Something as simple as a Bomb

[MrOmega]

Well, getting down to the nitty gritty now and I'm trying to completely recreate the bomb. I have run into a few snags and need some input/guidance. So all clientside I can get this to work flawlessly for the current player. But it looks horrible and choppy for other players and other players cant pick up the bomb after the current player has dropped it. So, I've tried interpolation with it and that has fixed the choppiness of it mostly. (except in cases of extreme lag) My issue is the whole throwing and landing part. I can through it serverside and it looks choppy but how could I go about making it smooth for all at the same time. The bomb is basically an NPC using a gani. Should I change this method or what?

[Knux]

I don't think the bomb NPC is just using a gani sir :O

[MrOmega]

Originally Posted by Knux

I don't think the bomb NPC is just using a gani sir :O

Well theres code behind it. I mean for displaying it, it uses a gani. Gani lasts for five seconds and then thats when I do my custom explosion as well.

[Knux]

Yes but it's setting a gani like pickup or whatever the gani is. The actual bomb itself is placed with placeexplosion, or whatever isn't it? I dunno I haven't scripted since GS1 and don't remember any of it

[MrOmega]

I'm not using putbomb or any of that, I'm doing it from scratch.

[Knux]

Originally Posted by MrOmega

I'm not using putbomb or any of that, I'm doing it from scratch.

I understand that. But isn't bomb like predefined or whatever?

[MrOmega]

Originally Posted by Knux

I understand that. But isn't bomb like predefined or whatever?

Yes but I don't want the predefined one. I'm going for better functionality and customization.

@Lance - how would I read what step that gani is at and how would I make it continue from that step in the shoot, as well as if the bomb needs to explode while in mid air?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by MrOmega

@Lance - how would I read what step that gani is at

npc.anistep, if I recall correctly.

and how would I make it continue from that step in the shoot,

By passing the step as a shoot parameter (see setshootparams).

as well as if the bomb needs to explode while in mid air?

You'd have to see what options are available for accessing projectiles-in-motion. I've never dabbled with that personally so I'm not sure what the limitations are or just how inelegant it might be.

[Knux]

Originally Posted by MrOmega

Yes but I don't want the predefined one. I'm going for better functionality and customization.

@Lance - how would I read what step that gani is at and how would I make it continue from that step in the shoot, as well as if the bomb needs to explode while in mid air?

Are you going to make a bomb for scratch, or get a walk-thru on here?

[Lance]

Use a projectile (shoot command) to throw it. Have the projectile handling code place a bomb NPC of your design (with putnpc2) at the destination.

[MrAnonymous_P2P]

I believe if you put the lime in the coconut, then mix it all up?


That might work.

[DustyPorViva]

You could POSSIBLY hack a method. Give the bomb projectile a power and zangle based how the time left when thrown. Make a bomb with a short fuse land faster than a bomb with a longer fuse. Then do the Z method yourself(since you'd be giving the bomb a projection based on fuse, and not the actual throw).

[MrOmega]

Ok so I got it working on the basics, now I want to make it look better. Smoother rather. Any thoughts of how to achieve this?

Here's what I got.

In my Weapon I have this

PHP Code:

public function Equip()
{

  return;

}

public function unEquip()
{

  return;

}

//#CLIENTSIDE

function onCreated()
{

  this.description = "<b><u>Small Bombs</u></b>\nDecent pack of power for a small bomb. Good for blasting enemies or holes in walls.";

}

function GraalControl.onKeyDown()
{

  if ( clientr.currentCharacter.weapon[ 0] == name && params[ 0] == 68 && client.carry == NULL)
  {
    
    client.freeze = true;
    player.attr[ 2] = "legends_sbombs-i.png";
    setani( "legends_lay", NULL);
    sleep( 0.3);
    player.attr[ 2] = "";
    temp.frontX = player.dir == 1? ( player.x - 1.5): player.dir == 3? ( player.x + 2.5): ( player.x + 0.5);
    temp.frontY = player.dir == 0? ( player.y - 1.25): player.dir == 2? ( player.y + 2.5): ( player.y + 1.25);
    triggerServer( "gui", "-system.core", "dropObj", temp.frontX, temp.frontY, "small_bombs", 1, true, "Small Bombs");   
    sleep( 0.1);
    client.freeze = false;

  }
} 


in -system.core it puts an npc at the specified locations joined to what I have.

In class I have this.

