Greetings fellow modders!
So I'm making a proximity fuze for use against dropships. It checks the proximity to targets at a random interval and gibs the warhead if it's within 250 pixels. The random interval makes for a nice scatter effect where shells burst at uneven distances away from dropships, which is what I'm going for.
The code:
Code:
function Create(self)
self.fuzeTimer = Timer();
self.fuzeInterval = math.random(100,600);
end
function Update(self)
if self.fuzeTimer:IsPastSimMS(self.fuzeInterval) then
for actor in MovableMan.Actors do
if actor.ClassName == "ACDropShip" or actor.ClassName == "ACRocket" then
local avgx = actor.Pos.X - self.Pos.X;
local avgy = actor.Pos.Y - self.Pos.Y;
local dist = math.sqrt(avgx ^ 2 + avgy ^ 2);
if dist < 250 then
self:GibThis();
end
end
end
self.fuzeTimer:Reset();
end
end
self.fuzeTimer = Timer();
self.fuzeInterval = math.random(100,600);
end
function Update(self)
if self.fuzeTimer:IsPastSimMS(self.fuzeInterval) then
for actor in MovableMan.Actors do
if actor.ClassName == "ACDropShip" or actor.ClassName == "ACRocket" then
local avgx = actor.Pos.X - self.Pos.X;
local avgy = actor.Pos.Y - self.Pos.Y;
local dist = math.sqrt(avgx ^ 2 + avgy ^ 2);
if dist < 250 then
self:GibThis();
end
end
end
self.fuzeTimer:Reset();
end
end
It works, but it's not that random. Shells usually detonate far in front of the dropship they're aimed at. Some do go past, but most of them detonate quite early or they strike the dropship and go off on contact. I want shells to be bursting all around, behind and in front of dropships for that authentic WWII FlaK effect
My solution was to check the dropship distance frequently, every 100ms, and then wait a random time before detonating the shell if a dropship is found. In theory it's a brilliant idea, but in practice I have no idea how to wait a random time before executing the next part of a function.
The Lua just doesn't work:
Code:
function Create(self)
self.delayTimer = Timer();
self.delayInterval = math.random(0,300);
end
function Create(self)
self.fuzeTimer = Timer();
end
function Update(self)
if self.fuzeTimer:IsPastSimMS(100) then
self.fuzeTimer:Reset();
for actor in MovableMan.Actors do
if actor.ClassName == "ACDropShip" or actor.ClassName == "ACRocket" then
local avgx = actor.Pos.X - self.Pos.X;
local avgy = actor.Pos.Y - self.Pos.Y;
local dist = math.sqrt(avgx ^ 2 + avgy ^ 2);
if dist < 250 then
function Update(self)
if self.delayTimer:IsPastSimMS(self.delayInterval) then
self:GibThis();
end
self.delayTimer:Reset();
end
end
end
end
end
end
self.delayTimer = Timer();
self.delayInterval = math.random(0,300);
end
function Create(self)
self.fuzeTimer = Timer();
end
function Update(self)
if self.fuzeTimer:IsPastSimMS(100) then
self.fuzeTimer:Reset();
for actor in MovableMan.Actors do
if actor.ClassName == "ACDropShip" or actor.ClassName == "ACRocket" then
local avgx = actor.Pos.X - self.Pos.X;
local avgy = actor.Pos.Y - self.Pos.Y;
local dist = math.sqrt(avgx ^ 2 + avgy ^ 2);
if dist < 250 then
function Update(self)
if self.delayTimer:IsPastSimMS(self.delayInterval) then
self:GibThis();
end
self.delayTimer:Reset();
end
end
end
end
end
end
Sorry about the excessive number of ends, but CC complained about me not closing functions so I just added more and more until it stopped
This code runs without generating errors, but the shells don't detonate at all with this version of the code. What have I done wrong, and what is the correct way of making a function wait for a time before executing?