More ****ing With Unreal 1

[Ghost3021]

I know nothing of linked lists. :|
*Googles

 

[Smoke39]

It's basically where you have a class that holds a reference to the next object in the list, which has a similar reference to the object after it, and stuff...

 

[Ghost3021]

oh...ok i see i get it...so (in the class) it spawns another link in the chain untill it hits the wall...ahh ok
so the laser is basicaly 2 classes, the dot, and the link class.
cool...i think i get it

 

[Smoke39]

Yeah, that's pretty much it. Unreal likes to freak out about infinite recursion, though, so I had to limit its length. The beam looks so small at long distances, though, that you can't really tell that it ends prematurely at long distances.

 

[Ghost3021]

Hmm...wasn't the max loops before 'infinite' around ten million? heh but if it was that long performance would get pretty bad anyway....
very interesting.

 

[Smoke39]

Unreal yells at you after 250 iterations. I don't know about loops, this is about recursion.

 

[Ghost3021]

Ahh...oh well since the mod is designed for SP only the whole laser-cutting-out-after-so-long thing shouldn't be a problem...
Hmm
Is there a weapon I can try to script that you haven't started?

 

[Smoke39]

I don't think I have any new solid weapon ideas yet. I think I'd prefer to do the code myself anyway. I sorta doubt I'll ever "finish" this thing, it's largely just something to tinker with. :b I'm open to ideas, though (but I'm really picky :b).

Anyway, I got a primary fire put together for the stinger mk 2. I basically kinda hate the gun. XD Secondary's kinda cute, but the weapon's just really dull. Too much like a newbish "I took this gun and made it shoot faster/more projectiles/different projectiles" deal.

The magnum, however, is turning out quite nicely, and definitely tons better than the old one I had going. I've attached some shots of it 1: being selected, 2: sitting, and 3: firing. It has an enviromap overlay, and the cylinder rotates into the next position when you release the trigger (which happens when you actually release the fire button). The muzzle flash in an animated mesh I made, using a couple of Unreal explosion textures for a skin. It doesn't need to be reloaded yet. I'm not sure if I'll actually add that, I kinda like firing constantly at a slow, steady pase, slowly chipping away at an enemy's health. I d'know what I could make secondary do if not reload, though. I could make it change ammo types to a higher caliber bullet, but the SMG already does that...

 

[Ghost3021]

Nice....



Oy, did you by any chance register for unrealsp.org? or is that a different dude...


well, i understand the personal-project thing...i redid all the weapons myself awhile back (but have since then deleted them :/) into much more powerfull, more cooler versions....so i'll go ahead and let you at it. i like the looks of the upgrades you've been giving them though

 

[Smoke39]

Oy, did you by any chance register for unrealsp.org?

Maybe. <<

 

[Smoke39]

So, I have discovered that SoundVolume appears to be scaled based on LightBrightness. That's kinda STUPID. Grr.