[Broken(?)] shootarrow/nuke/ect

[Deas_Voice]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

From what I remember, the old shootX()'s work off the NPC's x/y instead of the player's.

Something like:

this.x = player.x;
this.y = player.y;
shootarrow(player.dir);

might work. However, I'm pretty sure you don't need to take precautions like this(as WNPC's should by, default, be positioned at the player's x/y). Default bows are actually scripted and simply use shootarrow(player.dir).

yes, i know about the bow, but i need shootnuke, shootfireball, ect too.
i don't see how setting this.x/y to player's x/y is going to change the shootarrow, but i'll try that tomorrow anyway.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

yes, i know about the bow, but i need shootnuke, shootfireball, ect too.
i don't see how setting this.x/y to player's x/y is going to change the shootarrow, but i'll try that tomorrow anyway.

Well back in the day, bows like the super bow(which fire 4 arrows of all types in a row) would change the position of the weapon NPC in relation to the player, to change the placement of the arrow. So doing something like:

PHP Code:

if (weaponfired) {
  shootarrow playerdir;
  y = playery + 1;
  shootnuke playerdir;
  y = playery - 1;
  shootfireball playerdir;
} 


Would make the arrow shoot normally, with a fireball above it and a nuke below it.

However, I'm not even sure that will work anymore as I'm pretty sure Stefan make this.x/y not accessible via script in WNPCs since a lot of old weapon scripts used those without intending to alter the position of the weapon's x/y.