Prop Controller

[jacoby6000]

Ok so far what i have is

@name Roller mine spin around you thing...
@persist Vector:vector D E Timer
runOnTick(1)
Timer=Timer+2
D=sin(Timer)*300
E=cos(Timer)*300
if (Timer>=360) { Timer=0 }
Vector=owner():pos()-(find():pos()-vec(D,E,105)) 
if (owner():isCrouch()) {
Vector=owner():aimPos()-(find():pos()-vec(0,0,50)) 
}
find():applyForce(($Vector*15+Vector)*(find():mass()))
findByModel("models/roller.mdl")

http://www.wegame.com/watch/Spinnie_turret/

What this does is it finds the closest rollermine, then makes it spin around you, and when you crouch it flys at what you look at.



What i need help with is making it target an infinate amount of rollermines, so i can have a halo of death basically (after a few modifications of course)^_^

Ive been working on this for days PLZ HELP =P

[RabidCrab]

You're looking for a loop, which is the one thing E2 lacks, but there's a way to emulate looping in E2 that would work with your setup. applyForce() is only applied for 10 ms, so the first thing you want to do is maximize how often the chip executes. I'm not sure if runOnTick(1) would be faster than interval(10), but I'm betting it is on 66 tick and less servers, which is generally what you find.

I didn't test this, but this is what you can do to loop through countless mines

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@name Roller mine spin around you thing...
@persist Vector:vector D E Timer Iterator Mines:array

interval(10)

if (Iterator <= Mines:count())
{
Timer=Timer+2
D=sin(Timer)*300
E=cos(Timer)*300
if (Timer>=360) { Timer=0 }

Vector=owner()os()-(Mines:entity(Iterator)os()-vec(D,E,105))
if (owner():isCrouch())
{
Vector=owner():aimPos()-(Mines:entity(Iterator)os()-vec(0,0,50))
}

Mines:entity(Iterator):applyForce(($Vector*15+Vect or)*(Mines:entity(Iterator):mass()))

Iterator++;
}
else
{
Iterator = 1

findByModel("models/roller.mdl")
Mines = findToArray()
}
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I wrote that code by hand so don't be surprised if it doesn't work :mellow:. This code emulates a loop by iterating the value Iterator and the end of every successful execution, which will eventually apply force to every roller mine it finds. Hopefully you get the gist of how it should work and be able to move from there.

[jacoby6000]

ill tell you how it goes but thanks =D (if it doesnt work i can figure it out... hopefully)

[jacoby6000]

WOA THIS DOESNT GO HOW I EXPECTED BUT WOWWWW!! =D im still gunna fix it tho

also theres a typo on line 21 take out the semi-colon

WOW



EDIT: just talked to a guy who knows how to but wont tell me how he says he uses 1 array, and he has force being applied to 5 things at a time, so like what you gave me but with 5 indexes being used at once... if that makes sense


EDIT EDIT:Heres what i have now

 @name Roller mine spin around you thing...
@persist Vector:vector D E Timer A Mines:array V:vector B C F G V2:vector V3:vector V4:vector
 
interval(10)
 
if (A <= Mines:count())
{
    Timer=Timer+2
    F=sin(Timer/Mines:count())*(Mines:count()/5)*300
    G=cos(Timer/Mines:count())*(Mines:count()/5)*300
 
 
    Vector=owner():pos()-(Mines:entity(A):pos()-vec(0,0,105)) 
    if (owner():isCrouch()) 
    {
        Vector=owner():aimPos()-(Mines:entity(A):pos()-vec(0,0,F+105)) 
    }
 
    Mines:entity(A):applyForce(($Vector*15+Vector)*(Mines:entity(A):mass()))
 
    A++
}
else
{
    A = 1
    B = A+1
    C = B+1
    D = C+1
    E = D+1
 
    findByModel("models/roller.mdl")
    Mines = findToArray()
}
 
    V=(Mines:entity(A):pos())-(Mines:entity(B):pos()-vec(0,0,0)) 
 
    Mines:entity(B):applyForce(($V*15+V)*(Mines:entity(B):mass()))
 
 
 
    V2=(Mines:entity(B):pos())-(Mines:entity(C):pos()-vec(0,0,0)) 
 
 
    Mines:entity(C):applyForce(($V2*15+V2)*(Mines:entity(A):mass()))
 
 
 
    V3=(Mines:entity(C):pos())-(Mines:entity(D):pos()-vec(0,0,0)) 
   
    Mines:entity(D):applyForce(($V3*15+V3)*(Mines:entity(A):mass()))
 
 
 
    V4=(Mines:entity(D):pos())-(Mines:entity(E):pos()-vec(0,0,0)) 
 
    Mines:entity(E):applyForce(($V4*15+V4)*(Mines:entity(A):mass())) 
  

[RabidCrab]

Sorry bout the semi-colon, I'm too used to playing with C++ and C#

I'm pretty sure it's causing issues because the timer isn't synced with each rollermine. Instead of the iterator (A) growing each execution, I moved it down to when the iterator resets. I also set the timer as (Timer + A) to make it so the rollermines don't float on top of each other. This should stop the glitching issue, and it should fix the really random looping.

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@name Roller mine spin around you thing...
@persist Vector:vector D E Timer A Mines:array V:vector B C F G V2:vector V3:vector V4:vector

interval(10)

if (A <= Mines:count())
{
F=sin((Timer + A)/Mines:count())*(Mines:count()/5)*300
G=cos((Timer + A)/Mines:count())*(Mines:count()/5)*300


Vector=owner()os()-(Mines:entity(A)os()-vec(0,0,105))
if (owner():isCrouch())
{
Vector=owner():aimPos()-(Mines:entity(A)os()-vec(0,0,F+105))
}

Mines:entity(A):applyForce(($Vector*15+Vector)*(Mi nes:entity(A):mass()))

A++
}
else
{
A = 1
B = A+1
C = B+1
D = C+1
E = D+1

Timer=Timer+2

findByModel("models/roller.mdl")
Mines = findToArray()
}
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[jacoby6000]

well they go in circles now, but not around me =/

[RabidCrab]

Odd...

add me to friends on steam so I can take a look at what's going on. I'm betting I'm just overlooking something, but I'm interested in finding out what's wrong ^_^

[jacoby6000]

figured it out, sorry i didnt get back to you

[Rasputin]

What does the

-vec(0,0,F+105)Mean... sry just trying to learn

i asking cause i didn't see a F variable?

and what do you use G for?

[shuntaiyo]

if you need moar help check out chinoto's force circle or ballz of steel which im pretty sure this idea stemmed from so this comment is pretty useless sorry
edit: look at the force circle especially chinoto has an extremely useful code piece which allows the most most maximum prop amount (like up to 70)(it does bend the rules a bit though)