hcpookie
Jun 21 2012, 14:06
I wanted this to be a surprise but I'm having a bit of a problem with the config. The in-game SMAW config doesn't have the Mk217 spotter rifle. So what the heck I figured I'd see if I can fix this.
I have added a new muzzle type that inherits from the Rifle class. This works fine - you can switch from spotter round to SMAW rocket. Just like switching between rifle and grenade launchers. The ammo inherits from the SMAW-HEAA ammo with slight changes - it uses the tracer bullet model and no explosive or missile effects so it doesn't have a rocket exhaust or sound. I inherited from the rocket so that the attributes would be identical. It makes sense to me to inherit this because the "hard way" would seem be creating a new bullet that has the same bullet drop as an already existing round.
I wonder if a Rifle weapon class cannot shoot a rocket ammo class? If so then I'll obviously have to make a new rifle and add the SMAW rocketlauncher as a muzzle.
The PROBLEM is that the spotter round doesn't appear to inherit the flight characteristics of the parent "R_SMAW_HEDP" ammo. Therefore there is no bullet drop. What to do? The config is a copy/paste of the parent with those edits I have made marked with " - ":
NEW Spotter Round:
class pook_SMAW_Spot: R_SMAW_HEDP {
- model = "\ca\Weapons\Data\bullettracer\tracer_red";
- hit = 10;
- indirectHit = 0;
- indirectHitRange = 0;
- cost = 2;
initTime = 0.02;
thrust = 610;
thrustTime = 1;
maxSpeed = 750;
sideAirFriction = 0.22;
timeToLive = 6;
fuseDistance = 15;
visibleFire = 28;
audibleFire = 16;
- CraterEffects = "";
- explosionEffects = "";
- effectsMissile = "";
whistleDist = 24;
tracerScale = 1.2;
tracerStartTime = 0.075;
tracerEndTime = 6;
};
ORIGINAL BIS config for comparison:
class R_SMAW_HEDP: RocketBase
{
model = "\ca\weapons2\SMAW\SMAW_rocket_inflight.p3d";
hit = 150;
indirectHit = 40;
indirectHitRange = 12;
cost = 200;
initTime = 0.02;
thrust = 610;
thrustTime = 1;
maxSpeed = 750;
sideAirFriction = 0.22;
timeToLive = 6;
fuseDistance = 15;
visibleFire = 28;
audibleFire = 16;
CraterEffects = "ATRocketCrater";
explosionEffects = "ATRocketExplosion";
effectsMissile = "missile2";
whistleDist = 24;
};
I have added a new muzzle type that inherits from the Rifle class. This works fine - you can switch from spotter round to SMAW rocket. Just like switching between rifle and grenade launchers. The ammo inherits from the SMAW-HEAA ammo with slight changes - it uses the tracer bullet model and no explosive or missile effects so it doesn't have a rocket exhaust or sound. I inherited from the rocket so that the attributes would be identical. It makes sense to me to inherit this because the "hard way" would seem be creating a new bullet that has the same bullet drop as an already existing round.
I wonder if a Rifle weapon class cannot shoot a rocket ammo class? If so then I'll obviously have to make a new rifle and add the SMAW rocketlauncher as a muzzle.
The PROBLEM is that the spotter round doesn't appear to inherit the flight characteristics of the parent "R_SMAW_HEDP" ammo. Therefore there is no bullet drop. What to do? The config is a copy/paste of the parent with those edits I have made marked with " - ":
NEW Spotter Round:
class pook_SMAW_Spot: R_SMAW_HEDP {
- model = "\ca\Weapons\Data\bullettracer\tracer_red";
- hit = 10;
- indirectHit = 0;
- indirectHitRange = 0;
- cost = 2;
initTime = 0.02;
thrust = 610;
thrustTime = 1;
maxSpeed = 750;
sideAirFriction = 0.22;
timeToLive = 6;
fuseDistance = 15;
visibleFire = 28;
audibleFire = 16;
- CraterEffects = "";
- explosionEffects = "";
- effectsMissile = "";
whistleDist = 24;
tracerScale = 1.2;
tracerStartTime = 0.075;
tracerEndTime = 6;
};
ORIGINAL BIS config for comparison:
class R_SMAW_HEDP: RocketBase
{
model = "\ca\weapons2\SMAW\SMAW_rocket_inflight.p3d";
hit = 150;
indirectHit = 40;
indirectHitRange = 12;
cost = 200;
initTime = 0.02;
thrust = 610;
thrustTime = 1;
maxSpeed = 750;
sideAirFriction = 0.22;
timeToLive = 6;
fuseDistance = 15;
visibleFire = 28;
audibleFire = 16;
CraterEffects = "ATRocketCrater";
explosionEffects = "ATRocketExplosion";
effectsMissile = "missile2";
whistleDist = 24;
};