A moving exploder problem

Waylander76 · Post by **Waylander76** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:38 am

In my map I have a V2 on a launch tower.
this moves (the v2 and the launch tower) to the launch bay where
the V2 will take off.

The allies have to blow up the v2 before it can launch.

in my script the V2 is an exploder and all works until the v2 blows up.
The exploder explodes with exploder chunks flying about but the V2
is still there after the explosion.

the thread is below...it all works apart from leaving the v2 behind after the
explosion.
The explosion is called from a trigger that uses the global/exploder.scr::main script.
The bomb can be set, it does explode, the debris flies about but the V2 remains.

$r1 - $r4 are the origins used for the exploderchunks
$exploder is the V2

What do I need to do to make the V2 dissapear after the explosion?

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rocketdoor:

$speaker1 playsound 2min_snd
$speaker2 playsound 2min_snd
$rocket_door moveto $doordown
$rocket_door_speaker loopsound rocket_door_snd
$rocket_door waitmove
$rocket_door_speaker stoploopsound
$exploderfire bind $exploder
$r1 bind $rocket_tower
$r2 bind $rocket_tower
$r3 bind $rocket_tower
$r4 bind $rocket_tower
$fire bind $exploder
$fire1 bind $exploder
$v2_launch_speaker bind $rocket_tower
$v2_clip bind $rocket_tower
$exploderchunk bind $rocket_tower
$v2_metal_clip bind $rocket_tower
$exploder bind $rocket_tower
$rocket_tower time 20
$v2_launch_speaker loopsound platform_move_snd
$rocket_tower moveto $rocket_tower_wap
$rocket_tower waitmove
$v2_launch_speaker stoploopsound platform_move_snd
$exploder unbind $rocket_tower
wait 40
$speaker1 playsound 1min_snd
$speaker2 playsound 1min_snd
waiit 30
$speaker1 playsound 30secs_snd
$speaker2 playsound 30secs_snd
wait 20
$speaker1 playsound 10secs_snd
$speaker2 playsound 10secs_snd
wait 10
$v2_launch_speaker playsound v2takeoff_snd
$fire show
$fire1 show
$firehurt triggerable 
$exploder moveto $wap2
$exploder waitmove
$exploder hide
$fire hide
$fire1 hide
$firehurt nottriggerable 
teamwin axis
end

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:59 am

I don't see the exploder being set off. There should be a line like this

thread global/exploder.scr::explode #

(#) being the "#set" value of the exploder in question. The exploder will hide anything targetname "exploder" by itself, as long as the #set number is right.

Waylander76 · Post by **Waylander76** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:31 am

Tanks tom

Now how would I go about breaking the thread down into events?
Ideally I want it to start 2 minutes before the time runs out.

It's an OBJ map btw, so for example if the round timelimit was 5 minutes the rocket would start moving at 3 minutes.

I saw this thread

/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10562&highlight=timer+countdown

and tried to apply it like this....

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main

level waittill roundstart // should already have this line 

level.start_time = level.time
local.time_remaining = level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time 

thread rocketdoor

end


rocketdoor: 

while(level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time > 120.0) 
    waitframe 
if (local.time_remaining == 120)
{
$speaker1 playsound 2min_snd 
$speaker2 playsound 2min_snd 
$rocket_door moveto $doordown 
$rocket_door_speaker loopsound rocket_door_snd 
$rocket_door waitmove 
$rocket_door_speaker stoploopsound 
$exploderfire bind $exploder 
$r1 bind $rocket_tower 
$r2 bind $rocket_tower 
$r3 bind $rocket_tower 
$r4 bind $rocket_tower 
$fire bind $exploder 
$fire1 bind $exploder 
$v2_launch_speaker bind $rocket_tower 
$v2_clip bind $rocket_tower 
$exploderchunk bind $rocket_tower 
$v2_metal_clip bind $rocket_tower 
$exploder bind $rocket_tower 
$rocket_tower time 20 
$v2_launch_speaker loopsound platform_move_snd 
$rocket_tower moveto $rocket_tower_wap 
$rocket_tower waitmove 
$v2_launch_speaker stoploopsound platform_move_snd 
$exploder unbind $rocket_tower 
}
if (local.time_remaining == 60)
{
$speaker1 playsound 1min_snd 
$speaker2 playsound 1min_snd 
}
if (local.time_remaining == 30)
{
$speaker1 playsound 30secs_snd 
$speaker2 playsound 30secs_snd 
}
if (local.time_remaining == 10)
{
$speaker1 playsound 10secs_snd 
$speaker2 playsound 10secs_snd 
wait 10
$v2_launch_speaker playsound v2takeoff_snd 
$fire show 
$fire1 show 
$firehurt triggerable 
$exploder moveto $wap2 
$exploder waitmove 
$exploder hide 
$fire hide 
$fire1 hide 
$firehurt nottriggerable 
teamwin axis 
}
else
{
end
}
end

However at the start of the round the rocket and platform move and then nothing happens after that.

