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Re: Bouncestate property/flag
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 5:49 pm
by Xaser
amv2k9 wrote:Let's say you want a reflective shot that homes, but only does so when bouncing off a surface. Have it call A_SeekerMissile on a bounce, then go back to Spawn.
This exact thing is something I've been wanting to do for a while. That's how Devil May Cry's Nightmare Beta behaves, and I always did want to emulate that behavior for the Nightmare in Psychic. Maybe I'll get my wish eventually.
Some other neat uses off the top of my head:
- Make a grenade that bounces multiple times and causes an explosion every bounce (e.g. Bulletstorm's charged Bouncer)
- An "Erratic," non-spherical bouncer can be made by tweaking its direction via A_SetAngle for every bounce
- Emulate Heretic's powered-up Mace shot, though that's basically what amv2k9 said
- Simply animating a projectile on bounce is one of the more useful (albeit simple) applications. Because why not?
Re: Bouncestate property/flag
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 6:33 pm
by Ed the Bat
I'll be using this to emulate the Firemace's secondary (non-powered) shot, which spawns two children upon bounce. This should be cleaner than the hacky workarounds I was trying.
Re: Bouncestate property/flag
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:34 am
by HeXaGoN
Nash wrote:Can someone give me a real-life application of what bounce states can be used for? This is a genuine question.
Projectiles that create explosions upon bouncing is what I planned to use it for.
Re: Bouncestate property/flag
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:41 pm
by amv2k9
Xaser wrote:- Make a grenade that bounces multiple times and causes an explosion every bounce (e.g. Bulletstorm's charged Bouncer)
Also a cluster bomb launcher from Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando which does much the same thing ...and is also called the Bouncer
Xaser wrote:- Emulate Heretic's powered-up Mace shot, though that's basically what amv2k9 said
I was also thinking of the Beam Reflexor from Jak 3, and the Combine Overwatch rifle's altfire in HL2
seems to act similarly to this as well.
Re: Bouncestate property/flag
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 5:59 pm
by amv2k9
amv2k9 wrote:Let's say you want a reflective shot that homes, but only does so when bouncing off a surface. Have it call A_SeekerMissile on a bounce, then go back to Spawn.
Eugh, guess not.