Projectiles that go through walls but not players
by Tom · in Torque Game Engine · 08/29/2006 (7:53 am) · 4 replies
As the title says, im looking for a projectile that will go through walls, but not players.
its for an ultimate weapon in my game, and i was wondering if anyone has gotten it to work, and is willing to share this knowledge.
i tired to search but none came close to what i was looking for,.
or even if you only had an idea how to do this, it would be a great help
i thought about raycasts, but that would still have the problem of the bullet disapearing after it hit a wall :(
its for an ultimate weapon in my game, and i was wondering if anyone has gotten it to work, and is willing to share this knowledge.
i tired to search but none came close to what i was looking for,.
or even if you only had an idea how to do this, it would be a great help
i thought about raycasts, but that would still have the problem of the bullet disapearing after it hit a wall :(
#2
ie, you can tell a raycast to hit only People, Terrain, and DTS objects, but not to hit Interiors.
see tdn.garagegames.com/wiki/TorqueScript_Console_Functions_16
10/23/2006 (8:58 am)
In TGE, you can set the types of things a raycast will detect, and the same may be true for projectiles ?ie, you can tell a raycast to hit only People, Terrain, and DTS objects, but not to hit Interiors.
see tdn.garagegames.com/wiki/TorqueScript_Console_Functions_16
#3
The only way to even attempt it would be to try spawning a projectile when the original hits the interior.
Broken down..
Projectile is fired. Hits an interior (obviously it will explode because the engine tells it to).
::onCollision run a raycast from a vector slightly foward of the collision in the direction the first projectile was traveling. Keep adding to the vector until the raycast isn;t hitting anything.
Spawn new projectile.
Rinse repeat.
Hard to put inot words :(
10/23/2006 (6:45 pm)
Without an engine modification it gets pretty hacky..The only way to even attempt it would be to try spawning a projectile when the original hits the interior.
Broken down..
Projectile is fired. Hits an interior (obviously it will explode because the engine tells it to).
::onCollision run a raycast from a vector slightly foward of the collision in the direction the first projectile was traveling. Keep adding to the vector until the raycast isn;t hitting anything.
Spawn new projectile.
Rinse repeat.
Hard to put inot words :(
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