that a subset of a script is not itself a script? How do you define the term?

It depends what we go by. If we go by the fact that any flag and command could be a script then yes, he is asking for one. But if you go by the fact that he is asking for help in a whole script by wanting help with a part, then he isn't. I go by the latter. I'm not sure how the rules are meant, but misinterpretation is more the writer's fault than mine.

[Kaimetsu]

Originally Posted by falco10291029

if you go by the fact that he is asking for help in a whole script by wanting help with a part

He's not "asking for help", he's asking for prepackaged NPC code. Again: How do you define the word 'script'?

[falco10291029]

Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

He's not "asking for help", he's asking for prepackaged NPC code. Again: How do you define the word 'script'?

He asked for help because he didn't know that type of command. in fatc i gave a universal example not thew exact thing he needed. I define a script as a functioning.....script......but if someone asks for how to use a function in a flag I don't consider it to be a script if I give a universal example

[Kaimetsu]

Originally Posted by falco10291029

I define a script as a functioning.....script......

Could you give me a non-recursive definition?

[falco10291029]

Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

Could you give me a non-recursive definition?

an npc of any sort that has at least one flag and one function and does the desired effect. Also it can't be part of another one

[falco10291029]

Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

How do you test the third criterion? Anything can be added to another script.

If you see it and it is currently in another script, or meant to be, then it is.

Also, it is entirely possible to achieve fairly complicated effects without explicitly trapping any events. If I wrote some code to do so, would it not be a script?

Never saw such a script, didn't know you could do anything without a flag.

Lastly, you are saying that there's no such thing as a malfunctioning script?

I don't consider it a script, just some text meant to be a script. Until fixed, I don't consider it one. If you ask for a type of script from someone, you would think that it is meant to work, right?

[Kaimetsu]

Originally Posted by falco10291029

If you see it and it is currently in another script, or meant to be, then it is.

So if I take somebody's script and then extend it, the original is no longer a script?

Never saw such a script, didn't know you could do anything without a flag

Do not refer to them as flags. They are events.

I don't consider it a script, just some text meant to be a script. Until fixed, I don't consider it one

Well, as I implied before, this is a definition that is specific (and probably unique) to you.