Difference between revisions of "Legacy:VitalOverdose/QuickVehicleSpawner"

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// QuickVehicleFactory - Easy To use alternative vehicle factory
 
// By VitalOverdose  http://www.vitaloverdose.com
 
// updated oct 2007
 
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class QuickVehicleFactory extends Triggers
 
placeable;
 
var vehicle                              SpawnedVehicle;
 
var() float                              spawndelay;       // float variable for the spawn Delay
 
var() byte                               TeamNumber;
 
var() bool                               bLoopList;
 
var() array< class<Vehicle> >            VehicleClassList; // Vehicle to Be spawned
 
var   array< class<Vehicle> >            CurrentList;      // Vehicle to Be spawned
 
//generic function : overwriting  : added simulated
 
// set bAllowVehicles to true
 
// or search for the nearest powercore
 
simulated function PostBeginPlay()
 
{
 
if (!Level.Game.bAllowVehicles)           
     Level.Game.bAllowVehicles = True;// changes the bAllowVehicles value 
 
CurrentList = VehicleClassList;
 
settimer(spawndelay,false);
 
super.postbeginplay();                       // copy's any function related code from parent class
 
}
 
//Generic Event : overwriting
 
//Code has been added here to spawn a vehicle if this actor is triggered
 
event Trigger(Actor Other,Pawn EventInstigator)
 
{
 settimer(spawndelay,false);                                // activates timer to run 1 time in (spawndelay) seconds
 super.Trigger(other,EventInstigator);                      // copy's any function related code from parent class
 
}
 
//custom function
 
// this function uses an iterator to search the level for onspowercores
 
// it then uses VSize() to work out which one is closest and then assigns the
 
// team number of that core to any vehicles that it spawns
 
simulated function findClosetCore()
 
{
 
local float closest;
 
local ONSPowercore FoundONSPowerCore;
 
closest = 100000;
 
 foreach DynamicActors(Class'ONSPowerCore', FoundONSPowerCore) //
         {
          if ((FoundONSPowerCore.IsA('onspowercoreBlue')) || (FoundONSPowerCore.IsA('onspowercorered')))
             if ( Vsize(FoundONSPowerCore.location - location) < closest)
                {
                TeamNumber = FoundONSPowerCore.DefenderTeamIndex;
                closest    = Vsize(FoundONSPowerCore.location - location);
                log ("closest powercore was "$FoundONSPowerCore$" and team number :"$TeamNumber);
                }
         }
 }
 
//custom function
 
// here the vehicle is spawned and the class is subtracted from the current list
 
simulated function spwnvec()
 
{
 local class<vehicle> spawnvecclass< SEMI >           // Vehicle to Be spawned
 
 spawnvecclass  = CurrentList[0];
 SpawnedVehicle = spawn(spawnvecclass,self,,location,rotation); // spawn Vehicle & store Ref in SpawnedVehicle 
 SpawnedVehicle.Team=TeamNumber;                           
 CurrentList.Remove(0,1);
 
}
 
//generic function : overwriting
 
// this event is called when the spawed vehicle has been destroyed
 
event LostChild( Actor Other )
 
{
 
settimer(spawndelay,false);
 
}
 
// Generic function : overwriting
 
// the timer is used to set a delay for the spawning.
 
// if there are no more vehicles to spawn and bloop is set to true then the currentList is          // repopulated from the original VehicleClassList  
 
simulated function timer()
 
{
 if (CurrentList.length > 0)
     spwnvec();
 else
     if (bLoopList)
        {
        CurrentList = VehicleClassList;
        spwnvec();
        }
 
super.timer();
 
}