I've made what is essentially an explosion cannon, but my current method of firing the debris/fire/etc is not working as well as I'd like. I've basically just got a grenade launcher that fires a shell very quickly with a minuscule delay, and all the shrapnel has InheritsVel = 1.

The problem is that in close combat, the shell will occasionally bounce off a wall or person and end up just killing everyone, or sometimes just the firer.
While funny, this is undesired.

Is there a better way to go about having a gun fire more than just bullets at one time?

You can use an AEmitter.

Remove the "TriggerDelay" line entirely, that will likely shave off one frame. Alternatively, do that AEmitter thing that MaximDude suggested, though this will make the shots always travel at the same speed when fired, due to them not inheriting your own velocity. This method is used for the Coalition Heavy Sniper, so you can just look at that for a template.

Alright, I'll give that a whirl. Thanks!


Actually, I meant that I gave the gibs a velocity inheritance, not the bomb. I'd prefer that the bomb not inherit my velocity




EDIT: Wow I'm stupid. I changed the explosive to an emitter about a month ago, I just forgot I did so. Would there be any other way to lower it's time as a physical object, and make it explode at the exact moment I fire the weapon?

Also, I just played around some more and I made the explosion over 33 milliseconds earlier, yay.

function Create(self)
self:GibThis();
end

Best you can do.

I don't know any lua. Could you please tell me how to use that code?

Put that in <whateverscriptname>.lua, save it in your .rte.

On your projectile, the actual particle (not the round) add this line:

ScriptPath = your.rte/anyfolders/<whateverscriptname>.lua