Falling Mantas and Flies

[Barbie]

Yay! Your post motivated me to have another look at the code and - as often - after a sleep things look clearer. The code of Manta.uc sets PHYS_Falling in its TweenToWaiting(). The following does the trick:

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class SBManta extends Manta;
// a Manta that does not fall down when spawned in the air

function TweenToWaiting(float tweentime) {
	Super.TweenToWaiting(tweentime);
	SetPhysics(PHYS_Flying);
}

[Red_Fist]

Try the thing factory, not creature, might work.


Nope, don't work, same thing. they fall.

[EvilGrins]

Most places in Unreal & UT you first run into the mantas is on the ground, then they fly up high and attack.

Trust me on this, mantas spawned on the ground rapidly go high · http://tinyurl.com/jzh7dfc · if there's enough sky available to them.

[Barbie]

Thanks, but in this map the ground is covered by lava, so that is not an option.

[sektor2111]

Completion > Spawning Mantas and monsters generally over death zones is pointless leading to 0 battle - this is goofing not mapping. I won't modify any 0 fixed monster for no reason - I could do this already. Monsters has more serious problems than this. Better fix their visibility through movers to not show their position in advance to be easily blown up behind doors because they were distracting player.

Try the thing factory, not creature, might work.

BAD MOVE. Better read old tutorials.
I was working a couple of hours for removing that spam mess which will be dropped by ThingFactory spawning creatures. I was thinking at replacement with Factories and transfer data but I have changed the deal.

Name is already enough self explanatory CREATUREFactory vs THINGFactory.

[Barbie]

Spawning Mantas and monsters generally over death zones is pointless leading to 0 battle

But works fine with Gas Bags.

[sektor2111]

But works fine with Gas Bags.

I'm sorry I have a different prototype as replacement and that indeed works too - flawless as I could see including in RangedAttack...

[EvilGrins]

The reason the GasBags aren't plummeting to their deep fried death is they don't have the ability to land. With the exception of when they get killed, GasBags are constantly hovering; whereas both mantas and flies can land.

Thought: Put something, at an angle, just under where the mantas and flies spawn in; transparent ledge maybe. It might make them realize they have wings for a reason.

Thanks, but in this map the ground is covered by lava, so that is not an option.

....then where do the players stand?

[Barbie]

....then where do the players stand?

As often a picture can say more than 1000 words.

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