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Mikkel
Joined: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:39 pm
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 Re: A new way to dig It looks awesome. I'd insta-download any gun that had this type of attack. Better make it not kill terrain though.
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| Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:49 pm |
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ProjektTHOR
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Re: A new way to dig Mikkel wrote: It looks awesome. I'd insta-download any gun that had this type of attack. Better make it not kill terrain though. you realize the stupidity of saying that about a proof-of-concept weapon that exists only to damage terrain?
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| Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:00 am |
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Roy-G-Biv
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Re: A new way to dig ProjektTHOR wrote: Mikkel wrote: It looks awesome. I'd insta-download any gun that had this type of attack. Better make it not kill terrain though. you realize the stupidity of saying that about a proof-of-concept weapon that exists only to damage terrain? I think he means the wide laser method. Sorta explained by these posts. Kyred wrote: Metal Meltdown wrote: Looks more like a wall of sharp, short-lived MOPixels... like the deathray Duh sent me. Your the closest: Here's the Lua code I used to make it. It uses the vector perpendicular to the direction your facing to spawn MOPixels along at the first obstacle (ie. terrain) in your line of sight. Code: --Update(self)
if self.owner:GetController():IsState(Controller.WEAPON_FIRE) then
if self.timer:IsPastSimMS(50) then --check to see if there is ground in front of you
local theta = ToActor(self.owner):GetAimAngle(true);
local dir = Vector(math.cos(theta),-1*math.sin(theta));
local endPos = Vector(0,0);
local preEnd = Vector(0,0);
--print(theta);
if SceneMan:CastObstacleRay(self.gun.Pos+dir*15,dir*50,endPos,preEnd,0,0,0) > 0 then
self.Pos = preEnd;
self.RotAngle = ToActor(self.owner):GetAimAngle(true);
local perpen = dir.Perpendicular;
local part = nil;
for i = -15, 15, 1 do
part = CreateMOPixel("LDiggerParticle");
part.Pos = self.Pos + (perpen * i);
part.Vel = dir;
MovableMan:AddMO(part);
end
end
self.timer:Reset();
end
else
self:GibThis();
end The timer is there to reduce lag. numgun wrote: Dayum. A Lua based way to make wide lasers! AWESOME. 
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Kyred
Joined: Sun May 31, 2009 1:04 am
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Re: A new way to dig Metal Meltdown wrote: Will using this method prevent the lasers from being visibly segmented when aiming up/down? If you fire them fast enough and the projectiles don't last long, then yes.
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Mikkel
Joined: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:39 pm
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Re: A new way to dig Roy-G-Biv wrote: ProjektTHOR wrote: Mikkel wrote: It looks awesome. I'd insta-download any gun that had this type of attack. Better make it not kill terrain though. you realize the stupidity of saying that about a proof-of-concept weapon that exists only to damage terrain? I think he means the wide laser method. That's exactly what I meant. Anyways, if it (the weapon) can't rip terrain to shreds, perhaps make it so that the wave will stop at any obstruction.
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Solace
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Re: A new way to dig Ragdollmaster wrote: this means an epic new way to make even wider lasers than we could before o= We could make lazers as wide/thick as we wanted before, but doing it with LUA might get around the shooting-emitter problem where if you move too fast you shoot yourself.
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ProjektTHOR
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Re: A new way to dig You mean doing it with Lua, right?
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| Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:48 pm |
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Metal Meltdown
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Re: A new way to dig Solace wrote: might get around the shooting-emitter problem where if you move too fast you shoot yourself. Huh? That never happened to me.
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| Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:49 pm |
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Grif
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Joined: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:25 pm
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Re: A new way to dig If you go really fast with say, the heavy sniper rifle, it will end up shooting you.
You can in fact get around this quite simply with mopixel spawning.
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| Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:16 pm |
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Ragdollmaster
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:09 am
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Re: A new way to dig Or if you aim at your foot.
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Metal Meltdown
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Re: A new way to dig Ragdollmaster wrote: Or if you aim at your foot. That has to do with the weapon length, not with the speed you're moving at. For example, you have a beam weapon, with the muzzleoffset far enough that when you aim downwards while in the air, even when falling, it won't hit you. But if you use that same weapon to aim directly down while on flat terrain, then yes, it will tear the legs off.
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Ragdollmaster
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Re: A new way to dig I didn't say it has anything to do with the speed. Grif/Solace brought out how you could shoot yourself if you moved too fast, and I brought out how you could shoot yourself by aiming at your foot with the Coalition Heavy Sniper Rifle. Why would there be any correlation? And why would you be aiming at your foot going so fast? 
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Metal Meltdown
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Re: A new way to dig Because you want to headshot a dummy that's directly below you... or something like that.
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| Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:20 pm |
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mbbird
Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:14 am
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Re: A new way to dig Does anyone have those Gauntlet modules anymore? I used to have them for B22 but I think I deleted a bunch of "useless" (or so I thought) mods.
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TorrentHKU
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Re: A new way to dig Metal Meltdown wrote: Because you want to headshot a dummy that's directly below you... or something like that. Or if a dummy was clinging to your foot. And... your aim sucks? I dunno, I'm grasping at straws. You really shouldn't be a ble to shoot your own appendages off, DATA.
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