What am I doing wrong?

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:59 am

if (local.time_remaining == 120)
{

what changes the value of local.time_remaining? I don't see it

Waylander76 · Post by **Waylander76** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:33 am

Ahh so I need to make local.time_remaining countdown?

Ok so how would I do that to get an accurate time of the time remaining?

Something like

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while(level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time > 120.0) 
local.time_remaining = local.time_remaining - 1
    waitframe

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:01 am

main

level waittill roundstart // should already have this line

level.start_time = level.time
local.time_remaining = level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time // local.variables only have value in the thread they are in unless you pass that value to another thread

thread rocketdoor

end

rocketdoor:
// Your while loop starts here
while(level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time > 120.0)
waitframe // but ends here

if (local.time_remaining == 120) // this value never gets changed
{
$speaker1 playsound 2min_snd
$speaker2 playsound 2min_snd
$rocket_door moveto $doordown
$rocket_door_speaker loopsound rocket_door_snd
$rocket_door waitmove
$rocket_door_speaker stoploopsound
$exploderfire bind $exploder
$r1 bind $rocket_tower
$r2 bind $rocket_tower
$r3 bind $rocket_tower
$r4 bind $rocket_tower
$fire bind $exploder
$fire1 bind $exploder
$v2_launch_speaker bind $rocket_tower
$v2_clip bind $rocket_tower
$exploderchunk bind $rocket_tower
$v2_metal_clip bind $rocket_tower
$exploder bind $rocket_tower
$rocket_tower time 20
$v2_launch_speaker loopsound platform_move_snd
$rocket_tower moveto $rocket_tower_wap
$rocket_tower waitmove
$v2_launch_speaker stoploopsound platform_move_snd
$exploder unbind $rocket_tower
}
if (local.time_remaining == 60) // this value never gets changed
{
$speaker1 playsound 1min_snd
$speaker2 playsound 1min_snd
}
if (local.time_remaining == 30)
{
$speaker1 playsound 30secs_snd
$speaker2 playsound 30secs_snd
}
if (local.time_remaining == 10) // this value never gets changed
{
$speaker1 playsound 10secs_snd
$speaker2 playsound 10secs_snd
wait 10
$v2_launch_speaker playsound v2takeoff_snd
$fire show
$fire1 show
$firehurt triggerable
$exploder moveto $wap2
$exploder waitmove
$exploder hide
$fire hide
$fire1 hide
$firehurt nottriggerable
teamwin axis
}
else
{
end
}
end // this thread ends because it is not inside a loop

If you want part of the thead to loop you need to do this

while( expression )
{

thread stuff goes here

}

You need to use the start and stop brackets { and } to enclose the part of the thread you want to loop and have a timer inside that loop that changes the value of local.time_remaining and you must set the start time of local.time_remaining inside of the thread or pass the value to this thread .

main:

thread rocketdoor local.time_remaining

end

rocketdoor local.time_remaining:

while ............

Waylander76 · Post by **Waylander76** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:45 am

bdbodger thanks for pointing me in the right direction....I got it working but there is one problem....

When I first get the local.time_remaining the format is xxx.000

after the rocketdoor moves down and I get the local.time_remaining again it gives a value of xxx.100 and everything after that fails it's if(etc) check as it is looking for an exact number ie 60.000.
It fails this as the returned value is 60.100.

How do i round get round this?

Script is below...

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main:

//level waittill roundstart

level.start_time = level.time 
local.time_remaining = level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time 
thread rocketdoor local.time_remaining

end

rocketdoor local.time_remaining:

while(1)
{
{
iprintlnbold_noloc local.time_remaining //prints to screen for testing
local.time_remaining = local.time_remaining - 1.0 
wait 1
}

if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining == 120)
{
$speaker1 playsound 2min_snd
$speaker2 playsound 2min_snd
$rocket_door moveto $doordown
$rocket_door_speaker loopsound rocket_door_snd
$rocket_door waitmove
$rocket_door_speaker stoploopsound
$fire bind $v2
$fire1 bind $v2
$v2_launch_speaker bind $rocket_tower
$v2_clip bind $v2
$v2_metal_clip bind $v2
$v2 bind $rocket_tower
$rocket_tower time 20
$v2_launch_speaker loopsound platform_move_snd
$rocket_tower moveto $rocket_tower_wap
$rocket_tower waitmove
$v2_launch_speaker stoploopsound platform_move_snd
$v2 unbind $rocket_tower
local.time_remaining = level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time 
}
if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining = 60)
{
$speaker1 playsound 1min_snd
$speaker2 playsound 1min_snd
local.time_remaining = int (level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time) 

}
if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining = 30)
{
$speaker1 playsound 30secs_snd
$speaker2 playsound 30secs_snd

