help with my flame thrower code Options

[Roadwarrior]

here's my code, when i fire it it crashes the game (iv change it after posted on TSHyper's tread)

CODE

;flamer
[HvyFlamer]
Anim=Flamer
Damage=0......................................(ill change if it's needed)
AmbientDamage=2
ROF=50............................(Should this be lowered?)
Range=4.25
MinimumRange=2
Projectile=Invisible
Speed=1
Warhead=Fire
Report=FLAMTNK1.......................(this will change)
UseFireParticles=yes
Burst=2

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

you use UseFireParticles=yes and doesn't have any AttachedParticleSystem= tag there.
either add AttachedParticleSystem=FireStreamSys or remove UseFireParticles=yes should help.

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Nov 1 2007, 06:06 PM

[SeekSomethingNew]

Ah, so it was weapon related... awesome, i thought i had it wrong ^_^

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

I think other ParticleSystems work too. I once tried to create a chemstream system that works like the firestream but uses the gasclouds as anim and mutates infantry to visceroids. But only because i wasn't able to get it work doesn't mean it's impossible.

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Nov 1 2007, 10:54 PM

[SeekSomethingNew]

Well what was the problem, i can look at the game code for you, i cant guarantee anything though...

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

here's my code. maybe you or someone else finds a way to make it work

CODE

[Particles]
22=ChemStream

[ParticleSystems]
16=ChemStreamSys

[ChemLauncher]
Damage=0
AmbientDamage=2
ROF=50
Range=5
Projectile=Invisible
Speed=1
Warhead=Gas
Report=SILENCER
UseFireParticles=yes
AttachedParticleSystem=ChemStreamSys

[ChemStreamSys]
HoldsWhat=ChemStream
Spawns=yes
SpawnFrames=4
BehavesLike=Fire
Image=TWLT036
Lifetime=30

[ChemStream]
Image=CLOUD2D
Deacc=0.01
Velocity=28.0
;BehavesLike=Gas
BehavesLike=Fire
MaxEC=500
MaxDC=3
Warhead=Gas
Damage=10
StartFrame=0
StartStateAI=1
EndStateAI=12
StateAIAdvance=4
Translucency=50
DeleteOnStateLimit=yes
WindEffect=0

the problem lies in the particle [ChemStream]
with BehavesLike=Fire it worked like a flamethrower and the clouds moved to the target, but it wasn't able to mutate infantry to visceroids.
with BehavesLike=Gas the gasclouds stayed at the fired position and just disappeared. However they damaged the firing unit and mutated it into a visceroid.

Another graphical problem is, that with BehavesLike=Fire the clouds are only visible while firing to the North. (due to the multiple directions that are already in the FLAMEALL anim and the fact that gasclouds only have one direction) But a new gasgloudanim shouldn't be a problem.

with BehavesLike=Gas it looks like this:
here a pic how it looks with BehavesLike=Fire:

I think it looks pretty cool, and if it would now mutate units into visceroids it would be a great chem warrior weapon.

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Nov 1 2007, 11:56 PM

[Roadwarrior]

i removed the UseFireParticles tag and it works but it plays all frames/directions

red line is ware he's facing
shadow frames and color frames i think

i think im supposed to use the anim pal right? thats the unittem pal

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

correct, fireanims use the anim pal. And with the removed UseFireParticles tag you can also remove the AmbientDamage tag, because this isn't used anymore.

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Nov 1 2007, 11:41 PM

[Roadwarrior]

thanks now im off to convert the 102 frames.


EDIT: i finally know why my Particles wouldn't work i didn't know there was a Particle list so i didn't add them to it

This post has been edited by Roadwarrior: Nov 2 2007, 01:10 AM

[SeekSomethingNew]

Let me take a look at BehavesLike...

Here is some info...

BehavesLike accepts the following values...

Smoke
Gas
Fire
Spark
Railgun
Web
WeakGas

BehavesLike accepts the above values with a limit of...

Default value is nothing, blank, null.

64 Characters for [ParticleSystems]
32 Characters for [Particles]

It seems to force the value "0" into a memory location, dont know what its linked to, but it forces that value after loading that key.

It does a string compare to see if the value is the same as the one stored in memory. I dont know if this is for the default value or to check the value in the attached [ParticleSystems] or [Particles] system. This also includes a loop for this compare.

So what is it that causes the IE?

This post has been edited by TSHyper: Nov 2 2007, 12:50 AM

[Roadwarrior]

oh ive fixd the Particle problem LKO's code helped i forgot to put FlameStream/Sys in the Particles list

but now i have decided to use the Flamer-e Flamer-n Etc.. based off of the Mgun code in art.ini beacuase i just found it and it should work

This post has been edited by Roadwarrior: Nov 2 2007, 02:04 AM