Exploding Futbol Launcher
2,680 Posts
Posted May 22, 2012
I've been trying to make an Animal King Turret which shoots bombs, and it's almost all working. Only one thing is broken: whenever it fires the point_futbol_shooter, it goes so high it hits the ceiling. Only when the player is within a few feet of it does it arc in time, and that's with a double-height test chamber.
I'm working on uploading a VMF, but from the description, does anyone know what might be happening? I've even tried setting the launch force to 1, but nothing changes.
EDIT: Instance Link http://forums.thinking.withportals.com/downloads.php?view=detail&df_id=1965 (includes a modified version of the Animal King model by LuigiThirty)
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2,460 Posts
Posted May 22, 2012
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So are you using a catapult in order to launch it or just a shooter? I know there are different settings for how a catapult launches objects.
2,680 Posts
Posted May 22, 2012
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Just a point_futbol_shooter. The IO is settarget !player, wait 1/10 second, shootfutbol. But it always goes sky-high.
2,460 Posts
Posted May 22, 2012
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Have you raised the roof in order to see if it actually does launch at the player? It could not be.
2,680 Posts
Posted May 22, 2012
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It does, but at such a steep trajectory the ceiling has fog over it. Is there a way to set the angle to launch at?
2,460 Posts
Posted May 22, 2012
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Is there an option to change the speed? (not at home atm)
2,680 Posts
Posted May 22, 2012
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Yes, but it doesn't seem to affect anything. It always hits the same spot on the ceiling, even if the launcher's angle is set to 90 0 0 or -90 0 0, and speed to 500 or 1.
2,460 Posts
Posted May 23, 2012
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If it is to difficult to do, try using a catapult instead.
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Posted May 23, 2012
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Can't you pick alternative trajectories for the shooter? (on Linux atm)
There are always two valid trajectories, a high one and a low one. See if you can get the thing to select the low trajectory. (The catapult does offer that option.)
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Posted May 23, 2012
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I had also problems when using a point_futbol shooter. It has some serious problems. You should rather use a point template, comined with a prop_exploding_futbol and a trigger_catapult.
2,680 Posts
Posted May 23, 2012
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Thank you, since I only need it to launch forwards a trigger_catapult will work perfectly. 
2,680 Posts
Posted May 23, 2012
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Update: The trigger_catapult is working now. Is there a way I can make it track an entity, id est, "aim" at the player?
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Posted May 23, 2012
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On order to fire at the player you will need to add a !player in the launch target value. I think I remember that you have to set it as an actual target first (a info_target) and then using an output change it to the player.
E.g. OnTrigger -> catapult -> setTarget -> !player, OnTrigger -> catapult -> addoutput -> target !player
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Posted May 23, 2012
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Thanks! That might be the cause of the new problem. I'll just wire it to a logic_auto.