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p3lb0x
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Joined: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:53 pm Posts: 1896 Location: in my little gay bunker
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Dumb fire rockets
So, I was talking in IRC and came up with a simple mod I could make quick (I have attention span issues when making mods). And I was wondering. How can I make dumb rockets? Like rockets that wooble randomly around after firing
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:33 pm |
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Duh102
happy carebear mom
Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:40 am Posts: 7096 Location: b8bbd5
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
I'd imagine make the rocket an AEmitter, with one emission being a relatively heavy, low life, infrequently emitted particle with a spread of over 1, would do the trick. Perhaps half of the emitter's mass for the mass of the particle and a ParticlesPerMinute of under 60.
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:51 pm |
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Gotcha!
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:49 pm Posts: 1972 Location: The Netherlands
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
Do I sense a Rise of the Triad Drunk Missile launcher in the making?
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:01 am |
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411570N3
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:26 am Posts: 4074 Location: That quaint little British colony down south
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
Alternatively, have the rocket have attached AEmitters, one for thrust forward, one firing left and one firing right. As long as they're level and not exactly in line with the Sprite Offset they'll fly randomly but relatively straight. Of course then there's the fun of biased rockets that fly in wild loops whilst still moving forward...
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:24 am |
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Geti
Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:57 am Posts: 4886 Location: some compy
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
yeah, or you could just make an extra propellant emission with a large spread for exactly the same effect. or just up the spread on the normal propellant emission (in the coalition rocket launcher's case, Air Blast).
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:55 am |
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411570N3
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:26 am Posts: 4074 Location: That quaint little British colony down south
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
I just thought of something awesome, if you used Lua would you be able to change the ParticlesPerMinute value on the thruster Emitters? If so, using Lua, you could make a form of steerable missile that acts similarly to a Rocket. And with some more complicated code you could make a homing missile that's similarly more realistic (i.e. steering to hit an enemy rather) instead of continually aiming at the enemy.
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:07 am |
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p3lb0x
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Joined: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:53 pm Posts: 1896 Location: in my little gay bunker
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
Thanks guys, I created this with the techniques you guys told me about
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:48 pm |
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Darklink
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:49 am Posts: 88 Location: computer chair
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
That looks awsome. WANT
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:06 pm |
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Gotcha!
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:49 pm Posts: 1972 Location: The Netherlands
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
Amazing! Nice job.
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:10 pm |
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Disst
Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:47 am Posts: 1182
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
Usually, first-ish mods are complete ♥♥♥♥, that looks good!
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:11 pm |
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Flammablezombie
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:12 pm Posts: 1525 Location: In between your sister's legs, showing her how to use a... PS3 controller!
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
I spent the first year I was here trying to make something like that to release as a first mod... Oh well. *Deletes* When will you upload it?
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:14 pm |
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p3lb0x
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Joined: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:53 pm Posts: 1896 Location: in my little gay bunker
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
Flammablezombie wrote: I spent the first year I was here trying to make something like that to release as a first mod... Oh well. *Deletes* When will you upload it? I probably won't upload it, the mod compendium got closed and this doesn't really deserve a thread. Besides, it's not very polished, it lacks gibs and sounds currently 3POK_PHALE wrote: Usually, first-ish mods are complete crap, that looks good! Lol what? I have released tons of mods maaan this isn't my first
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:05 pm |
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Disst
Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:47 am Posts: 1182
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Re: Dumb fire rockets
Oh wait... my dumbsassery...
sorry, I hadnt noticed the 500+ post count.
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:13 pm |
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