Flamethrower coding

[Brownjor10]

Hi, I'm making an actual flamethrower based off the code from boba fett, but whenever I try to shoot it, the flame shoots backwards through the back of the gun, but it still seems to damage people close to me in front.  Here is what I have.  Anyone know what I can do to reverse the flame?

 

#include "b_local.h"

#include "../Ravl/CVec.h"

#include "../cgame/cg_local.h"

 

 

void WP_FireFlameThrower(gentity_t *self);

void WP_StopFlameThrower(gentity_t *self);

void WP_StartFlameThrower(gentity_t *self);

void WP_DoFlameThrower(gentity_t *self);

 

#define WP_FLAMEDURATION 6000

#define WP_FLAMETHROWRANGE 800

#define WP_FLAMETHROWSIZE 80

#define WP_FLAMETHROWDAMAGEMIN 3//10

#define WP_FLAMETHROWDAMAGEMAX 10//40

 

extern cvar_t* g_bobaDebug;

extern void CG_DrawEdge(vec3_t start, vec3_t end, int type);

 

void WP_FireFlameThrower(gentity_t *ent)

{

trace_t tr;

vec3_t start, end, dir;

CVec3 traceMins(ent->mins);

CVec3 traceMaxs(ent->maxs);

gentity_t* traceEnt = NULL;

int damage = Q_irand(WP_FLAMETHROWDAMAGEMIN, WP_FLAMETHROWDAMAGEMAX);

 

AngleVectors(ent->currentAngles, dir, 0, 0);  

dir[2] = 0.0f;

VectorCopy(ent->currentOrigin, start);

traceMins *= 0.5f;

traceMaxs *= 0.5f;

start[2] += 840.0f;

 

 

G_SoundOnEnt(ent, CHAN_WEAPON, "sound/weapons/boba/bf_flame.mp3");

 

 

VectorMA(start, 150.0f, dir, end);

 

if (g_bobaDebug->integer)

{

CG_DrawEdge(start, end, EDGE_IMPACT_POSSIBLE);

}

gi.trace(&tr, start, ent->mins, ent->maxs, end, ent->s.number, MASK_SHOT, (EG2_Collision)0, 0);

 

traceEnt = &g_entities[tr.entityNum];

if (tr.entityNum < ENTITYNUM_WORLD && traceEnt->takedamage)

{

G_Damage(traceEnt, ent, ent, dir, tr.endpos, damage, DAMAGE_NO_ARMOR | DAMAGE_NO_KNOCKBACK | DAMAGE_NO_HIT_LOC | DAMAGE_IGNORE_TEAM, MOD_LAVA, HL_NONE);

if (traceEnt->health>0)

{

// G_Knockdown( traceEnt, self, dir, Q_irand(200, 330), qfalse);

G_Throw(traceEnt, dir, 30);

}

}

}

[swegmaster]

you're making a flamethrower weapon? sounds interesting, @@GPChannel could make a flametrooper with this

[Asgarath83]

I suggest you to check force how work force lightning effect orientation in cg_players.cpp you need to set the same thing on flamethrower efx code.

search "palpatine" as search word in the file and you fill find what you need

[Brownjor10]

I was able to fix it.  Turns out the stuff I had was only for the damage formula.  I didn't have anything to say which direction the effect should go, so instead of banging my head against the desk since I'm not that great at coding, I just edited the effect to start and end opposite, making the flame effect do a 180 turn.  So it's working now.