DynamicLoadObject?

[Smoke39]

How can I change the models a weapon uses in the middle of a game? I saw this DynamicLoadObject thingy in the SetHand function of the translocator. I stuck

Mesh = mesh(DynamicLoadObject("Botpack.Rifle2m", class'Mesh'));

somewhere and I get "Error, Bad or missing expression in parenthesis." Anyone have a solution?
I should be able to release an early version of my mod soon after I figure this out.

 

[Wormbo]

OK, let's see what's wrong with it.

native static final function object DynamicLoadObject( string ObjectName, class ObjectClass, optional bool MayFail );

First parameter should be a string, that's correct, second parameter should be a valid class (class'Class', class'Mesh', class'Sound' and class'Texture' being the most common), that's correct, too. When MayFail is true it doesn't log an error if the object could not be loaded, but that's not important in most cases.

Hmm... that line looks correct.

Let's try something else...
Botpack is always loaded. Maybe you should try

Mesh = mesh'Botpack.Rifle2m';

instead. It should work the same way, unless you want to use a package not listed above yours in EditPackages.

 

[Smoke39]

Oops. Wrong line, it does work. It was complaining about this:

PlayerViewOffset = (5.000000,-1.600000,-1.700000);

I can never remember how to do those blasted things.

 

[Wormbo]

PlayerViewOffset=vect(5,-1.6,-1.7);

 

[Smoke39]

Oh yeah! I thought that was it.

 

[Smoke39]

It seems like you can only change the PlayerViewOffset once. If there's no way around this then if I release an early version of this mod everything'll probably be on the right gountlet... Hopefully I'll be able to move the FireOffset around a little more freely.

 

[Wormbo]

Spotted the problem:

class Weapon extends Inventory

(...)

// set which hand is holding weapon
function setHand(float Hand)
{
	if ( Hand == 2 )
	{
		PlayerViewOffset.Y = 0;
		FireOffset.Y = 0;
		bHideWeapon = true;
		return;
	}
	else
		bHideWeapon = false;

	if ( Hand == 0 )
	{
		PlayerViewOffset.X = Default.PlayerViewOffset.X * 0.88;
		PlayerViewOffset.Y = -0.2 * Default.PlayerViewOffset.Y;
		PlayerViewOffset.Z = Default.PlayerViewOffset.Z * 1.12;
	}
	else
	{
		PlayerViewOffset.X = Default.PlayerViewOffset.X;
		PlayerViewOffset.Y = Default.PlayerViewOffset.Y * Hand;
		PlayerViewOffset.Z = Default.PlayerViewOffset.Z;
	}
	PlayerViewOffset *= 100; //scale since network passes vector components as ints
	FireOffset.Y = Default.FireOffset.Y * Hand;
}

As you can see Default.PlayerViewOffset is used here, so you will have to change this value. (Warning! This is kind of global. It changes default values for the class itself, so it will affect all players.)

 

[Smoke39]

I'm confused. I'm just gonna make it all on one gauntlet until I make my new models.

 

[Ghost3021]

How can I change the models a weapon uses in the middle of a game? I saw this DynamicLoadObject thingy in the SetHand function of the translocator. I stuck

Mesh = mesh(DynamicLoadObject("Botpack.Rifle2m", class'Mesh'));

somewhere and I get "Error, Bad or missing expression in parenthesis." Anyone have a solution?
I should be able to release an early version of my mod soon after I figure this out.

DOH!
Wrong quotes!!
Mesh = mesh(DynamicLoadObject("Botpack.Rifle2m", class'Mesh'));
should be
Mesh = mesh(DynamicLoadObject('Botpack.Rifle2m', class'Mesh'));

At least I think...that would be why it gave you a "Error, Bad or missing expression in parenthesis."
Hope that helps.

 

[Smoke39]

Do you realize how old this is? XD Coincidentally, I was gonna look into dynamicloadobject to load some textures for some weapons sometime soon. :b

 

[Ghost3021]

15th Dec 2001, 03:24 AM

I didn't see the 2001
lol whoopsies...
the unrealwiki has all sorts of good stuff though...i frequently go there for reference :tup:

 

[Smoke39]

I use it every once in a while but it can be hard to navigate.

 

[Ghost3021]

Well, recently the in-site search feature hasn't been working...but there's still some interesting things I like to look at when I forget (like #execs ... I can NEVER remember how to do them ).

 

[Smoke39]

I always just copy #execs from other classes of mine and change the relevant bits. :b

 

[Smoke39]

This worked for my shotgun flashlight flare in its PostBeginPlay():

Texture = Texture( DynamicLoadObject("GenFx.LensFlar.Flarel~6", class'Texture') );

 

[Ghost3021]

how come it didn't load the mesh then?
That's realy wierd :|.

 

[Smoke39]

I think it did:

Oops. Wrong line, it does work.

:b