I have the TDExplosive set to
SpriteAnimMode = 1
but the animation doesn't turn on till the bomb is thrown.

Anyway, I want to make it rotate cause the bomb I'm making is a glass sphere with a red dot circling inside the sphere.

A Lua way to make the object rotate:

Make a text file, paste this into it:



and save the file as "lua". Example name: rotatingscript.lua
In your bomb code, add



Replace the "[tab]" with a tab.

You can also adjust the "self.AngularVel" to change the rotation speed.

I have no idea how to change file into lua format, cause when I name it rotate.lua the file still saves as .txt

This is a new computer using vista, and I've never used vista b4. Any1 help?

"SAVE AS" then put .lua in the name

that didn't work...XO

mkay, nvm, fix'd (by googling 4 answers)

this wont work whilst it's in an actor's hand though. scripts aren't run on any attached objects, which a TDExplosive is when its in an actor's hand.

but I have a weapon mode called "Lightning Gun" that's animated while the actor's holding it? Isn't a weapon an attached item?

yeah, its animated without lua, in ini. you could try animmode 4, which is what weapons with windup use (if i remember correctly) but im not sure if it will work for bombs.

you mean the AnimMode thing's not a binary variable?

Binary means 1 or 0.
It can be at this time 0-6

usually the 1 or 0 variables are called "boolean" but whatever. no, spriteanimmode is an int, 0-6. you should look in the luadocs for the properties of a MOS.

I tried 0-7, all without a movement from the object.

Maybe I should just animate it by making sprites?

well, as the animmodes only work if you've got sprites, and dont affect lua scripts at all, yes that would be a good idea. if 4 works the same way that it does with guns, it will only animate whilst charging the throw.
getting devices to animate in ways the game never intended is difficult though.

Do emitters work on TDExplosives? I'm pretty sure they work on HDFirearms... If so, you could have it animated that way...

actually yes, they do work (my molotov has an emitter, albeit a useless one at the moment), i really should have thought of that (it's how the fire works on mine and the vanilla molotov).
yeah, look at the molotov coding for how to get it to animate, but you'll need to set down a base sprite for it to animate over for the atomgroup, because otherwise you'll get a very distinct lack of interactions with MOs and terrain.