opposing force ropes?

[ceriux]

anyways the other day i was playing opposing force and i saw it had ropes like hl2.... and i was wondering if thothie can add that in anyway? could help with more puzzles in maps?

 

[Thothie]

Well, the OP ropes only work in certain places hmm... It *might* be possible, although the view model for the item wouldn't likely be very good (I wouldn't want to sacrafice a model slot for something that can only be used on certain maps), and it'd have to be a beam, like hookmod - no idea how to do it with a model like OP does.

 

[ceriux]

i think they use sprites...

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

No; the Opposing Force ropes are an entirely different entity, coded specifically for Opposing Force. The only way to get it to work in MS: C is to copy the code somehow and implement it.

 

[FER]

If they copy-pasted the code for the HL2 flaslight into HL, im pretty sure this could get done too.

 

[ceriux]

how,d we get on to flash lights?

 

[FER]

I mean that another mod did that

 

[Thothie]

Unlike HL2 - OP is not open source, sfaik.

 

[ceriux]

ill look on how to do it

so far i found this....

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	#22. Re: Because i was bored

First, the whole system is made in the client side :

void SpriteTracer( vec3_t pos, vec3_t oldpos, int modelindex, float r, float g, float b, float a )

{

	BEAM *pTracer = gEngfuncs.pEfxAPI->R_BeamPoints( 

				pos,

				oldpos,

				modelindex,

				0.1,	// life

				0.3,	// width

				0.0,	// amplitude

				a,

				0,

				0,

				0,

				r,

				g,

				b

			);



	if( pTracer )

	{

		//gEngfuncs.Con_Printf( "Okay\n" );

		pTracer->flags |=  FBEAM_FADEIN;

	}

}

That is the main function, it creates a temporary ( with life ) beam beetween the last position and the current position of your defined point ( endpos of a laser traceline for ex. ). Thus, that create each frame a beam that die 0.1 (sec.?) after, then make this tracer effect.

	static vec3_t oldpos = end;

	SpriteTracer( end, oldpos, LaserSightIndex, 0.7, 0.0, 0.0, 0.3 );

	oldpos = end;

Where "end" is your position where you want to draw the tracer. The modelindex is the indexe ( int ) of the precached sprite, you can call him by:

	int LaserSightIndex = gEngfuncs.pEventAPI->EV_FindModelIndex( "sprites/laserbeam.spr" );

after precaching it in the server side :

PRECACHE_MODEL( "sprites/laserbeam.spr" );

( this one for the laserbeam.spr is already made in the code ).

Enjoy ;).

EDIT:NVM I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE.




Edit again: anyways this guy says to PM him... maybe he still hangs around there, or u can find his email... he made a rope system.


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