Mount enemy to vehicle

by Andy Hawkins · in Torque Game Engine Advanced · 06/15/2007 (5:56 pm) · 2 replies · 06/16/2007 (7:28 am)

%pos = %client.player.getEyePoint();

   // Start with the shape's eye vector...
   %eye = %client.player.getEyeVector();
function serverCmdMountVehicle(%client)
{
   //Determine how far should the picking ray extend into the world?
   %selectRange = 3;

   // Only search for vehicles
   %searchMasks = $TypeMasks::vehicleObjectType;

   %pos = %client.player.getEyePoint();

   // Start with the shape's eye vector...
   %eye = %client.player.getEyeVector();
   %eye = vectorNormalize(%eye);
   %vec = vectorScale(%eye, %selectRange);

   %end = vectorAdd(%vec, %pos);

   %scanTarg = ContainerRayCast (%pos, %end, %searchMasks);

   // a target in range was found so select it
   if (%scanTarg)
   {
      %targetObject = firstWord(%scanTarg);
      echo("Found a vehicle: " @ %targetObject);
      onMountVehicle(%targetObject.getDataBlock(),
                     %client.player,
                     %targetObject);
   }
   else
   {
      echo("No object found");
   }
}
datablock PlayerData(HumanAIPlayer : HumanMaleCivillian1)
{
   shootingDelay = 100;
};
datablock AIPlayer::LoadEntities()
{
                  // %targetObject is spawn point
                  %localname = "Harvester";
                  %enemyVehicle = AIPlayer::spawnVehicle(%localname,%targetObject);
                  // now create a pilot
                  %player = AIPlayer::spawnAtMarker("Human Male" @ %id, %targetobject, %id);
                  // then mount it...
                  AIPlayer::MountVehicle(%player, %enemyVehicle); 
}
function AIPlayer::MountVehicle(%obj, %targetObject)
{
        echo("Found a vehicle: " @ %targetObject);
        serverCmdMountVehicle(%targetObject.getDataBlock(),%obj,%targetObject);
}
function AIPlayer::spawnAtMarker(%name,%obj,%id) 
{
   // Spawn a player and place him on the first node of the path
   if (!isObject(%obj))
        return;
   %player = AIPlayer::spawn(%name, %obj,%id);
   return %player;
}
function AIPlayer::spawn(%name, %obj, %id)
{
   // Create the demo player object
   %player = new AIPlayer() {
      dataBlock = HumanAIPlayer;
      isbot=true;
   };
   MissionCleanup.add(%player);

   %player.setShapeName(%name);

   return %player;
}
function AIPlayer::spawnVehicle(%name,%spawnPoint)
{
   // Create the player object
   %vehicle = new FlyingVehicle() {
      dataBlock = Drone;
   };
   MissionCleanup.add(%vehicle);

   // Player setup...
   %vehicle.setTransform(%spawnPoint.getTransform());
   %vehicle.setShapeName(%name);

   return %vehicle;
}
...
                  %enemyVehicle = AIPlayer::spawnVehicle(%localname,%targetObject);
                  %enemyVehicle.mountable = true;
                  %enemyVehicle.setEnergyLevel(60);
...
                  // now create a pilot
                  %player = AIPlayer::spawnAtMarker("Human Male" @ %id, %targetobject, %id);
                  // then mount it...
                  AIPlayer::MountVehicle(%player, %enemyVehicle);
...
function AIPlayer::MountVehicle(%obj, %targetObject)
{
        echo("Found a vehicle: " @ %targetObject);
        onMountVehicle(%targetObject.getDataBlock(), %obj, %targetObject);
 }
...
   exec("./staticShape.cs");
   exec("./radiusDamage.cs");
   exec("./vehicle.cs");  // added this line

...
// *******************************************
function onMountVehicle(%vehicle, %obj, %col)
{
   // Is the vehicle currently mountable?
   if (%col.mountable == false)
   {
      echo("Sorry, the vehicle is not mountable.");
      return;
   }

   // Check the speed of the vehicle. If it's moving, we can't mount it.
   // Note there is a threshold that determines if the vehicle is moving.
   %vel = %col.getVelocity();
   %speed = vectorLen(%vel);

   if ( %speed <= %vehicle.maxMountSpeed )
   {
      // Find an empty seat
      %seat = findEmptySeat(%col, %vehicle);

      %obj.mVehicle = %col;
      %obj.mSeat = %seat;
      %obj.isMounted = true;

      echo("Mounting vehicle in seat " @ %seat);

      // Now mount the vehicle.
      %col.mountObject(%obj,%seat);
   }
   else
   {
      echo("You cannot mount a moving vehicle.");
   }
}
// This function locates the next free seat in
// the vehicle.
// *******************************************
function findEmptySeat(%vehicle, %vehicleblock)
{
   echo("This vehicle has " @ %vehicleblock.numMountPoints @ " mount points.");
   for (%i = 0; %i <  %vehicleblock.numMountPoints; %i++)
   {
      %node = %vehicle.getMountNodeObject(%i);
      if (%node == 0)
      {
         return %i;
      }
   }
   return -1;
}
function FlyingVehicleData::onCollision(%this,%obj,%col,%vec,%speed)
{
   // Collision with other objects, including items
   if ($add_Missiles == true && $stop_adding == false)
   {
	echo("mounting launchers");
     %obj.mountImage( RocketLauncherImage, 0 );
     %obj.setImageAmmo( 1, 1 );   //  **** CHANGED THIS.... used to be ( 0, 1 ) - 0 is for the seat

     // this is an override in plasmaLauncher.cs and should really be set via a parameter
     %obj.mountImage( RocketLauncherImage2, 1 );
     %obj.setImageAmmo( 2, 1 );  // ***** CHANGED THIS.....used to be ( 1, 1 ) - slide up the slot numbers 

     %obj.nextWeaponFire = 1;  

     $add_missiles = false;
     $stop_adding = true;
   }
}

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