visualize a process of a reload a gun

#1 If FSM is Flying Spaghetti Monster the only way to receive the data you wish is to first eat many garlic drenched bread sticks.

#2 Nice Joke!
FSM is finite state machine

#3 May the Great Noodle forgive me; I am totally ignorant about the details of your FSM to offer any real help, I expect you need an TGB person (or I still do not understand...Or are you talking about AI???) and I am hardly a person at all, but now i know what FSM stands for, so thank you there.

#4 FSM is used by ShapeBaseImageData class for change weapon states

#5 The FSM for weapons can have animations - but the FSM animates the weapon only. You could play a script that makes the weapon's Ai/Player do an animation.

stateSequence[#] = "reload";//animation on the weapon
   statescript[#] = "doReload";//start script function

#6 I am using an clean fresh FPS project build.

One may use "ShapeBaseImageDataNAME".dump(); to view that ShapeBaseImageData datablock.

For RocketLauncher it would be RocketLauncherImage.dump();

Knowing this, if you wish for stateTimeoutValue[1] you could do echo(RocketLauncherImage.stateTimeoutValue[1]); from the console.

This shows how to get the data from the ShapeBaseImageData datablock. The ShapeBaseImageData state machine also have script function callbacks as exampled in scripts/server/rocketLauncher.cs, but to fully understand the depth and flexibility of the ShapeBaseImageData state machine, one would need a quick study of the C'code (filename T3DshapeImage.cpp ).

Im quite sure what you need is easy and possible, and hopefully I have offered some clues.

EDIT: expansion on the script function callbacks...

stateName[1] = "STATENAME";

This state function call back would be...

function RocketLauncherImage::STATENAME(%this)
{
...Do magic game stuff for STATENAME condition...
}


Now anytime the RocketLauncherImage is in the STATENAME state, that function is called.

#7 ...and the function that would animate the PlayerClass object...would need to be in the form of a callback on the object, am I right?

...and it might get a bit tricky to get the art right...as in, on the PlayerClass object, what type of animation[armThread/actionThread] and in what Thread to run it, and what animation Type[blend/not] to run to make it look good...

...this type of structure would make for a good 'Resource'?!!

...or change the Player object class to accept a direct link from the image as in the 'recoil' animation, already in use, just not extended to a state beyond 'recoil' of the weapon, making sure it works across the network; this is what I think Caylo is looking for, no? as am I! lol Always wanted to see an 'official' scripting of these events.

#8 Thank you for your time guys!
I asked about another thing, but I thank you anyway!

Now I working on another thing, I'll return to this question in a few time.

#9 Can't the weapon animation have bones animation in it? I think the grenade launcher or the rocket launcher have both weapon & bones animation in the dts.
I didn t dig yet into it, but i thought it was how to setup a weapon reload séquence and not to have a script calling the Sequence for the player and the state machine driving the weapon séquence.

#10 Perhaps I am misunderstanding the subject of inquiry from the original question; what I had thought was about reading the data already contained in the ShapeBaseImageData state machine datablock...

Quote:...each type has different timeout value (this value is determined in FSM). How can I get this value when a game is running?

My example have nothing to do with controlling any animation, that task is already a built in feature of the ShapeBaseImageData state machine.

#11 Yeah! You are right Caylo, I was about to get a data from FSM of ShapeBaseImageData

#12 How to implement a delay after firing?
I have a GuiProgressCtrl and when I shoot, GuiProgressCtrl value becomes 0, then a value begins to grow up until it less than the maximum value. My weapon has an one second delay between shots. How to find a count of percent to grow each moment? How to find a count of milliseconds in a moment?

#13 Does anybody make "cooltime"?

#14 Define cooltime.

Quote:How to find a count of percent to grow each moment? How to find a count of milliseconds in a moment?

Are you asking for the GuiProgressCtrl count of milliseconds? Or do you need the weapon delay count?

#15 Sorry, if I say misunderstandable;
I am about...
How to find an increment value in different period in time?
For example, I have an one second period, in this period GuiProgressCtrl's value must grow up from 0 to 1, what is increment step to grow? How to find this?

"Cooltime" is a delay after firing.

#16 Hello friends!
Happy New Year!
I solved my task!

#17 how!

#18 Is this question?
The way to build cooltime is a long story and I think I can make a resource about creating cooltime in some time.