Shields

[Wierdo]

I have created a powerup which gives a player a shield with 300 health. Apon walking through a trigger, it binds and player gets the shield.


The shield protects the local.player from incoming bullet and frag damage, absorbing it as though it were the local.player. The shield is made of a hollow four-wall-box. The box is textured with glass, and is a func_crate entity. But, I have problems:

1) AI cannot see through the shield, (by line of sight) thus only the dog can (sometimes) kill you. The dog must look at the precise angle of the mitered corners. Afterward, It pounces and gets an instant kill.

2) When the player fires, some damage is delivered to the surrounding shield as well as the target.

3) Because the shield is a crate entity, Grenades bouncing off it have a 50/50 chance of instantly destroying it. This includes nades thrown by the $player.

Once the shield is attached to the player, it no longer interferes with other objects. It can freely pass through walls near tight doorways or if crouching behind a box. This is a preffered behavior.

[jv_map]

Hmm wouldn't it be easier to give the player 300 extra health? For the visual effect, you could just attach any model to the player...

[Wierdo]

I don't think that is quite what I want to do. You see, I was wanting the shield to accept damage seperately from the player. For instance, My current local.player will take all the fall damage, but the shield is unaffected. Also, other players can step up to the local.player and deliver melee damage without affecting the shield. I also do not want the shield to suddenly restore the player's health if he picks it up while damaged.

Here is a video link of what I have (minus a powerup texture and sound effect)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KuL3hPjqck