PHP Code:

function onCreated()
{

  setshape( 1, 32, 32);
  setCharAni( "legends_smallBomb", NULL);
  scheduleEvent( 5, "onDestroy");

}

function onDestroy()
{

  if ( this.attr[ 2] != "")
    findPlayer( this.attr[ 2]).client.carry = NULL;

  with ( putNPC2( this.x - 1.5, this.y - 1.5, ""))
    { this.join( "explosion");}
    
  this.destroy();

}

function onActionPulled()
{

  temp.pl = findPlayer( params[ 0]);
  temp.pl.client.carry = "sObj";
  temp.pl.client.freeze = true;
  temp.pl.setani( "legends_lift", NULL);
  sleep( 0.35);
  temp.pl.client.freeze = false;
  this.attr[ 1] = "carried";
  this.attr[ 2] = temp.pl.account;
  setTimer( 0.3);
  
}

function onTimeout()
{

  if ( this.attr[ 1] == "carried")
  {
  
    temp.pl = findPlayer( this.attr[ 2]);
    
    this.x = temp.pl.x + 0.5;
    this.y = temp.pl.y - 1;
  
  }
  
  if ( this.landed)
  {
  
    this.x = this.nx;
    this.y = this.ny;
    show();
    this.landed = false;
  
  }
  
  setTimer( 0.1);

}

function onActionPlaced()
{

  setTimer( 0);
  temp.pl = findPlayer( params[ 0]);
  temp.nx = temp.pl.dir == 1? ( temp.pl.x - 1.5): temp.pl.dir == 3? ( temp.pl.x + 2.5): ( temp.pl.x + 0.5);
  temp.ny = temp.pl.dir == 0? ( temp.pl.y - 1.25): temp.pl.dir == 2? ( temp.pl.y + 2.5): ( temp.pl.y + 1.25);  
  temp.pl.client.freeze = true;
  temp.pl.setani( "legends_lay", NULL);
  sleep( 0.3);
  temp.pl.client.carry =
  temp.pl.client.freeze = false;
  this.attr[ 1] = this.attr[ 2] = "";
  this.x = temp.nx;
  this.y = temp.ny;

}

function onActionThrown()
{

  setTimer( 0);
  temp.pl = findPlayer( params[ 0]);
  this.nx = temp.pl.dir == 1? ( temp.pl.x - 5.5): temp.pl.dir == 3? ( temp.pl.x + 6.5): ( temp.pl.x + 0.5);
  this.ny = temp.pl.dir == 0? ( temp.pl.y - 5.25): temp.pl.dir == 2? ( temp.pl.y + 6.5): ( temp.pl.y + 1.25);  
  temp.pl.client.freeze = true;
  temp.pl.setani( "legends_grab", NULL);
  temp.angle = getangle( vecx( temp.pl.dir), vecy( temp.pl.dir));
  hide();
  this.attr[ 1] = this.attr[ 2] = "";        
  temp.pl.client.carry = false;
  setshootparams( "Small Bomb", this.name, temp.pl.account, timevar2);
  shoot( temp.pl.x, temp.pl.y, temp.pl.z + 1, temp.angle, 0, 1, "legends_smallBomb", NULL);
  onTimeout();     
 
}

//#CLIENTSIDE

function onCreated()
{

  setshape( 1, 32, 32);
  dontBlock();
  onTimeout();

}

function GraalControl.onKeyDown()
{

  if ( this.attr[ 1] == "carried")
  {
  
    if ( params[ 0] == 68)
      triggerAction( this.x, this.y, "Placed", player.account);

    else if (params[ 0] == 65)
      triggerAction( this.x, this.y, "Thrown", player.account);

  }
}

function onTimeout()
{

  if ( this.attr[ 1] == "carried")
  {

    drawOverPlayer();
    
    if ( this.attr[ 2] == player.account)
    {
    
      this.x = player.x + 0.5;
      this.y = player.y - 1;
  
    }
  }
  
  else
    this.layer = 1;
  
  setTimer( 0.05);

} 


Finally in the NPC-Control I have the onActionSProjectile to catch all projectiles.

PHP Code:

function onActionSProjectile()
{

  switch ( params[ 2])
  {
  
    case "Small Bomb":
    
      temp.pl = findPlayer( params[ 4]);
      temp.n  = findNPC( params[ 3]);
      temp.pl.client.freeze = false;
      temp.n.landed = true;

    break;
  
  }
} 


How could I improve this?

[fowlplay4]

@ using keycodes instead of keydown(i).

[MrOmega]

Originally Posted by fowlplay4

@ using keycodes instead of keydown(i).

Would that send the triggeraction any faster? :/