Decreased damage which lifetime.

[Choneis]

Hello, I got a shotgun beening worked on and I what to get the damage to be lowered the longer it is alive.

This is how the theory goes.

When the project is created it gets simtime.

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Spawn Time = 0

The max it can live too is 2 seconds.

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DeathTime = 0 - 2000

Lets assume it gets hit half way through its life.

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Damage = 10 - ((1000 - 0)/1000)*3

Which equals.

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Damage = 7

If the lifetime 0

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Damage = 10

If lifetime = 2000

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Damage = 4

however. This is what I have and it doesn't work. I get console errors about missing function 'Onadd'

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function Projectile::onadd(%obj,%a,%b)
{
Parent::onadd(%obj,%a,%b);
if(%obj.dataBlock $= "blunderbussprojectile")
	{
	%obj.spawntime = getsimtime();
	}
}

function BlunderbussProjectile::Damage(%this,%obj,%col,%fade,%pos,%norm)
{
	%obj.deathtime = getsimtime();
	%obj.life	= ((%obdeathtime - %obj.spawntime) / 1000) * 3;
	echo(%obj.life);
	%damage = %this.directdamage - %obj.life;
	%col.damage(%obj,%pos,%damage,%this.directDamageType);
}

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[Space Guy]

Since it's a shotgun that fires several pellets, you should be able to put it in the onFire code. (%p = new Projectile(){spawnTime = getSimTime();};)

[Choneis]

Since it's a shotgun that fires several pellets, you should be able to put it in the onFire code. (%p = new Projectile(){spawnTime = getSimTime();};)

Awesome. Let me try that.

Works, however, when the projectile spawns from a brick it has no onfire script therefore gives huge -1000 damage.

[Space Guy]

Check if(%projectile.spawnTime $= "") and make the damage a set value if it is.

Alternately, use the Projectile::onAdd method in the first post but package it.

[Choneis]

Now the problem is in both, normal shooting and spawning. I was thinking of going back a few steps. And making it if the damage is < 0 it defaults to 7.

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function BlunderBussImage::onFire(%this,%obj,%slot)
{
   	
	%projectile = %this.projectile;
	%spread = 0.010;
	%shellcount = getrandom(5,15);

	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;
}

package Bluderbusspackage
{
	function projectile::onAdd(%obj,%a,%b)
	{
		parent::onAdd(%obj,%a,%b);
		if(%obj.dataBlock $= "BlunderBussProjectile")
		{
		%obj.spawntime = getsimtime();
		}
	}
};
activatePackage(BlunderBussPackage);

function BlunderbussProjectile::Damage(%this,%obj,%col,%fade,%pos,%norm)
{
	%obj.deathtime = getsimtime();
	%damage = 10 - ((%obj.deathtime - %obj.spawntime) / 1000 * 4);
	echo("Damage :" SPC %damage);
	if(%Damage < 0)
	{
		%damage = 1;
	}	
	%col.damage(%obj,%pos,%damage,%this.directDamageType);
	
}