Make actor aim vertical - Revision history

Mblackwell at 03:01, 30 December 2020

2020-12-30T03:01:59Z

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              div TEMP3 TEMP
          zshoot TEMP3 SHOTSPARK1
+}

Sangman: New way to do this based on Hendricks' suggestion

2019-09-06T19:51:44Z

New way to do this based on Hendricks' suggestion

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	{		{
	ldist TEMP THISACTOR ACTOR2		ldist TEMP THISACTOR ACTOR2
			getprojectile[SHOTSPARK1].vel PROJECTILE_VEL

			ifn PROJECTILE_VEL 0
			div TEMP PROJECTILE_VEL // distance / projectile velocity = the amount of tics it would take for the projectile to reach the player's position (regardless of Z coordinate)

	getactor[THISACTOR].z TEMP2		getactor[THISACTOR].z TEMP2
	~~subvar TEMP2 8192 // Offset the Z. Assumes the center of the actor is the same as the player~~
	getactor[ACTOR2].z TEMP3		getactor[ACTOR2].z TEMP3
	~~subvar~~ TEMP3 ~~8192 // Offset the Z. assumes the center of the actor is the same as the player~~		sub TEMP3 TEMP2
	~~subvarvar TEMP3 TEMP2~~
	~~shiftvarl TEMP3 8~~		ifn TEMP 0
	~~divvarvar~~ TEMP3 TEMP		div TEMP3 TEMP

	zshoot TEMP3 SHOTSPARK1		zshoot TEMP3 SHOTSPARK1
	}		}

76.17.155.184: edited for grammar (mb)

2008-11-18T22:28:04Z

edited for grammar (mb)

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:28, 18 November 2008
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	In this example, the [[actor]] will find the closest LIZTROOP actor within 2048 units and calculate the vertical angle it needs to aim at. This code is an example of how to use the [[zshoot]] command to create friendly bots and other similar effects. The ~~follow~~ does not contain the [[gamevar]] definitions, which must be placed outside of the actor code.		In this example, the [[actor]] will find the closest LIZTROOP actor within 2048 units and calculate the vertical angle it needs to aim at. This code is an example of how to use the [[zshoot]] command to create friendly bots and other similar effects. The following does not contain the [[gamevar]] definitions, which must be placed outside of the actor code.

	<pre>		<pre>

Mblackwell: New page: In this example, the actor will find the closest LIZTROOP actor within 2048 units and calculate the vertical angle it needs to aim at. This code is an example of how to use the [[zshoo...

2007-04-28T23:41:26Z

New page: In this example, the actor will find the closest LIZTROOP actor within 2048 units and calculate the vertical angle it needs to aim at. This code is an example of how to use the [[zshoo...

New page

In this example, the [[actor]] will find the closest LIZTROOP actor within 2048 units and calculate the vertical angle it needs to aim at. This code is an example of how to use the [[zshoot]] command to create friendly bots and other similar effects. The follow does not contain the [[gamevar]] definitions, which must be placed outside of the actor code.

<pre>
findnearactor LIZTROOP 2048 ACTOR2
ifvarn ACTOR2 -1
{
ldist TEMP THISACTOR ACTOR2
getactor[THISACTOR].z TEMP2
subvar TEMP2 8192 // Offset the Z. Assumes the center of the actor is the same as the player
getactor[ACTOR2].z TEMP3
subvar TEMP3 8192 // Offset the Z. assumes the center of the actor is the same as the player
subvarvar TEMP3 TEMP2
shiftvarl TEMP3 8
divvarvar TEMP3 TEMP
zshoot TEMP3 SHOTSPARK1
}
</pre>

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