A Zoomed View as a Second Attack

MidoriMan · Post by **MidoriMan** » Mon May 28, 2007 5:10 pm

So, I was working with Decorate, and one of the things I wanted to add was the ability to zoom in as a second attack (IE use the scope on a sniper rifle) Is it possible to do such a thing?

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:00 pm

To be brief, no. Possibly one of those "WFDS" things.

The NUtcracker · Post by **The NUtcracker** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:01 pm

Through keyconf you can achieve something very similar, but I don't have the code.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:59 pm

Can you attach a camera to a really fast-moving +noclip projectile?

MidoriMan · Post by **MidoriMan** » Mon May 28, 2007 10:30 pm

Vaecrius wrote:Can you attach a camera to a really fast-moving +noclip projectile?

Now that you mention it, a possible anecdote could be if you attach a camera to a projectile that prints when it explodes. Is something like THAT possible?

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon May 28, 2007 10:44 pm

I'm mostly thinking of Cutman's camera rocket, but IIRC that weapon has no vertical aim so it might not work :/

Xaeverion · Post by **Xaeverion** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:30 am

What about the FOV console command? If you type in FOV ## and the value is below 90, it'll zoom in, above 90 and your vision will warp.

jallamann · Post by **jallamann** » Tue May 29, 2007 12:48 pm

Xaeverion wrote:What about the FOV console command? If you type in FOV ## and the value is below 90, it'll zoom in, above 90 and your vision will warp.

Console commands have to be invoked from the, guess what, console.

Travis · Post by **Travis** » Tue May 29, 2007 12:53 pm

Which shows a *gasp* actual use for skulltag's Consolecommand() ?

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Tue May 29, 2007 1:06 pm

I could think of plenty of uses for the ConsoleCommand function. It's been requested for ZDoom, however randy and Graf believe it would be more trouble than it's worth.

Risen · Post by **Risen** » Tue May 29, 2007 1:13 pm

It should be possible to use Camera Textures and HUDMessages to achieve something close to what you want. I believe LWM is either working on it, or has done this successfully.

solarsnowfall · Post by **solarsnowfall** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:26 pm

Drat, I wasn't the first to realise this. If I had a decent weapon to work with I could probably do this one up in a few minutes.

LilWhiteMouse · Post by **LilWhiteMouse** » Wed May 30, 2007 1:15 pm

Risen wrote:I believe LWM is either working on it, or has done this successfully.

Successfully. Setup a camera texture, set it to the player, and HudMessage() it how ever you want.

Post by **Nash** » Wed May 30, 2007 1:19 pm

The problem with the camera texture implementation is that the camera's resolution is fixed and there's no one solution that works with all possible user resolutions.

Also, some interesting information: A lot of Skulltag's stuff is present in the ZDoom source today, including ConsoleCommand - it appears to be defined in the pcodes list. I don't know how much of it is implemented (or if it's already working, just disabled). Haven't looked at it that much.

EDIT: I just checked. Too bad, it's merely in the pcodes list. None of the Skulltag ACS functions are actually coded.

LilWhiteMouse · Post by **LilWhiteMouse** » Wed May 30, 2007 1:26 pm

The problem with the camera texture implementation is that the camera's resolution is fixed and there's no one solution that works with all possible user resolutions.

Camera textures appear to render at whatever resolution you're set at?