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Urch
Joined: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:15 am
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 A small lua-related request This is, hopefully, not a very complex script that I'm asking for. I would like a script that creates a trail of MOSParticles on an object very often, so that the trail isn't all separated like it would be if i tried to make this with INI code.
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| Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:13 pm |
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CaveCricket48
Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:52 pm
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Re: A small lua-related request Code: function Create(self)
self.parspacing = 10; -- spacing betwen trail particles
self.lastpos = self.Pos;
end
function Update(self)
self.distcheck = SceneMan:ShortestDistance(self.lastpos,self.Pos,true)
if self.distcheck.Magnitude >= self.parspacing then
self.repnum = math.floor(self.distcheck.Magnitude/self.parspacing)
for i = 1, self.repnum do
self.tpar = CreateMOSParticle("trail particle");
self.tpar.Pos = self.lastpos + self.distcheck:SetMagnitude(i*self.parspacing);
MovableMan:AddParticle(self.tpar);
self.tpar = nil;
end
end
self.lastpos = self.Pos;
end
Did that on a DSI, so no tabz 4 u.
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| Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:43 pm |
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Urch
Joined: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:15 am
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Re: A small lua-related request CaveCricket48 wrote: Did that on a DSI, so no tabz 4 u. Thank-you very much, i've tried tabbing it on my own, and i want to know if this is correct: Code: function Create(self)
self.parspacing = 6; -- spacing betwen trail particles
self.lastpos = self.Pos;
end
function Update(self)
self.distcheck = SceneMan:ShortestDistance(self.lastpos,self.Pos,true)
if self.distcheck.Magnitude >= self.parspacing then
self.repnum = math.floor(self.distcheck.Magnitude/self.parspacing)
for i = 1, self.repnum do
self.tpar = CreateMOSParticle("trail particle");
self.tpar.Pos = self.lastpos + self.distcheck:SetMagnitude(i*self.parspacing);
MovableMan:AddParticle(self.tpar);
self.tpar = nil;
end
end
self.lastpos = self.Pos;
end
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| Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:12 am |
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Grif
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Re: A small lua-related request tabbing doesn't matter; lua ignores whitespace
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| Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:07 am |
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Urch
Joined: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:15 am
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Location: A fucking desert.
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Re: A small lua-related request Then i'm confused; why doesn't this work?
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| Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:28 am |
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CaveCricket48
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Re: A small lua-related request Probably because I typed something wrong. Open up the console after creating/using whatever had the script and check for errors.
Or you might've forgoten to change the particle PresetName in the script...
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| Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:12 pm |
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Urch
Joined: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:15 am
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Re: A small lua-related request CaveCricket48 wrote: Probably because I typed something wrong. Open up the console after creating/using whatever had the script and check for errors.
Or you might've forgoten to change the particle PresetName in the script... the console doesn't display any errors, in fact i changed the ScriptPath to a non-existent script and it still didn't display an error. what's going on here? but yes, to test it i changed the PresetName to Small Smoke Ball 1
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| Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:50 pm |
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CaveCricket48
Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:52 pm
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Re: A small lua-related request Code: function Create(self)
self.parspacing = 10; -- spacing betwen trail particles
self.lastpos = self.Pos;
end
function Update(self)
self.distcheck = SceneMan:ShortestDistance(self.lastpos,self.Pos,true)
if self.distcheck.Magnitude >= self.parspacing then
self.repnum = math.floor(self.distcheck.Magnitude/self.parspacing)
for i = 1, self.repnum do
self.tpar = CreateMOSParticle("trail particle");
self.tpar.Pos = self.lastpos + self.distcheck:SetMagnitude(i*self.parspacing);
MovableMan:AddParticle(self.tpar);
self.tpar = nil;
end
self.lastpos = self.Pos;
end
end
Try that.
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| Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:28 am |
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