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4zK Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm Posts: 594 Location: Finlandia	Re: Changing a gun's frame with lua Did you try dropping the gun and picking it up again? If that works, it'd help explain what's wrong. EDIT: If the latest change to the code doesn't do the trick, I'm close to being stumped.
Sun Jun 19, 2016 11:33 am

Hoovytaurus Joined: Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:30 am Posts: 89	Re: Changing a gun's frame with lua 4zK wrote: Did you try dropping the gun and picking it up again? If that works, it'd help explain what's wrong. EDIT: If the latest change to the code doesn't do the trick, I'm close to being stumped. Good news! It works! The frames go on and when they're at the right stage, the gun fires. Bad news is, it stays at the same frame. Dropping and picking the gun back up won't do anything and charging up multiple times won't change it. It remains at the last frame, where the gun fired. EDIT: While we're on the subject of animations... I tried to apply parts of script you are making for me to make a chain of rounds that could change frames depending on roundcount or if the gun's reloading (belt fed, so the belt just.. wouldn't be there) but I got to a stage where there are no errors, yet I can't figure out what's wrong. If the main code of the thread is frustrating you enough already you can just skip this spoiler. This is a modified version of your gun chambering code, it just has some SetNumberValues stuck in. Code: function Create(self) self.parent = nil; self.pullTimer = Timer(); self.newMag = false; self.chamber = true; -- --self.pullTimer:Reset(); -- self.num = math.pi; -- self.sfx = true; -- self.negNum = 0; self.sLength = self.SharpLength; local actor = MovableMan:GetMOFromID(self.RootID); if actor and IsAHuman(actor) then self.parent = ToAHuman(actor); end end function Update(self) local actor = MovableMan:GetMOFromID(self.RootID); if actor and IsAHuman(actor) then self.parent = ToAHuman(actor); else self.parent = nil; -- cock and load on pickup --self.chamber = true; -- --self.pullTimer:Reset(); -- --self.num = math.pi; -- --self.sfx = true; -- end if self.HFlipped then self.negNum = -1; else self.negNum = 1; end if self.parent then if self.Magazine then self:SetNumberValue("Magazine", self.Magazine.RoundCount) if self.newMag == true then self.chamber = true; self.pullTimer:Reset(); self.num = math.pi; self.sfx = true; self.newMag = false; end else self.newMag = true; self:SetNumberValue("Reloading", 1) end if self.chamber == true then self:Deactivate(); --self.parent:GetController():SetState(Controller.WEAPON_FIRE,false); if self.pullTimer:IsPastSimMS(1500) then --self.parent:GetController():SetState(Controller.AIM_SHARP,false); --self.Frame = 1; if self.sfx ~= false then sfx = CreateAEmitter("Chamber " .. self.PresetName); sfx.Pos = self.Pos; MovableMan:AddParticle(sfx); self.sfx = false; end self.SharpLength = self.SharpLength+(self.sLength/30)math.sin(2self.num); self.RotAngle = self.RotAngle +self.negNummath.sin(self.num)/2; self.num = self.num - math.pi0.08; end if self.num <= 0 then self.num = 0; self.chamber = false; self.SharpLength = self.sLength; end end end end The above is attached to the gun. The next bit of code is attached to the chain of rounds, which is an attachable similar to the one we are using for this chargegun right now. (actually, I just copy pasted it over and changed the filepath and name) Code: function Create(self) self.Frame = 0; end function Update(self) if self.parent == nil then -- if self.parent isn't defined mo = MovableMan:GetMOFromID(self.RootID); if mo then if IsHDFirearm(mo) then -- if root ID is the gun self.parent = ToHDFirearm(mo); elseif IsAHuman(mo) then -- if root ID is the actor holding the gun if ToAHuman(mo).EquippedItem and IsHDFirearm(ToAHuman(mo).EquippedItem) then self.parent = ToHDFirearm(ToAHuman(mo).EquippedItem); end end end else self.parent.Magazine.RoundCount = self.parent:GetNumberValue("Magazine") if self.parent:NumberValueExists("Reloading") then self.Frame = 1; end if self.parent.Magazine.RoundCount == 5 then self.Frame = 2; elseif self.parent.Magazine.RoundCount == 4 then self.Frame = 3; elseif self.parent.Magazine.RoundCount == 3 then self.Frame = 4; elseif self.parent.Magazine.RoundCount == 2 then self.Frame = 5; elseif self.parent.Magazine.RoundCount == 1 then self.Frame = 1; end end end You can also notice I didn't include alternating sprites (The chain is made up of darker and lighter rounds so it looks like an actual chain, but they don't move when firing which looks odd) because I had no idea how to. At all. Should be much simpler than this whole charge-up stuff, if you're up for it. The problem is that it of course gives no errors yet still doesn't do anything, not when reloading or at 5 rounds and under. Cheers. ( Last edited by Hoovytaurus on Sun Jun 19, 2016 1:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sun Jun 19, 2016 1:04 pm

Bad Boy Joined: Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:48 am Posts: 666 Location: Halifax, Canada	Re: Changing a gun's frame with lua Could be that "if self.Frame > self.FrameCount then" should be "if self.Frame >= self.FrameCount then", depends on whether FrameCount is the highest Frame or the total number of Frames (including Frame 0). Either way, for some reason the code inside that if isn't being reached, you should drop in a couple prints and seeing what's going wrong.
Sun Jun 19, 2016 1:49 pm

Hoovytaurus Joined: Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:30 am Posts: 89	Re: Changing a gun's frame with lua Hm. It seems to never stop trying to advance the frames. I added a print under if self.animTimer:IsPastSimMS(delay) then and it won't ever stop. Once you start it, it just keeps printing. I think that basically traps the code. I have some vague ideas of how to go around this but they're way too vague to actually talk about.
Sun Jun 19, 2016 2:11 pm

4zK Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:15 pm Posts: 594 Location: Finlandia	Re: Changing a gun's frame with lua Setting the number value to 0 should be the same as removing the number value, but it might not be the case. Checking whether the number value of the weapon is 0 rather than whether it exists might be the case if the former statement is true. Also, I was hoping that the script would still recognize when the frames go beyond the FrameCount, even though frames beyond the count don't really exist. What BB said might fix it, but you'll have to add one extra frame at the end, which won't be seen.
Sun Jun 19, 2016 3:27 pm

Hoovytaurus Joined: Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:30 am Posts: 89	Re: Changing a gun's frame with lua 4zK wrote: Setting the number value to 0 should be the same as removing the number value, but it might not be the case. Checking whether the number value of the weapon is 0 rather than whether it exists might be the case if the former statement is true. Also, I was hoping that the script would still recognize when the frames go beyond the FrameCount, even though frames beyond the count don't really exist. What BB said might fix it, but you'll have to add one extra frame at the end, which won't be seen. I'll try to make it check if the number's 0 and add that extra frame, see what happens. Also: my next reply MAY be late, as I am about to drive off for a road trip. EDIT: Yeah, uh, the extra frame was simple enough. Everything else is a bit too tough. How do you delete a number value, or how do I make it fetch the number and only act if it's above 0?
Sun Jun 19, 2016 3:48 pm

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