A_RailAttack that supports autoaim?

[wildweasel]

Admittedly, I don't play ZDoom with autoaim enabled, which is why it surprised me when /newstuff reviewer Csonicgo complained that the Tri-laser in ww-mixed3 didn't work well for him. Upon looking at A_RailAttack, I find there's no flag that enables it to autoaim at all...am I missing something? Or should I consider a different approach than rail attacks?

[Graf Zahl]

No, it never was added, and now with scripting you can do it yourself.

[Beed28]

I support this. I sometimes play some mods on a Windows Tablet, which only has keyboard, and I find the lack of autoaim on Railgun weapons jarring.

[Accensus]

No, it never was added, and now with scripting you can do it yourself.

How?

[Ed the Bat]

I spent years waiting for this in an official capacity.

This was my stopgap.

When ZScript came out, I began steadily converting this over to all-ZScript, but I haven't 100% moved it out of ACS. If anyone can teach us the best way to do it, please tell us.

[Graf Zahl]

The important thing is to call AimLineAttack to calculate the shooting angle.

[Ed the Bat]

I've finally found a solution that seems to work.