Keedo420
Knight at Arms
OK, all of this talk about grenades got me thinking.... In my mod, I have a magic item that is based off of the Firestaff from Mirathei's Magic Mod: Curtain Of Fire. Basically what it does is for a stream of fire that causes a grenade-like explosion when it hits the ground. I also added Mirathei's Fire Arrows to my mod, but was never entirely happy with them because the fire moved slower than the arrows. I ALSO have, for my undead, throwing skulls! That's right....my undead throw skulls at you!!! 
I always thought it would be cool if they exploded too... So all of this talk about grenades made me realize I could make it work. So basically what I have done, is combined the Fire Arrows code with the Firestaff code and put them into my throwing skulls. So now I have Flaming Exploding Skulls!! I was able to adjust the shot speed to be relatively the same speed that the fire moves at. So it basically works. The player throws the skull (I haven't tested giving them to troops yet), the skull/flame move at basically the same level and more or less in the same direction depending on your throwing proficiency (it's not perfect, but much more accurate than the Firestaff was), and the explosion occurs as it should when the flame hits the ground (but not buildings or other scene props) and damages all in the area of the explosion. There's only two minor issues:
1) Not a big deal, but if the flame does not hit the ground, it continues on in a straight line past the range of the thrown skull.
2) When the flame from the skulls hits the ground and causes the explosion, the resulting big flame and smoke effects often times will continue moving in the direction the skulls were thrown. So for example, if I throw them towards a hill, I will see the explosion on my side of the hill, but the fire/smoke will occasionally be seen flying out the other side of the hill and continuing until the game makes them disappear.
Here is the code I am using.
In module_parties:
In module_items:
And here is the triggers for the various mission templates:
And here are some screenshots of the skulls in action....
The dot at the bottom of the targetting reticule is the thrown skull just before it hit the ground.
And here is the explosion just after it hit near a mounted troop. You can see it is damaging both the rider and horse repeatedly. I chose this method instead of the instant kill method created by the agent_set_hit_points operation.
And you can see here, that in many cases, the flame and smoke persist....as does the damage if any troop get near the area of affect.... This was unintentional, but I like it. The troop will continue to take damage until they leave the area of affect or die.
Now here is an example of the flame passing through a hill....First the explosion on my side....
Then it passes through and creates another explosion on the hill behind it.....
And continues travelling through that hill as well.....
Now in the cases where it passes the hill, the first explosion fades away unlike the previous examples where the flame persists. I would like to keep the persistant flame/damage effect, but I would like to prevent the flame from passing through hills. If any good coders can figure out how to fix that, I would greatly appreciate it. I did not create any of this code. I only modified it.
I always thought it would be cool if they exploded too... So all of this talk about grenades made me realize I could make it work. So basically what I have done, is combined the Fire Arrows code with the Firestaff code and put them into my throwing skulls. So now I have Flaming Exploding Skulls!! I was able to adjust the shot speed to be relatively the same speed that the fire moves at. So it basically works. The player throws the skull (I haven't tested giving them to troops yet), the skull/flame move at basically the same level and more or less in the same direction depending on your throwing proficiency (it's not perfect, but much more accurate than the Firestaff was), and the explosion occurs as it should when the flame hits the ground (but not buildings or other scene props) and damages all in the area of the explosion. There's only two minor issues:1) Not a big deal, but if the flame does not hit the ground, it continues on in a straight line past the range of the thrown skull.
2) When the flame from the skulls hits the ground and causes the explosion, the resulting big flame and smoke effects often times will continue moving in the direction the skulls were thrown. So for example, if I throw them towards a hill, I will see the explosion on my side of the hill, but the fire/smoke will occasionally be seen flying out the other side of the hill and continuing until the game makes them disappear.
Here is the code I am using.
In module_parties:
Code:
("fire_arrows" ,"You shouldn't be seeing me", pf_disabled|pf_is_static, no_menu, pt_none, fac_commoners,0,ai_bhvr_hold,0,(0., 0),[(trp_looter,15,0)]),
("x_coordinate" ,"You shouldn't be seeing me", pf_disabled|pf_is_static, no_menu, pt_none, fac_commoners,0,ai_bhvr_hold,0,(0., 0),[(trp_looter,15,0)]),
("y_coordinate" ,"You shouldn't be seeing me", pf_disabled|pf_is_static, no_menu, pt_none, fac_commoners,0,ai_bhvr_hold,0,(0., 0),[(trp_looter,15,0)]),
