OOP problem?

[Sett]

I'm changing the dust emitter that is used for the KVehicle. The spawning of the emitters is hardcoded in ONSWheeledCraft's(my KV's parent) event DrivingStatusChanged()

simulated event DrivingStatusChanged()
{
	local int i;
	local Coords WheelCoords;

	Super.DrivingStatusChanged();

    if (bDriving && Level.NetMode != NM_DedicatedServer && !bDropDetail)
	{
        Dust.length = Wheels.length;
        for(i=0; i<Wheels.Length; i++)
            if (Dust[i] == None)
            {
        		// Create wheel dust emitters.
        		WheelCoords = GetBoneCoords(Wheels[i].BoneName);
The spawning->    Dust[i] = spawn(class'ONSDirtSlipEffect', self,, WheelCoords.Origin + ((vect(0,0,-1) * Wheels[i].WheelRadius) >> Rotation));
        		Dust[i].SetBase(self);
			    Dust[i].SetDirtColor( Level.DustColor );
        	}


        if (Level.NetMode != NM_DedicatedServer)
    	{
            for(i=0; i<Dust.Length; i++)
                Dust[i].Destroy();

            Dust.Length = 0;

....omited code
 
}

So I overrid that event so I could spawn my own emitter - a copy+paste job the only diff is that I deleted the Super call.
Because I omitted the Super call I added what would have been missed in Vehicle's event DiverStatuschanged()

   local PlayerController PC;

	PC = Level.GetLocalPlayerController();

	if (bDriving && PC != None && (PC.ViewTarget == None || !(PC.ViewTarget.IsJoinedTo(self))))
        bDropDetail = (Level.bDropDetail || (Level.DetailMode == DM_Low));
    else
        bDropDetail = False;

    if (bDriving)
        Enable('Tick');
    else
        Disable('Tick');

So I combined them in my own event-

simulated event DrivingStatusChanged()
{
	local int i;
	local Coords WheelCoords;
    local PlayerController PC;

	PC = Level.GetLocalPlayerController();

	if (bDriving && PC != None && (PC.ViewTarget == None || !(PC.ViewTarget.IsJoinedTo(self))))
        bDropDetail = (Level.bDropDetail || (Level.DetailMode == DM_Low));
    else
        bDropDetail = False;

    if (bDriving)
        Enable('Tick');
    else
        Disable('Tick');


    if (bDriving && Level.NetMode != NM_DedicatedServer && !bDropDetail)
	{
        Dust.length = Wheels.length;
        for(i=0; i<Wheels.Length; i++)
            if (Dust[i] == None)
            {
        		// Create wheel dust emitters.
        		WheelCoords = GetBoneCoords(Wheels[i].BoneName);
        		Dust[i] = spawn(class'ONSDirtSlipEffect', self,, WheelCoords.Origin + ((vect(0,0,-1) * Wheels[i].WheelRadius) >> Rotation));
        		Dust[i].SetBase(self);
			    Dust[i].SetDirtColor( Level.DustColor );
                log("ddddssssssss"$i);//check spawn
        	}

		if(bMakeBrakeLights)
		{
			for(i=0; i<2; i++)
    			if (BrakeLight[i] == None)
    			{
    				BrakeLight[i] = spawn(class'ONSBrakelightCorona', self,, Location + (BrakeLightOffset[i] >> Rotation) );
    				BrakeLight[i].SetBase(self);
    				BrakeLight[i].SetRelativeRotation( rot(0,32768,0) ); // Point lights backwards.
    				BrakeLight[i].Skins[0] = BrakeLightMaterial;
    			}
		}
	}
    else
    {
        if (Level.NetMode != NM_DedicatedServer)
    	{
            for(i=0; i<Dust.Length; i++)
            {
                Dust[i].Destroy();
                log("ssssssss"$i);//
            }

            Dust.Length = 0;

            if(bMakeBrakeLights)
            {
            	for(i=0; i<2; i++)
                    if (BrakeLight[i] != None)
                        BrakeLight[i].Destroy();
            }
        }

        TurnDamping = 0.0;
    }
}

The problem is that my KV no longer emits dust.

Any thoughts?

 

[Mychaeel]

Instead of removing the Super call and duplicating the code it would have executed, just make your Super call skip ONSWheeledCraft:

Super(ONSVehicle).DrivingStatusChanged();

 

[Sett]

Instead of removing the Super call and duplicating the code it would have executed, just make your Super call skip ONSWheeledCraft:

Super(ONSVehicle).DrivingStatusChanged();

Cool:tup: didn't know you could do that.

Thank you very much.