Adding locators

[Oskar94]

Hi, i don't know nothing about coding, but i think it's will not be to difficult. It's possible to make a locator working only after some damages? For example, when a ship get 20 percent of damage a locator will works?

 

[Jack Rackham]

An easy way would be to set the locator radius to very very small from start (in the location init file) and change the radius to 1,5 or something after a the damage (in quest_reaction or where it now is).

 

[Oskar94]

Excuse me, but coding isn't my speciality :slap , what's the locator radius?

 

[Jack Rackham]

The radius is the size of the locator. If the size is very very small it will not "work".

 

[Oskar94]

So there is a way to make a locator changing from radius, for example, 0,01 to 1,5 when a ship get 20 percent of damage?

 

[Jack Rackham]

I think so...

1) make the locator small from start in its location init file like:
Locations[n].locators_radius.goto.goto17 = 0.0001;

2) find the place where the action takes place
A very quick search: Maybe it could be in Program\SEA_AI\AIShip under "void Ship_ApplyHullHitpoints( "

3) make a better if than this (I'm no coder either)
if(blablabla 20%)
{
Locations[FindLocation("Redmond_town_01")].locators_radius.goto.goto17 = 2.0;
}

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Do you want to do this in 3D sailing mode or in "walking around" mode?

What exactly do you want to accomplish?

 

[Oskar94]

Jack, thank you very much...
Pieter, in 3d sailing mode, i want to make some 3d things appears when a ship get damaged, like wooden pieces, blood and also like this, like in potbs, this will be only a square alpha textured with the thing textured, so low poly... Any ideas?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I have NO idea how to work with locators in 3D sailing mode; not sure if it can even be done.

 

[Oskar94]

What i want to do is, i'll make an example, i don't know how to explain it, when the sail get some damages a mart fall down, what i want to do is making a locator that work opposite of the mast one, when the hull get some damages a part will appear, in this word any idea how to do it?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I don't know; sorry.

 

[Oskar94]

No problem, if i manage to do somrthing i'll write it