}
if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining = 20)
{
level.launch = 1
$speaker1 playsound 10secs_snd
$speaker2 playsound 10secs_snd
local.time_remaining = level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time 
}
if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining = 10)
{
$v2_launch_speaker playsound v2takeoff_snd
$fire show
$fire1 show
$firehurt triggerable 
$v2 moveto $wap2
$v2 waitmove
$v2 hide
$fire hide
$fire1 hide
$firehurt nottriggerable 
teamwin axis
}

if ( level.v2alive == 0 )
{
thread allies_win_bomb
end
}
}

end

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:56 am

not sure why you need level.v2alive but I left that in just in case and the global/obj_dm.scr does play countdown sounds but it's your script so maybe this script will help at least

main:

//level waittill roundstart

//level.start_time = level.time

//local.time_remaining = (int(level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time ))

thread rocketdoor // local.time_remaining

$bomb1 thread global/obj_dm.scr::bomb_thinker // I assume you will be useing the obj_dm.scr??
thread allies_win_bomb $bomb1

end

rocketdoor : //local.time_remaining:

level.start_time = level.time

local.time_remaining = (int(level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time )) // convert to integer

while(1)
{

if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining == 120)
{
$speaker1 playsound 2min_snd
$speaker2 playsound 2min_snd
$rocket_door moveto $doordown
$rocket_door_speaker loopsound rocket_door_snd
$rocket_door waitmove
$rocket_door_speaker stoploopsound
$fire bind $v2
$fire1 bind $v2
$v2_launch_speaker bind $rocket_tower
$v2_clip bind $v2
$v2_metal_clip bind $v2
$v2 bind $rocket_tower
$rocket_tower time 20
$v2_launch_speaker loopsound platform_move_snd
$rocket_tower moveto $rocket_tower_wap
$rocket_tower waitmove
$v2_launch_speaker stoploopsound platform_move_snd
$v2 unbind $rocket_tower
//local.time_remaining = level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time
}

if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining = 60)
{
$speaker1 playsound 1min_snd
$speaker2 playsound 1min_snd
//local.time_remaining = int (level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time)
}

if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining = 30)
{
$speaker1 playsound 30secs_snd
$speaker2 playsound 30secs_snd

}

if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining = 20)
{
level.launch = 1
$speaker1 playsound 10secs_snd
$speaker2 playsound 10secs_snd
//local.time_remaining = level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time
}

if (level.v2alive == 1 && local.time_remaining = 10)
{
$v2_launch_speaker playsound v2takeoff_snd
$fire show
$fire1 show
$firehurt triggerable
$v2 moveto $wap2
$v2 waitmove
$v2 hide
$fire hide
$fire1 hide
$firehurt nottriggerable
teamwin axis // this will end round so no need to exit while loop
}

waitframe

local.time_remaining = (int(level.dmroundlimit * 60.0 - level.time + level.start_time )) // convert to integer

//if ( level.v2alive == 0 )
//{
//thread allies_win_bomb
//end
//}
}

end

/*** --------------------------------------------
//*** "Allied Victory"
//*** --------------------------------------------

allies_win_bomb local.bomb1:

while (local.bomb1.exploded != 1)
waitframe

teamwin allies
end

Waylander76 · Post by **Waylander76** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:17 pm

bdbodger thank you again! so all i needed to do was convert it to an integer!

The level.v2alive checks to see if the V2 is still intact as I couldn't use the
$bomb1 thread global/obj_dm.scr::bomb_thinker as I had major probs getting the bomb to explode after everything all moved in the rocket door thread.
In the first script you'll see that I tried binding the exploder to the rocket
tower.This moved the rocket and tower and the bomb could be
set, but when it exploded the V2 was still there.
That was using the $bomb1 thread global/obj_dm.scr::bomb_thinker

Tom said I needed to add thread global/exploder.scr::explode #
but I couldn't see how to fit that in with the thread to make it work
if the setting of the bomb was linked to the obj_dm.scr::bomb_thinker

So now the allies throw a switch so the V2 self destructs (this is in another thread) where two explosion fx are spawned and the V2 is removed.
It all works so i'm happy!!

That's why I wnated the countdown so the custom wav's play at a certain time starting 2 minutes before the round ends.

thanks again for all the help

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:24 pm

Well the global/exploder.scr does this

self.exploded = 1

so you could have made a thread that checked when the bombs exploded value changed to 1 and removed the rocket but hey you got it working the way you want so great thats all you need .

Waylander76 · Post by **Waylander76** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:01 pm

bdbodger...works like a charm, so like i said thanks for all the help.

BTW where do you guys learn all this stuff?? You, Tom,Rookie.One and JV??

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:05 am

Trial and error and haveing a guy like JV around he is the master

helps to read the game scripts and really understand what is written and also just hanging around forums like this one you tend to pick up little bits of new information every once in a while .