Chain gun?

[pitchblack]

Its a gun that shoots a big chain(atleast a 1X2 brick sized chain?) that, when it hits something it sticks and leaves its chain there to walk on...but it its shot or hit my anything it disappears...

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[Spockticus]

but it its shot or hit my anything it disappears...

Wut

[Tingalz]

What I first thought.

Lol, but there is already the hookshot that is kinda like this.

[Azhang]

What I first thought.

Lol, but there is already the hookshot that is kinda like this.

same here

[Black Mesa :D]

What I first thought.

Lol, but there is already the hookshot that is kinda like this.

yah theres already a hookshot but i think the man is saying a chainshot that hurts you

[Space Guy]

Seems to be kind of a "platform gun" that shoots a really long, really thin platform in a straight line to wherever you hit.

Should be possible, but it'd need a specialized model for the chain and would either create a million laggy static shapes or have about three really stretched links in the chain over a hundred or so studs.

Quick mockup of what I think he wants -


The gun shoots a projectile
If it hits a person, it'll do damage but not much else - perhaps a 'pull' effect
If it hits a wall, it will create a very long 'chain' between where you fired it
You can walk on this chain, so can other people
If anybody shoots the chain, it breaks and falls apart

[deathrider]

just add damage to the hookshot

[Space Guy]

You can't walk on the hookshot line.

[rkynick]

Make a shape and scale it?

It would be hard to make it look chain-y but it's probably the best solution.

[Space Guy]

Yes, that's what I was thinking.

The only problem is that I don't know how to turn a vector (from you to the point) into a rotation... (for a static shape)

[pitchblack]

-shnip-

Yes, thats what I want

[Deathwish]

I'm thinking more along the lines of a shape made of a couple of planes or a low-poly cylinder, if the texture repeated infinitely, it wouldn't matter how long the chain was, although exploding into debris might be a problem.

[Space Guy]

Spawn an explosion with a debris shape every few units along the chain?

Really short chains probably wouldn't be able to be fired or perhaps just not explode into pieces.

[MtnDew]

[Space Guy]

Placing lots of "chain link" statics may cause lag if you decide to create a bridge over some massive chasm. Perhaps a maximum length to it?