EvilGrins wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:25 am
...so that's where the Dragon is anchored. The shiny/glittery thing is the main attraction, but the essence of the Dragon is in that 1 spot.
Correct, the thing you view in spectator is the "brain" of the dragon, the "body" that you see is entirely made of decorations controlled by the "brain".
EvilGrins wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:25 am
Dragon has a health indicator... does that mean it can be shot? Would you be shooting the shiny thing circling the map or that 1 spot?
Damn, I didn't think about that...
The "body" has no collision and can't be damaged which is intentional.
However, (from testing it after reading your post) the "brain" can be damaged.
Killing the "brain" will award a frag, but it doesn't break anything as far as I can tell (with 2min of testing).
I'll fix this tommorow, it should be completely invulnerable.
EvilGrins wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:25 am
Also, what's in the process for the Dragon to target someone when it shoots? It can't be the last person to tag the control point because the Dragon would be on their team.
This:
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Function FindTargets()
{
Local Pawn P, BestTarget;
Local Vector FirePoint;
Local Float Dist, BestRange;
FirePoint = FirePointActor[0].Location + (FirePointOffset >> FirePointActor[0].Rotation);
BestRange = 9999999;
P = Level.PawnList;
While (P != None)
{
if ((P.IsA('Bot') || P.IsA('PlayerPawn')) && P.PlayerReplicationInfo != None && P.PlayerReplicationInfo.Team != Team && P.Health > 0 && !P.PlayerReplicationInfo.bIsSpectator)
{
if (FastTrace(FirePoint,P.Location))
{
Dist = vSize(P.Location - FirePoint);
if (Dist < BestRange)
{
BestRange = Dist;
BestTarget = P;
}
}
}
P = P.NextPawn;
}
if (BestTarget != None)
JupiterFire(BestTarget, FirePoint, 0);
}
In non-code speak, it fires on the closest enemy to the part it fires from.
Not the smartest way to pick a target, feel free to suggest another way.
I forgot to add in lighting for the firing effect so I'll fix that tommorow too.
No reason why I can't have the "brain" move around with the "body" for viewing purposes if you want, it'll only take one line of code.
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