Bullet Spread

[QuantumEagle]

I simply want to know the code for playing fire/reload animations as well as how to make bullets spread out over a large area. Please?

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[mp7964]

Look at Ephialtes' shotgun script. It has random bullet spread, also, look at T+T, it has spread, too.

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function tttpolterImage::onFire(%this,%obj,%slot)
{
if(%obj.getDamagePercent() < 1.0)
%obj.playThread(2, plant);
%projectile = %this.projectile;
%spread = 0.000001;
%shellcount = 1;

for(%shell=0; %shell<%shellcount; %shell++)
{
%vector = %obj.getMuzzleVector(%slot);
%objectVelocity = %obj.getVelocity();
%vector1 = VectorScale(%vector, %projectile.muzzleVelocity);
%vector2 = VectorScale(%objectVelocity, %projectile.velInheritFactor);
%velocity = VectorAdd(%vector1,%vector2);
%x = (getRandom() - 0.5) * 10 * 3.1415926 * %spread;
%y = (getRandom() - 0.5) * 10 * 3.1415926 * %spread;
%z = (getRandom() - 0.5) * 10 * 3.1415926 * %spread;
%mat = MatrixcreateFromEuler(%x @ " " @ %y @ " " @ %z);
%velocity = MatrixMulVector(%mat, %velocity);

%p = new (%this.projectileType)()
{
dataBlock = %projectile;
initialVelocity = %velocity;
initialPosition = %obj.getMuzzlePoint(%slot);
sourceObject = %obj;
sourceSlot = %slot;
client = %obj.client;
};
MissionCleanup.add(%p);
}
return %p;
}


[QuantumEagle]

Thanks, I'll try it after school today.

[phflack]

Look at Ephialtes' shotgun script. It has random bullet spread, also, look at T+T, it has spread, too.

it's not random, well, there's a few different spreads which it then chooses i think, as there's a horizontal 3 spread EXACTLY the same which keeps popping up

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it's not random, well, there's a few different spreads which it then chooses i think, as there's a horizontal 3 spread EXACTLY the same which keeps popping up

it's random lol.

[phflack]

it's random lol.

then why is there a pattern?
:I
same with the Gshotgun, it just toggles between 2 spreads

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getRandom

hur dur

[phflack]

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%x = (getRandom() - 0.5) * 10 * 3.1415926 * %spread;
%y = (getRandom() - 0.5) * 10 * 3.1415926 * %spread;
%z = (getRandom() - 0.5) * 10 * 3.1415926 * %spread;
oh, just so few possibilities that it creates a pattern

i was still right about it repeating itself a lot

hur dur

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It has about a 1 in 99999999 x pi chance to repeat itself.

[phflack]

It has about a 1 in 99999999 x pi chance to repeat itself.

so getRandom() wouldn't give 0 or 1 by itself? it sure seems like it does
and i know for sure that it keeps having the same spread every so often

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You are completely wrong.

[phflack]

interesting, it is between 0 and 1, and yet it still produces patterns
so overall,

You are completely wrong.

about me being completely wrong
the same formations keep coming up over and over

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I thought you were the one who knew something about scripting. It's between 0 and 1 including all the stuff in-between probably starting at 00001.

[Amade]

...

No, you are wrong. It's possible you're using a weird random seed that will produce the same numbers in a pattern, but this will almost never occur.

so getRandom() wouldn't give 0 or 1 by itself? it sure seems like it does

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==> for(%i = 0; %i < 10; %i++){echo(getRandom());}
0.902336
0.556847
0.922807
0.6125
0.281929
0.385547
0.882077
0.0635692
0.40794
0.247588It's just as likely to return 0 or 1 as 0.902336.