TUTORIAL 6 - Bouncing Rockets
by AssKicka
This tutorial will show you how to make rockets bounce off walls
by using a console command to avtivate/deactivate the rocket bounce
feature.
1. ADD A NEW ENTITY FLAG Open g_local.h and add the
line in red after line 32 : // gentity->flags
#define FL_GODMODE 0x00000010
#define FL_NOTARGET 0x00000020
#define FL_TEAMSLAVE 0x00000400 // not the first on the team
#define FL_NO_KNOCKBACK 0x00000800
#define FL_DROPPED_ITEM 0x00001000
#define FL_NO_BOTS 0x00002000 // spawn point not for bot use
#define FL_NO_HUMANS 0x00004000 // spawn point just for bots
#define FL_ROCKETBOUNCE 0x00008000
If you're used to working with 'flags' or 'bits' then
this stuff should look familiar to you. If it looks like Greek, a
bit of an explanation about 'hexadecimal numbers' and 'bitwise
operators' might be useful... have a read of our
article on flags'n'stuff.
2. IMPLEMENT A 'RBOUNCE' COMMAND Now Open g_cmds.c
and add the lines in red after line 1022 : /*
=================
Cmd_RBounce_f
=================
*/
void Cmd_RBounce_f( gentity_t *ent ) {
char *msg; // message to player
ent->flags ^= FL_ROCKETBOUNCE;
if (!(ent->flags & FL_ROCKETBOUNCE))
msg = "Rocket Bounce OFF\n";
else
msg = "Rocket Bounce ON\n";
trap_SendServerCommand( ent-g_entities, va("print \"%s\"", msg));
}
This allows a player to 'toggle' bouncing
rockets on and off.
Now goto line 1155 and add the lines in red : else if (Q_stricmp (cmd, "setviewpos") == 0)
Cmd_SetViewpos_f( ent );
else if (Q_stricmp (cmd, "rbounce") == 0)
Cmd_RBounce_f( ent );
This part simply catches a command that a player enters
on the console (type "\rbounce", for example) and calls the function
Cmd_RBounce_f(). We like to think of this part of code as our
'hook' to the outside world :)
3. MODIFY THE ROCKET PHYSICS bolt = G_Spawn();
bolt->classname = "rocket";
if (self->flags & FL_ROCKETBOUNCE)
bolt->nextthink = level.time + 2500;
else
bolt->nextthink = level.time + 10000;
bolt->think = G_ExplodeMissile;
bolt->s.eType = ET_MISSILE;
bolt->r.svFlags = SVF_USE_CURRENT_ORIGIN;
bolt->s.weapon = WP_ROCKET_LAUNCHER;
if (self->flags & FL_ROCKETBOUNCE)
bolt->s.eFlags = EF_BOUNCE;
bolt->r.ownerNum = self->s.number;
The if (self->flags & FL_ROCKETBOUNCE)
bit tests if the particular client has FL_ROCKETBOUNCE turned
on. If so, the rocket will explode after 2.5 seconds (instead of
10). The magic part is adding EF_BOUNCE to the rocket's
eFlags (which I suppose stands for 'effects flags'... browse
bg_public.h line 195 for a list of all the EF_ flags).
Re-Build your game.qvm file and enjoy !
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