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I have been trying to play around with having infantry have laser rifles but I am stumped on shorting the length of a laser beam and thinner. I increased the delay between shots to give it that round look but its at 1000 ms just to create the gap and as for the thickness I have not had luck on it as well. I was playing around with the weapon object: Object AvengerLaserBeam Code:Object AvengerLaserBeam
; *** ART Parameters ***
Draw = W3DLaserDraw ModuleTag_01
Texture = EXLaser4.tga
NumBeams = 4 ;Number of overlapping cylinders that make the beam. 1 beam will just use inner data.
InnerBeamWidth = 0.005 ;The total width of beam
InnerColor = R:100 G:0 B:0 A:0 ;The inside color of the laser (hot)
OuterBeamWidth = 15 ;The total width of beam
OuterColor = R:100 G:0 B:0 A:0 ;The outside color of the laser (cool)
Tile = No ;The height of the texture will determine how many times to tile the texture to fit without scaling.
ScrollRate = -2500 ;Scrolls the texture offset this fast -- towards(-) away(+)
Segments = 1 ;Number of segments -- more segments give smoother curve (but more joints) Current max: 20
SegmentOverlapRatio = 0 ;This value overlaps(+) or separates(-) the segments by ratio
TilingScalar = -10 ;Stretches tiling if value > 1.0, otherwise shrinks it (1.0 is natural)
MaxIntensityLifetime = .5 ;Laser stays at max intensity for specified time in ms.
FadeLifetime = .125 ;Laser will fade and delete.
;@todo -- add shot ability functionality (instead of instant point A to B)
End
KindOf = IMMOBILE INERT
Geometry = Sphere
GeometryIsSmall = Yes
GeometryMajorRadius = 1.0
ClientUpdate = LaserUpdate ModuleTag_07
MuzzleParticleSystem = PaladinPointDefenseLaserFlare
TargetParticleSystem = AvengerStarburst
; PunchThroughScalar = 1.3 ; If our target dies, we get this much bigger so it looks like we punched through
End
Behavior = DestroyDie ModuleTag_03
;nothing
End
((Thought giving the lifetime would shorten the beam))
Behavior = LifetimeUpdate ModuleTag_04
MinLifetime = 5 ; min lifetime in msec
MaxLifetime = 5 ; max lifetime in msec
End
End
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Not sure how to fix your problem because I haven't really gone into the text editing field yet, but I'm pretty sure that MinLifetime and MaxLifetime is just how long the Beam stays on the screen before it fades out and disappears.
Maybe OuterWidthBeam needs to be made smaller for your width problem.
What does it look like in game? Does the beam go entirely through the unit or something? |
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CaeDares is right about OuterWidthBeam. Lower values make for thinner lasers.
For length, lasers are drawn as long as they need to be to extend from the attacker to the target. I'm not sure what you mean by shortening it.
I'm not sure what you mean by roundness. Do you want your laser to make an arc instead of a straight line? |
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Originally Posted by: CommieDog  CaeDares is right about OuterWidthBeam. Lower values make for thinner lasers.
For length, lasers are drawn as long as they need to be to extend from the attacker to the target. I'm not sure what you mean by shortening it.
I'm not sure what you mean by roundness. Do you want your laser to make an arc instead of a straight line? Like the rifles/machineguns in Starwars or modeling a projectile object the only way?
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Originally Posted by: WarlockX_X like the rifles/machineguns in Starwars or modeling a projectile object the only way? Blasters. If you're trying to go with that, I'd just go with the Heroic Red Tracers that already exist. |
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Quote:For length, lasers are drawn as long as they need to be to extend from the attacker to the target. I figured this was it but I didn't want to say so and sound stupid. Thanks for clarifying. But yeah, that basically solves your problem unless you meant something else. Changed OuterWidthBeam and see if it solves your problem, other than that, the beam shouldn't go anywhere but to the target that you select to be slain. |
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