Power-Up Problem

[Metal]

oh and TY, rename your ninja star shape to "ninja_star"
the path is game/data/shapes/NinjaWeapons I guess

G'L with your P-Ups!


---Met

[Mr Phobik]

Metal, please do not give incorrect information. Making stuff up doesn't help at all.

[Taylor]

@Pho1-1: yes, i do.
@Pho1-2: oops, i didn't. still failed.
@Pho1-3: i know that

@Squish1-1: i know.
@Squish1-2: W00t! it didn't quit! but, i got at least 15 power-ups and i never got it, all the bounce reticles i got (that's what i used) didn't give me anything besides, well... Bounce!
@Squish2-1: it quit when i changed area to NinjaReticle


@Metal: i don't have that shape. i agree with ^

well, Squish got it close...

i'm going to try copying the NinjaStar stats, naming each NinjaStar01, 02, etc. then the chance will go up that i get it.

...IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i got white squares. that's ok, at least it worked! w00t!

[Metal]

oh, if you got white squares then the resoucre is missiong something, check if your NinjaStar is called so or is it "ninja_star"

you must type the correct path, and phobik, you getting on my nervs man!

[Dazzle]

Phobik knows far more than you do about modding!!! I know this because he is a student of mine and I am teaching him the ways....

Taylors problem is probably simple to sort out if he were to explain exactly what is happening, is the ninja recticle a jpeg or png? is it the correct size? is in the right place for the path to find?

Taylor post your recticle datablock and lets have a look, also post an attachment of the actual recticle

[Taylor]

Reticle DataBlock? what's that?

Reticle is png, should it be jpg?

anyway, how do i fix the white squares?

[Dazzle]

Reticle DataBlock? what's that?

Reticle is png, should it be jpg?

anyway, how do i fix the white squares?

Now we are getting somewhere. Yes the reticle should be a png and all looks good with that.

The Reticle DataBlock is what makes the reticle work, its no good putting reticle = "NinjaReticle"; in your weapon if the game cant find the NinjaReticle data block. The Reticle DataBlocks for all weps are in the special.cs below emitters and above the weapon datablocks. You need to copy the speedy reticle datablock and then paste it in with the other reticles, change the name of the datablock to NinjaReticle and then change the path to the actual reticle png file which you should put in game/data/shapes/tanks - make sure the reticle is in this location!!!!

Here I have done it for you, just paste this in the special.cs with the other rectile data and remember to delete the special.cs.dso file BEFORE booting up your server

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datablock ReticleData(NinjaReticle : DefaultReticle)
{
   // Note: reticle position is based on projectile speed, so position is determined by time
   bmp = "~/data/shapes/tanks/NinjaReticle.png";
   size = 1.2;           // size of reticle in meters
   startTime = 0.04;     // time (in seconds) to first draw reticle
   timeStep = 0.08;      // time step (in seconds)
   spacingExponent = 1.6; // reticle tick spacing (1=linear, over 1 = bunched near start)

   // reticle animation parameters...experimental
   doAnim = false;
   animBmp = "~/data/shapes/tanks/NinjaReticle.png";
   animTime = 750;       // round-trip in milliseconds
   animSize = 0.3;       // size of animated bmp
};

[Taylor]

thanks a lot! (twice)

Awesome, it worked! now how do i make the actual power-up show, not as a white square?

[Dazzle]

how do i make the actual power-up show, not as a white square?

What do you mean the reticle is still a white square?

What do you mean make power up show?

[Taylor]

like the actual projectile, like the purple ball for bounce.