How to spawn explosion?

[Chao]

I'm making an item called the TNT and I need to know how to spawn the explosion right when they click.  I tried several things, but none worked...
I really need to know how to do this.  Please help me!

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[Space Guy]

Spawn a projectile (look at any 'spread gun' mod or the Tank) at the place you need and then do %projectile.explode() to make it explode. You'll need a ProjectileData datablock as well to make this work.

[Chao]

It's not working
I'm not sure if I did it the right way though:

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function TNTImage::onPreFire(%p)
{
%p = new Projectile()
            {
               dataBlock = TNTProjectile;
               projectile.explode()
            };
}

[Ephialtes]

remove projectile.explode() and add %p.explode(); below the };

[Chao]

It didn't work
This is what it looks like:

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function TNTImage::onPreFire(%p)
{
%p = new Projectile()
            {
               dataBlock = TNTProjectile;
            };
%p.explode();
}

[Chrono]

Well ofcourse it's not going to work.
You don't even have initialpositon.

[Chao]

This is what I have now:

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function TNTImage::onPreFire(%p)
{
%p = new Projectile()
            {
               dataBlock = TNTProjectile;
               initialPosition =
            };
%p.explode();
}
What do I put in the initialPosition area if I want it to explode right on the player?

[Ephialtes]

This is painful to watch. You don't even understand the syntax. There are countless examples of spawning projectiles via script. Stop being lazy.

[Chao]

I'm a new scripter, I don't know how to script that well.  Therefor, I need some help sometimes.  I really want to release this weapon.  I tryed to look up how to do it in a Torque Scripting Reference, but it didn't have anything on it.

[Chrono]

There are countless examples of spawning projectiles via script. Stop being lazy.

[Space Guy]

look at any 'spread gun' mod or the Tank

[Chao]

I looked at the tank and that's how I got the code, but it only shows the explosion light D:

[Slicksilver555]

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function TNTImage::onPreFire(%c)
{
%p = new Projectile()
            {
               dataBlock = TNTProjectile;
               Position = %c.player.getPosition();
            };
%p.explode();
}I think that will work unless the function has different args.

[Chrono]

initialposition*
However an initialvelocity is nice to have for using rotation.

[Slicksilver555]

initialposition*
However an initialvelocity is nice to have for using rotation.

I think Position would work too, when I spawn anything else I use Position =.