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Apocalypse232
7 years ago
Hi.
So I made a new Special power(it's called DemoDrop) for general Juhziz and I also made a new GLA parachute for it. Anyways, when I click on the icon of the special power, a texture appears to select target. The problem is that I want to change it. I managed to change the after the click texture(confirmed target texture, that stays on the ground after you click for the first time). To make it clear, I will attach 2 pictures.

I want to make both textures to be of the same type(carpet bomb texture) and color(green).

My second problem is that when the plane drops the demo traps, they are not exactly dropped inside the texture radius. How can I fix this issue?

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UTD^Force
7 years ago
Problem #1:

Change this line for the commandbutton:

RadiusCursorType = CARPETBOMB ;PARADROP

Example:
CommandButton Command_MoneyDropA
  Command             = SPECIAL_POWER
  SpecialPower        = SuperweaponMoneyDrop
  Options             = NEED_TARGET_POS CONTEXTMODE_COMMAND NEED_SPECIAL_POWER_SCIENCE 
  TextLabel           = OBJECT:DaisyCutterBomb
  ButtonImage         = SSSell2
  ButtonBorderType    = ACTION ; Identifier for the User as to what kind of button this is
  DescriptLabel       = CONTROLBAR:TooltipDaisyCutter
  RadiusCursorType    = CARPETBOMB ;PARADROP
  InvalidCursorName     = GenericInvalid
End
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UTD^Force
7 years ago
Problem #2:

Make adjustments to the objectcreationlist to get something similar to this:
    DropDelay = 250 ;;HAVING LESS THAN THIS WILL LOOK REALLY BAD WHILE DROPPING ; time in between each item dropped (if more than one)
    
    ParachuteDirectly = Yes ; will tell all contained parachutes to go ahead and bunch
    
    PutInContainer = AmericaParachute ;;;YOUR NEW PARACHUTE HERE
    
    Payload = SupplyDropZoneCrate 8 ;;;START WITH 8 AND KEEP INCREASING IF YOU WANT. UNTIL YOU REACH THE NUMBER WHERE SOMETHING IS DROPPED OUTSIDE THE TEXTURE'S RADIUS
    
    DeliveryDecalRadius = 200 ;YOU PROBABLY HAVE THIS AT 180, YOU CAN INCREASE IT IF YOU WANT TO ALLOW MORE DEMOTRAPS TO BE DROPPED
    
    DeliveryDistance = 500  ;when outbound vehicle must be this close to target to continue delivery
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Unnecessary note: I double posted because of the [code] bug.
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Apocalypse232
7 years ago
Well thanks for your reply.
There is still another minor issue though😞
I changed the texture as you said in your post and the texture turns out to be really small compared to the one after the click. See by yourself.

Also How can I make the plane start dropping demo traps sooner?


Here is my ObjectCreationList.ini code:


ObjectCreationList Demo_SUPERWEAPON_DemoDrop
DeliverPayload
Transport = GLAJetCargoPlane
StartAtPreferredHeight = Yes
StartAtMaxSpeed = Yes
MaxAttempts = 4
DropOffset = X:0 Y:0 Z:-10
DropDelay = 255 ; time in between each item dropped (if more than one)
ParachuteDirectly = No ;Yes ; will tell all contained parachutes to go ahead and bunch
PutInContainer = GLAParachute
Payload = GLADemoTrap_DemoDropBomb 12
DeliveryDistance = 350 ;when outbound vehicle must be this close to target to continue delivery
DeliveryDecalRadius = 250
DeliveryDecal
Texture = SCCCarpBomb
Style = SHADOW_ALPHA_DECAL
OpacityMin = 25%
OpacityMax = 50%
OpacityThrobTime = 500
Color = R:33 G:255 B:67 A:255
OnlyVisibleToOwningPlayer = Yes
End
;RequiresLivePlayer = Yes ; I want to require a live player, but I'll settle for dropping neutral rangers instead
End
End


Here is my CommandButton.ini


CommandButton Demo_Command_DemoDrop
Command = SPECIAL_POWER
SpecialPower = Demo_SuperweaponGLADemoDrop
Options = NEED_SPECIAL_POWER_SCIENCE NEED_TARGET_POS CONTEXTMODE_COMMAND
Science = Demo_SCIENCE_GLADemoDrop
TextLabel = CONTROLBAR:GLADemoDrop
ButtonImage = SUDemoBombDrop
ButtonBorderType = ACTION ; Identifier for the User as to what kind of button this is
DescriptLabel = CONTROLBAR:TooltipGLADemoDrop
RadiusCursorType = CARPETBOMB
InvalidCursorName = GenericInvalid
End

CommandButton Demo_Command_DemoDropFromShortcut
Command = SPECIAL_POWER_FROM_SHORTCUT
SpecialPower = Demo_SuperweaponGLADemoDrop
Options = NEED_SPECIAL_POWER_SCIENCE NEED_TARGET_POS CONTEXTMODE_COMMAND
Science = Demo_SCIENCE_GLADemoDrop
TextLabel = CONTROLBAR:GLADemoDropShortcut
ButtonImage = SUDemoBombDrop
;ButtonBorderType = ACTION ; Identifier for the User as to what kind of button this is
DescriptLabel = CONTROLBAR:TooltipGLADemoDrop
RadiusCursorType = CARPETBOMB
InvalidCursorName = GenericInvalid
End
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UTD^Force
7 years ago
In ObjectCreationList:
To make the plane start dropping sooner, add the PreOpenDistance line.
Having it at more than 150 will look weird or start dropping too soon.

DeliveryDistance = 500 ;when outbound vehicle must be this close to target to continue delivery
PreOpenDistance = 100 ;When inbound, vehicle can be this much farther than DeliveryDistance to begin delivery

I'm not sure how you managed to get it to look small before clicking.
I have the texture's radius at 200 and it is the same radius as the texture after clicking.
Try setting the radius to 200 or recreating commandbuttons.
DeliveryDecalRadius = 200

This is the commandbutton I am using (in a map.ini):
CommandButton Command_MoneyDropA
  Command             = SPECIAL_POWER
  SpecialPower        = SuperweaponMoneyDrop
  Options             = NEED_TARGET_POS CONTEXTMODE_COMMAND NEED_SPECIAL_POWER_SCIENCE 
  TextLabel           = OBJECT:DaisyCutterBomb
  ButtonImage         = SSSell2
  ButtonBorderType    = ACTION ; Identifier for the User as to what kind of button this is
  DescriptLabel       = CONTROLBAR:TooltipDaisyCutter
  RadiusCursorType    = CARPETBOMB ;PARADROP
  InvalidCursorName     = GenericInvalid
End
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Apocalypse232
7 years ago
Well, thanks. I figured it out. I had to change it from SpecialPower.ini.

Anyways, I have one more simple issue.
After the demo traps are dropped, they are supposed to explode right away as soon as they get in touch with any object, and yet they go around a building or an object and explode only after they touchdown. How can I fix this problem?   Attached file.png (1,105kb) downloaded 20 time(s).
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UTD^Force
7 years ago
I don't really know if this helps. But try modifying the height update behavior for the demo traps.
  Behavior = HeightDieUpdate ModuleTag_XX
    TargetHeight = 1.0
    TargetHeightIncludesStructures = Yes ;this
  End
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Apocalypse232
7 years ago
No, it doesn't change anything.
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