Legacy:VitalOverdose/ONSVehicleFXTagger

UT2004 :: Actor >> Decoration >> ONSVehicleFXTagger (Package: custom)

by VitalOverdose

Overview

A is a modified Decoration that reacts when hit by a vehicle. There is no static mesh for this actor and it wont block the vehicle in any way . When the ONSVehicleFXTagger is triggered it will spawn an emitter and hard attach it to the actor that initiated the event (the vehicle) and any other vehicles inside a radius that can be set by the mapper : TagRadius.

Game use

This is great for adding realism when a vehicle drives though fire or across lava etc.

The script

<Uscript>

//================================================================================

//Class ONSVehicleFXTagger by vitaloverdose Oct2007 http://www.vitaloverdose.com

//A modified decoration actor used to attach emitters to vehicles

//================================================================================

class ONSVehicleFXTagger extends Decoration

Placeable;

var () class<Actor> EmitterType;

var () float TagRadius;

var () float ResetTime;

var () sound ResetSoundFX;

var Actor SpawnedActor;

function Landed(vector HitNormal);

function HitWall (vector HitNormal, actor Wall);

singular function PhysicsVolumeChange( PhysicsVolume NewVolume );

singular function BaseChange();

function PostBeginPlay()

{

super.PostBeginPlay();

if ( ResetTime <5 && ResetTime > 0 )

    return;

ResetTime = 5;

log("the min time allowed for a reset is 5 seconds. -1 shuts the reset off");

}

function TakeDamage( int NDamage, Pawn instigatedBy, Vector hitlocation,Vector momentum, class<DamageType> damageType)

{

local ONSVehicle FoundONSVehicle;

if ( !bDamageable )

    return;

if ( damagetype == None )

    DamageType = class'DamageType';

if ( InstigatedBy != None )

    Instigator = InstigatedBy;

if ( Instigator != None )

    MakeNoise(1.0);

if ( EffectWhenDestroyed != None )

  {
    foreach RadiusActors(Class'ONSVehicle',FoundONSVehicle,TagRadius,location)
            {
             NetUpdateTime = Level.TimeSeconds - 1;
             Spawn( EffectWhenDestroyed, Owner,, FoundONSVehicle.Location );
             SpawnedActor = Spawn( EmitterType, Owner,, FoundONSVehicle.Location );
             
             if (SpawnedActor != none)
                 SpawnedActor.SetBase( FoundONSVehicle );
             }
    }

setcollision(false,false,false);

if (ResetTime > 0 )

   setTimer(ResetTime,false);

}

simulated function timer()

{

Reset();

}

function Reset()

{

super.Reset();

NetUpdateTime = Level.TimeSeconds - 1;

setcollision(true,true,true);

if (resetSoundFX != none)

   playsound(ResetSoundFX);

}

function Bump( actor Other )

{

if (( Mover(Other) != None && Mover(Other).bResetting ) || Other.IsA('ONSVehicle') == false || (

VSize(Other.Velocity) < 50 ) )

     return;

Instigator = Pawn(Other);

if ( Instigator != None && Instigator.Controller != None )

    TakeDamage( VSize(Other.Velocity)*0.03, Instigator, Location, vect(0,0,0), class'Crushed');

super.Bump(other);

}

event EncroachedBy(Actor Other)

{

if ( Mover(Other) != None && Mover(Other).bResetting )

    return;

Instigator = Pawn(Other);

if ( Instigator != None && Instigator.Controller != None )

    TakeDamage( 1000, Instigator, Location, vect(0,0,0), class'Crushed');

}

function bool EncroachingOn(Actor Other)

{

if ( Mover(Other) != None && Mover(Other).bResetting )

    return false;

Instigator = Pawn(Other);

if ( Instigator != None && Instigator.Controller != None )

    TakeDamage( 1000, Instigator, Location, vect(0,0,0), class'Crushed');

return false;

}

defaultproperties

{

    TagRadius=200.000000
    ResetTime=10.000000
    bDamageable=True
    bStatic=False
    NetUpdateFrequency=1.000000
    AmbientGlow=48
    bMovable=False
    CollisionHeight=50.000000
    bCollideActors=True
    bCollideWorld=True
    bUseCylinderCollision=True
    bEdShouldSnap=True

}

</uscript>

SFX Emitters

The ONSVehicleFXTagger can be used as a 'spawner' for any of the SFX emitter scripts which where designed to reduce the workload on this actor for complicated special FX by getting the emitter actor to act as a kind of controller of the vehicle its attached to for the duration of its life.

• SFXSelfScaling Particles that automatically scale to the actor they are attached to.
• SFXUltraLight Particles that can change the weight of an ONSVehicle for a set amount of time allowing it to be boosted over longer distances.

Related Topics

• Vehicles
• ONSVehicle
• AllMapVehicleFactory
• QuickVehicleSpawner
• ONSVehicleTeleporter
• ONSVehicleBooster
• ONSVehicleEjectionTrigger
• ONSVehicleSpeedTrap

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