I'm having a bit of trouble setting spawnflags for a trigger_damage, for some reason they don't seem to work! I've got an exploding truck that I just want to explode from a grenade. I tick NO_Rifle etc, yet everything destroys it. I want only a very percise grenade shot to trigger it. You'll see from my script below that I've got lots of random things going on that'll spice up the gameplay. Anyways, does the damage settings need to be defined in the script?

Here's my script...

main()
{

//find everything with targetname "block"
thetrigger = getent("GMC2_trigger","targetname");

thetrigger thread GMC2_listens();


}
GMC2_listens()
{

//get the trucks

goodtruck = getent("GMC2_before","targetname");

truckafter = getent("GMC2_after","targetname");

//get location for special effects
fx = getent("GMC2_FX_pos","targetname");

if (isdefined(fx))
{FX_location = fx getorigin();
iprintln("fx defined");}
else
{iprintln("fx not defined");}


goodtruck show();
truckafter hide();

self waittill("damage", amount);


iprintln("effects play at: "+FX_location);
iprintln("the damage is " + amount);

randnum = randomIntRange(0,4);
randexplo = randomIntRange(0,3);
randsmoke = randomIntRange(5,10);
randsmoke2 = randomIntRange(5,10);
iprintln("randsmoke "+randsmoke);
iprintln("if it's 0 it'll explode "+randnum);

switch (randnum) { case 0:
switch (randexplo)
{
case 0:
goodtruck doDamage();
goodtruck playsound("mortar_explosion2");
playfx(level._effect["blacksmoke"], FX_location);
playfx(level._effect["explosion2"], FX_location);

goodtruck delete();
truckafter show();

for (i=0; i {
playfx(level._effect["blacksmoke"], FX_location);
wait(1);
}
break;
case 1:
//random smoke
for (i=0; i {
playfx(level._effect["fireheavysmoke"], FX_location);
wait(1);
}

//explode
goodtruck doDamage();
goodtruck playsound("mortar_explosion2");
playfx(level._effect["blacksmoke"], FX_location);
playfx(level._effect["explosion2"], FX_location);

goodtruck delete();
truckafter show();

for (i=0; i {
playfx(level._effect["blacksmoke"], FX_location);
wait(1);
}
break;
case 2:
//explode
goodtruck doDamage();
goodtruck playsound("mortar_explosion2");
playfx(level._effect["blacksmoke"], FX_location);
playfx(level._effect["explosion"], FX_location);

goodtruck delete();
truckafter show();

//random smoke
for (i=0; i {
playfx(level._effect["fireheavysmoke"], FX_location);
wait(1);
}

//explode
goodtruck doDamage();
goodtruck playsound("mortar_explosion2");
playfx(level._effect["blacksmoke"], FX_location);
playfx(level._effect["explosion2"], FX_location);

for (i=0; i {
playfx(level._effect["blacksmoke"], FX_location);
wait(1);
}
break;
default:
for (i=0; i {
playfx(level._effect["blacksmoke"], FX_location);
wait(1);
}
break;
}
default:
for (i=0; i {
playfx(level._effect["blacksmoke"], FX_location);
wait(1);
}
break;
}
}

doDamage()
{
die = getent("GMC2_boom","targetname");
borigin = die getorigin();
radiusDamage(borigin, 300.0, 2000, 1000);
return;
}

i dont think you can assign a health and expect your spawn flags not to be overridden...

try removing the health and see if the trigger (will only take one grenade..but will confirm my suspicion) only responds to nades then

Thanks for the reply Stryder, but what do u mean assigning a health? The only spawnflags I checked were NO_PISTOL and NO_RIFLE but it still works for any weapon :(

I'm pulling my hair out here cos I'm at the final stages of my map for the HOB Community Map Pack, think I might be holding up it's realease!

Quote:

self waittill("damage", amount);

this line i have to assume waits for a certain amount of damage to occur

i would redo your trigger script something like this:
change

Quote:

main() { //find everything with targetname "block" thetrigger = getent("GMC2_trigger","targetname"); thetrigger thread GMC2_listens(); }

to

Quote:

main() { level thread GMC2_listens(); }

and

Quote:

GMC2_listens() { //get the trucks goodtruck = getent("GMC2_before","targetname"); truckafter = getent("GMC2_after","targetname"); //get location for special effects fx = getent("GMC2_FX_pos","targetname"); if (isdefined(fx)) {FX_location = fx getorigin(); iprintln("fx defined");} else {iprintln("fx not defined");} goodtruck show(); truckafter hide(); self waittill("damage", amount);

didnt need to go further than this - all changes are up to this point
to

Quote:

GMC2_listens() { //get the trucks and the trigger goodtruck = getent("GMC2_before","targetname"); thetrigger = getent("GMC2_trigger","targetname"); truckafter = getent("GMC2_after","targetname"); //get location for special effects fx = getent("GMC2_FX_pos","targetname"); if (isdefined(fx)) {FX_location = fx getorigin(); iprintln("fx defined");} else {iprintln("fx not defined");} goodtruck show(); truckafter hide(); thetrigger waittill("trigger", other);

Wow! Stryder, your the man! haha, you did in like a few mins what I've been trying to do all day! You'll certainly get a big thanks in the readme!

Oh btw, is there anyway to "fine tune" the damage, I mean I DO want it to explode from one grenade, but there's another truck nearby that blows up with it, I guess maybe reducing the damage from 300?

reduce the damage radius...or try checking the splash and flame flags in the entity editor...that may do it for you too

Tnx Stryder! I really appreciate your help