OnFireWeapon

[Betelgeuse]

Ticket 21 on the tracker relating to running script when a weapon is fired has been fixed. 8)

http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence/trac/ticket/21

Couple of questions for George.

How are configurations handled? (does each shot get its own event call?)
Does it return something or is there some way of stopping the default shot? (in case you want to fire a different shot)
Do you have access to the default shot to put data on it?

This is a great tool for modders.

Thank you George

[digdug]

just out of curiosity...
George, is the event onFireWeapon for spaceobj or for itemtypes ?

we can start thinking about how to use it at best if we know

[george moromisato]

Ticket 21 on the tracker relating to running script when a weapon is fired has been fixed. 8)

http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence/trac/ticket/21

Couple of questions for George.

How are configurations handled? (does each shot get its own event call?)
Does it return something or is there some way of stopping the default shot? (in case you want to fire a different shot)
Do you have access to the default shot to put data on it?

This is a great tool for modders.

Thank you George

A couple of answers:

1. Configurations are honored: each shot get its own call (with potentially a different aFireAngle).
2. The OnFireWeapon call is responsible for creating its own shot, using (sysCreateWeaponFire). You can use the return from that function to access the shot.

Glad you like it!

[george moromisato]

just out of curiosity...
George, is the event onFireWeapon for spaceobj or for itemtypes ?

we can start thinking about how to use it at best if we know

This is only on <ItemTypes> for now. It is used to create custom weapons.

[digdug]

This is only on <ItemTypes> for now. It is used to create custom weapons.

Yay! thank you thank you thank you, this is a very nice Xmas present

[Betelgeuse]

do configurations always go in order? (ie is there a way to interrupt them?)
The reason I ask is because I would like to be able to tell what shot I am on.

An example of where that would be needed is a weapon that fired three times forward in an alternating configuration. If those three shots where different you would need to know what shot you where on to properly shoot out the correct shot.

[george moromisato]

do configurations always go in order? (ie is there a way to interrupt them?)
The reason I ask is because I would like to be able to tell what shot I am on.

An example of where that would be needed is a weapon that fired three times forward in an alternating configuration. If those three shots where different you would need to know what shot you where on to properly shoot out the correct shot.

In that case, just go manual. Use a single-shot configuration and keep track of how many shots you've fired (in the gSource object). Each time through <OnFireWeapon> you can select a different shot to fire.

[Betelgeuse]

what kind of overhead will OnFireWeapon have?

Will we be able to realistically make a weapon with a low fireRate so we could have variable fireRate in game?

[Arisaya]

onFire!?!?!?
YES!!!!!!!!! Thanks george!!!
I think that is all that is necessary to say.

[Atarlost]

Excellent.My nefarious plot can get back on schedule.