I was thinking of a way to attach a layer of armor to an actor. I heard that you could not do attach things using Lua, however I also knew that the Docs didn't cover every function. The Attachables class has a Detach() function, so I thought "why not an Attach()?"
So typed in Attachable.Attach(); into the console:
There is an Attachable:Attach(); function!
So I tried it out by trying to attach a Soldier's helmet to a Dummy's head:
Not pretty, and it's hard to see (behind his head, there's like 2 of them), but it did attach. However, it still rotates around. Also, I haven't found a way of applying offsets. However, I think this function might be worth looking into.
Here's the code that I used to do it:
Code:
function Update(self)
if self:GetController():IsState(Controller.BODY_CROUCH) then
--Finds the dummy's head.
for i = 1, MovableMan:GetMOIDCount()-1, 1 do
local a = MovableMan:GetMOFromID(i);
if a.PresetName == "Dummy Head A" then
if a.RootID == self.ID then
self.head = ToAttachable(a);
end
end
end
print(self.head);
local helm = CreateAttachable("Soldier Helmet A");
helm.Pos = self.Pos + Vector(20,10); --Place it in front of the dummy for a second
--This didn't seem to have any effect.
helm.ParentOffset = Vector(-50,-50);
MovableMan:AddMO(helm);
--Attaches a helmet.
helm:Attach(self.head);
end
end
if self:GetController():IsState(Controller.BODY_CROUCH) then
--Finds the dummy's head.
for i = 1, MovableMan:GetMOIDCount()-1, 1 do
local a = MovableMan:GetMOFromID(i);
if a.PresetName == "Dummy Head A" then
if a.RootID == self.ID then
self.head = ToAttachable(a);
end
end
end
print(self.head);
local helm = CreateAttachable("Soldier Helmet A");
helm.Pos = self.Pos + Vector(20,10); --Place it in front of the dummy for a second
--This didn't seem to have any effect.
helm.ParentOffset = Vector(-50,-50);
MovableMan:AddMO(helm);
--Attaches a helmet.
helm:Attach(self.head);
end
end
