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Author:  whitty [ Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:08 am ]
Post subject:  BOOM headshot

How does one check if something has died from a headshot....?
Or can we not because we have no attachable Lua? You know, cuz heads are attachables.

Author:  Coops [ Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

You could check if the selected actor has anything with the Preset Name of "Head" in it and its not within range of a few pixels of the actor.

Author:  Grif [ Thu Dec 23, 2010 5:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

yeah you'd have to be checking ridiculously fast though, and that's only if the actor is in the negative health phase, and not dead from gibbing/already keeled over

Author:  whitty [ Thu Dec 23, 2010 5:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

Damn. Oh well, gotta use plan b.

Author:  CaveCricket48 [ Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

I just had an idea. If you cast a ray with the length/direction equal to the projectile's velocity, you will be able to "see" when the bullet will hit. Once that ray hits something, you put a pointer for that object. You then wait a frame or two so the bullet can strike the target, and then check if the detected object no longer exists AND has the word "head" in its PresetName.

Author:  mail2345 [ Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

Or just have the projectile look castmo ahead, check if there is a head infront of it. If so, modify sharpness to absurdly high value, and lock in on the head to guarantee a headshot.

Author:  CaveCricket48 [ Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

I don't think whitty is looking for an auto-headshot weapon. Or an absurdly strong gun. Just something that tells you if you've destroyed a head.
whitty wrote:
How does one check if something has died from a headshot....?

Author:  mail2345 [ Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

I'm assuming whitty is making a gun that plays a sound on headshot.
If so, then faking detection by ensuring a headshot will appear to be similar to actually detecting it.

Author:  CaveCricket48 [ Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

But what if your weapon wasn't strong enough to actually destroy the head, and it only hits it? Like the actor's material is Test or something.

Author:  mail2345 [ Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

Then wait for it to be one frame away from impact, and then forcibly gib the attachable.

Author:  whitty [ Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

It was actually going to be a 1x1 "bunker system" thing for the upcoming contest. I wanted it to detect gibbed heads and have it do the Halo grunt headshot thingy.

But alas, no more.

Author:  findude [ Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BOOM headshot

Enumare through the moids and check if the attachable has "head" in it's presetname, if so, check if it's set ToDelete and not ToSettle.

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