Projectile range

[Crow]

Stefan asked me to post it here, so he won't forget it I guess

A new parameter for the shoot() function would be awesome, something that defines the range of the projectile. In tiles, maybe, or something else. This would be super useful

[Tigairius]

Agreed!

[DustyPorViva]

I'm not following?

Either way, I can think of a million parameters that would be great for projectiles. Speed, whether it stops when it hits a wall, and some other stuff I can't remember. Not quite a million, but I'm only a few short.

[napo_p2p]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

I'm not following?

Either way, I can think of a million parameters that would be great for projectiles. Speed, whether it stops when it hits a wall, and some other stuff I can't remember. Not quite a million, but I'm only a few short.

Gravity parameter (independent from server gravity).

[knightfire35]

Originally Posted by Tigairius

Agreed!

Double Agreed

[Inverness]

Perhaps have a different way of creating projectiles if people think shoot() is getting too large?

proj = player.level.projectile;
proj.ani = "iceprojectile";
proj.aniparams = {0, 0, 1, 0.5};
proj.dir = 3;
proj.x = player.x + 1;
proj.y = player.y + 1;
proj.z = 0;
proj.variable = value; //etc...
proj.shoot();

Sort of like how the particle emitter is working.

[Tigairius]

would also be nice if there was an array of projectiles in the level.

PHP Code:

for (temp.i: projectiles) {
  if (i.x in |this.x - 1, this.x + 1|) {
    blah;
  }
} 


[DustyPorViva]

level.projectiles

[Tigairius]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

level.projectiles

You're suggesting that or you're saying it exists?

[DustyPorViva]

Already exists. It's read-only though, or at least most of it is. It's not an array either, it's an object... eh, but it's there. I don't remember details of it though, but it's something to mess with.

I like Inver's idea of being able to make projectiles out of objects.

[Tigairius]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

I like Inver's idea of being able to make projectiles out of objects.

I do too!