A second explosion at time of OnCollision
by Michael Cozzolino · in Torque Game Engine · 07/17/2002 (9:13 am) · 4 replies
Ok I submitted a code snippit for adding a blood explosion on collision but learned that it doesn't work client side. I am about to give up on figuring this out.I am wondering if it is possible to spawn an explosion at the position of the collision? So I could do:
function RifleProjectile::onCollision(%this,%obj,%col,%fade,%pos,%normal)
{
// Apply damage to the object all shape base objects
if (%col.getType() & $TypeMasks::ShapeBaseObjectType)
%col.damage(%obj,%pos,%this.directDamage,"RifleBullet");
if (%col.getclassName() $= "player") {
//Create an Explosion
}
}
function RifleProjectile::onCollision(%this,%obj,%col,%fade,%pos,%normal)
{
// Apply damage to the object all shape base objects
if (%col.getType() & $TypeMasks::ShapeBaseObjectType)
%col.damage(%obj,%pos,%this.directDamage,"RifleBullet");
if (%col.getclassName() $= "player") {
//Create an Explosion
}
}
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#2
I have been trying to use Labrats www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=forums&page=result.thread&qt=4177 blowup function and modifying it slightly to try to get it to schedule an explosion OnCollsion instead of OnFire but I think the %obj is destroyed before I can have it explode.
I checked out your code but I found it a little confusing. It could be because my brain is fried though. :)
07/17/2002 (11:18 am)
www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=2884 Here is my code snipit. I didn't realize before that I couldn't change data from datablocks on the fly. It works fine server side but there is no explosion whatsoever client side.I have been trying to use Labrats www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=forums&page=result.thread&qt=4177 blowup function and modifying it slightly to try to get it to schedule an explosion OnCollsion instead of OnFire but I think the %obj is destroyed before I can have it explode.
I checked out your code but I found it a little confusing. It could be because my brain is fried though. :)
#3
In the ExplosionData datablock for the type of explosion you want to do, say for the CrossbowExplosion datablock found in crossbow.cs you do something like this:
You don't have to specify a shape, but you can if you want, you can do anything a normal ExplosionData block can do such as color and so forth. In this particular case you'll get 3 explosions spawned in the same rough location as the first explosion.
07/18/2002 (6:56 am)
This is easy.In the ExplosionData datablock for the type of explosion you want to do, say for the CrossbowExplosion datablock found in crossbow.cs you do something like this:
datablock ExplosionData(CrossbowExplosion)
{
subExplosion[0] = CrossbowSubExplosion1;
subExplosion[1] = CrossbowSubExplosion2;
subExplosion[2] = CrossbowSubExplosion3;
emitter = CrossbowExplosionEmitter;
shakeCamera = true;
camShakeFreq = "10.0 11.0 10.0";
camShakeAmp = "1.0 1.0 1.0";
camShakeDuration = 0.5;
camShakeRadius = 10.0;
// Dynamic light
lightStartRadius = 6;
lightEndRadius = 3;
lightStartColor = "0.5 0.5 0";
lightEndColor = " 0 0 0";
};
datablock ExplosionData(CrossbowSubExplosion1)
{
explosionShape = "~/data/shapes/crossbow/explosion.dts";
faceViewer = true;
delayMS = 100;
offset = 3.0;
playSpeed = 1.5;
sizes[0] = "0.75 0.75 0.75";
sizes[1] = "1.0 1.0 1.0";
sizes[2] = "0.5 0.5 0.5";
times[0] = 0.0;
times[1] = 0.5;
times[2] = 1.0;
};
// added
datablock ExplosionData(CrossbowSubExplosion2)
{
explosionShape = "~/data/shapes/crossbow/explosion.dts";
faceViewer = true;
delayMS = 50;
offset = 3.0;
playSpeed = 0.75;
sizes[0] = "1.5 1.5 1.5";
sizes[1] = "1.5 1.5 1.5";
sizes[2] = "1.0 1.0 1.0";
times[0] = 0.0;
times[1] = 0.5;
times[2] = 1.0;
};
// added
datablock ExplosionData(CrossbowSubExplosion3)
{
explosionShape = "~/data/shapes/crossbow/explosion.dts";
faceViewer = true;
delayMS = 0;
offset = 0.0;
playSpeed = 0.5;
sizes[0] = "1.0 1.0 1.0";
sizes[1] = "2.0 2.0 2.0";
sizes[2] = "1.5 1.5 1.5";
times[0] = 0.0;
times[1] = 0.5;
times[2] = 1.0;
};You don't have to specify a shape, but you can if you want, you can do anything a normal ExplosionData block can do such as color and so forth. In this particular case you'll get 3 explosions spawned in the same rough location as the first explosion.
#4
07/18/2002 (7:20 am)
Robert I see what you are doing but these Sub explosions would occur everytime no matter what the projectile collides with right? I'm trying to have the second explosion only happen if a player object is hit with the projectile. Labrats example of spawning explosions works great because I call it OnCollision and get the position but there seems to be a "bug" that crashes a dedicated server. I don't know if this "bug" is being addressed at this time though. 
Associate Stefan Beffy Moises
Don't know what may be the problem with your code not working client-side though... can we see it somewhere?