("z_coordinate" ,"You shouldn't be seeing me", pf_disabled|pf_is_static, no_menu, pt_none, fac_commoners,0,ai_bhvr_hold,0,(0., 0),[(trp_looter,15,0)]),
("x_velocity" ,"You shouldn't be seeing me", pf_disabled|pf_is_static, no_menu, pt_none, fac_commoners,0,ai_bhvr_hold,0,(0., 0),[(trp_looter,15,0)]),
("y_velocity" ,"You shouldn't be seeing me", pf_disabled|pf_is_static, no_menu, pt_none, fac_commoners,0,ai_bhvr_hold,0,(0., 0),[(trp_looter,15,0)]),
("z_velocity" ,"You shouldn't be seeing me", pf_disabled|pf_is_static, no_menu, pt_none, fac_commoners,0,ai_bhvr_hold,0,(0., 0),[(trp_looter,15,0)]),In module_items:
Code:
["exploding_skulls", "Exploding Skulls", [("skeleton_head_throw",0)], itp_type_thrown |itp_primary|itp_bonus_against_shield,itcf_throw_stone, 230 , weight(1.5)|difficulty(0)|spd_rtng(97) | shoot_speed(60) | thrust_damage(30 ,pierce)|max_ammo(8)|accuracy(99),imodbit_large_bag,
[(ti_on_weapon_attack, [
(try_for_range,reg5,1,500),
(assign,":chosen",-1),(assign,":mindist",99999),
(try_for_agents,":agent"),
(agent_get_position,pos2,":agent"),
(get_distance_between_positions,":dist",pos1,pos2),
(lt,":dist",":mindist"),
(assign,":mindist",":dist"),
(assign,":chosen",":agent"),
(end_try),
(gt,":chosen",-1),
(agent_get_look_position,pos1,":chosen"),
(position_move_z,pos1,120),
(position_get_x,":x",pos1),
(position_get_y,":y",pos1),
(position_get_z,":z",pos1),
(party_set_slot,"p_x_coordinate",":chosen",":x"),
(party_set_slot,"p_y_coordinate",":chosen",":y"),
(party_set_slot,"p_z_coordinate",":chosen",":z"),
(position_move_y,pos1,110),
(position_get_x,":xnew",pos1),
(position_get_y,":ynew",pos1),
(position_get_z,":znew",pos1),
(val_sub,":xnew",":x"),
(val_sub,":ynew",":y"),
(val_sub,":znew",":z"),
(party_set_slot,"p_x_velocity",":chosen",":xnew"),
(party_set_slot,"p_y_velocity",":chosen",":ynew"),
(party_set_slot,"p_z_velocity",":chosen",":znew"),
(party_set_slot,"p_fire_arrows",":chosen",1),
(play_sound,"snd_pistol_shot"),
(assign,reg5,1000),
(end_try),
],)]],And here is the triggers for the various mission templates:
Code:
(ti_before_mission_start, 0, 0, [], [
(try_for_range,":slot",0,500),
(party_set_slot,"p_fire_arrows",":slot",-1),
(end_try),]),
(0.005, 0, 0, [],[
(try_for_agents,":agent"),
(party_get_slot,":fire","p_fire_arrows",":agent"),
(ge,":fire",0),
(party_get_slot,":x","p_x_coordinate",":agent"),
(party_get_slot,":y","p_y_coordinate",":agent"),
(party_get_slot,":z","p_z_coordinate",":agent"),
(party_get_slot,":xvel","p_x_velocity",":agent"),
(party_get_slot,":yvel","p_y_velocity",":agent"),
(party_get_slot,":zvel","p_z_velocity",":agent"),
(val_add,":x",":xvel"),
(val_add,":y",":yvel"),
(val_add,":z",":zvel"),
(position_set_x,pos1,":x"),
(position_set_y,pos1,":y"),
(position_set_z,pos1,":z"),
(particle_system_burst, "psys_torch_fire", pos1, 15),
(position_set_z_to_ground_level,pos1),
(position_get_z,":zground",pos1),
(try_begin),
(le,":z",":zground"),
(get_player_agent_no,":player_no"),
(particle_system_burst, "psys_massive_fire", pos1, 15),
(particle_system_burst, "psys_war_smoke_tall", pos1, 15),
(try_for_agents,":agent"),
(neq,":agent",":player_no"),
(neg|agent_is_ally,":agent"),
(agent_is_alive,":agent"),
(agent_get_look_position, pos2, ":agent"),
(get_distance_between_positions,":dist",pos1,pos2),
(lt,":dist",300),
(agent_deliver_damage_to_agent,":player_no",":agent"),
(end_try),
(scene_prop_get_instance,":instance", "spr_explosion", 0),
(position_copy_origin,pos2,pos1),
(prop_instance_set_position,":instance",pos2),
(position_move_z,pos2,1000),
(prop_instance_animate_to_position,":instance",pos2,200),
(else_try),
(party_set_slot,"p_x_coordinate",":agent",":x"),
(party_set_slot,"p_y_coordinate",":agent",":y"),
(party_set_slot,"p_z_coordinate",":agent",":z"),
(val_sub,":zvel",1),
(party_set_slot,"p_z_velocity",":agent",":zvel"),
(end_try),
(end_try),]),And here are some screenshots of the skulls in action....
The dot at the bottom of the targetting reticule is the thrown skull just before it hit the ground.
And here is the explosion just after it hit near a mounted troop. You can see it is damaging both the rider and horse repeatedly. I chose this method instead of the instant kill method created by the agent_set_hit_points operation.
And you can see here, that in many cases, the flame and smoke persist....as does the damage if any troop get near the area of affect....
This was unintentional, but I like it. The troop will continue to take damage until they leave the area of affect or die.
Now here is an example of the flame passing through a hill....First the explosion on my side....
Then it passes through and creates another explosion on the hill behind it.....
And continues travelling through that hill as well.....
Now in the cases where it passes the hill, the first explosion fades away unlike the previous examples where the flame persists. I would like to keep the persistant flame/damage effect, but I would like to prevent the flame from passing through hills. If any good coders can figure out how to fix that, I would greatly appreciate it. I did not create any of this code. I only modified it.
I'll try your ideas reg5 and/or the particle life.
