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Projectile Spread Center (Solved)

by Jonathan Noyola · in Torque 3D Beginner · 09/01/2010 (7:32 am) · 3 replies

Does projectile spread do what we think it does?
Take a close look at this image.
torque.abigholeintheweb.com/public_system/useruploads/projectile_spread_issue.jpgThe projectile spread is supposed to be centered around the middle of the crosshairs, but instead it's centered around the bottom-right of the crosshairs. I looked through my (stock T3D) code, and it seems to me like it should be working correctly, but it's not. Please post any help.
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I've been programming for 10 years now. Proficient in many programming languages. Stanford '16: BS CS, BS Math, MS CS (Artificial Intelligence). Favorite games: GW2, LoL, Borderlands, NWN2

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    Torque Owner Jonathan Noyola
    Fisticuff Games
    #1
    09/06/2010 (9:01 pm)
    Solved

    David McDonald
    Bad Uncle Games
    #2
    09/07/2010 (10:19 am)
    Could you post what the cause and solution was?
    Comes in handy if someone else runs into the same issue.

    Torque Owner Jonathan Noyola
    Fisticuff Games
    #3
    09/07/2010 (3:06 pm)
    Yes, I forgot to do that.
    The reason was that the gun wasn't pointing where the crosshairs were, and it seems to me like correctMuzzleVector doesn't do anything.
    So, in scripts/server/weapon.cs in WeaponImage::onFire at about line 182,
    change this
    initialPosition = %obj.getMuzzlePoint(%slot);
    to this
    initialPosition = %this.correctMuzzleVector ? %obj.getEyePoint() : %obj.getMuzzlePoint(%slot);