modifying Teleporter actor

navboy · 12th Sep 2001, 04:13 PM

i've got a modified teleporter which is working fine. While i'm at it, i'd really like to prevent telefragging. I've pored over all the relevant code, but have to confess i can't see exactly how to do it. Was just hoping someone may already be familiar enough with it to point me in the right direction ... ?

I thought about patterning off the way warpzones do it, but i really can't convince myself that it won't cause undesirable side effects ...

Bytekeeper · 12th Sep 2001, 04:22 PM

I didn't ever use teleporters or subclasses of them, but you have a few choices :
Check the Touch[] list of the target teleporter, if any players are in there, or
trace a line at the target teleporter and test if it hits an player.

navboy · 13th Sep 2001, 01:36 AM

i guess what i don't understand is whether the game engine enforces telefragging no matter what meaning i'd have to find a way to delay/retry the teleport until the target is clear, or whether there is some flag or other setting which would let it handle the exchange without killing one of the players.

Captain Kewl · 13th Sep 2001, 10:07 AM

All the teleporter does is move actors from one location to another, AFIK. The telefragging is caused by the pawns themselves -- try messing around with the function in Pawn with the word "encroaching" somewhere in it.

12th Sep 2001, 04:13 PM	#1
navboy Registered User Join Date: Jan. 5th, 2001 Location: tornados, Wizard of Oz, 70's rock group, lots of native Americans, etc. Posts: 340	modifying Teleporter actor i've got a modified teleporter which is working fine. While i'm at it, i'd really like to prevent telefragging. I've pored over all the relevant code, but have to confess i can't see exactly how to do it. Was just hoping someone may already be familiar enough with it to point me in the right direction ... ? I thought about patterning off the way warpzones do it, but i really can't convince myself that it won't cause undesirable side effects ...

12th Sep 2001, 04:22 PM	#2
Bytekeeper Last of the Brunnen G Join Date: Jul. 15th, 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 64	I didn't ever use teleporters or subclasses of them, but you have a few choices : Check the Touch[] list of the target teleporter, if any players are in there, or trace a line at the target teleporter and test if it hits an player. __________________ - Dante Defence Alliance coder www.planetunreal.com/da/

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13th Sep 2001, 01:36 AM	#3
navboy Registered User Join Date: Jan. 5th, 2001 Location: tornados, Wizard of Oz, 70's rock group, lots of native Americans, etc. Posts: 340	i guess what i don't understand is whether the game engine enforces telefragging no matter what meaning i'd have to find a way to delay/retry the teleport until the target is clear, or whether there is some flag or other setting which would let it handle the exchange without killing one of the players.

13th Sep 2001, 10:07 AM	#4
Captain Kewl I know kewl. Join Date: Feb. 13th, 2001 Location: IN YOUR HOUSE Posts: 794	All the teleporter does is move actors from one location to another, AFIK. The telefragging is caused by the pawns themselves -- try messing around with the function in Pawn with the word "encroaching" somewhere in it.