A simple E2 teleportation extension

[phreak314]

I mean CHANGE the direction when it teleports. Like, prior to teleporting it's angles are (10,15,0), but you use E:warpStuff(Pos,ang(30,50,0)) and that becomes the new angles after it teleports, with all velocities and orientations etc. changed to match.

As though it went through a portal.

As I've said though, it's another project entirely.

Ooohhhh, k. ya. that sounds hard...

[phreak314]

I've started implementing a teleport ability that works like portal, keeps your velocity but changes your direction. This is currently only for players. I've tested it, it works.

Based on the function documentation, SetEyeAngle is one of the few that will work on players. I would like to implement a way for it handle angle difference so instead of changing to a set angle, it changes to an angle relative to how the player entered the portal.

For contraptions, i can see this working much more like I want.

This can be added to the same file as the other, just specify an angle and it will use this:

e2function void entity:warpStuff(vector DestVec, angle DestAng)
	DestAng = Angle(DestAng[1],DestAng[2],DestAng[3])
	DestVec = Vector(DestVec[1], DestVec[2], DestVec[3])
	if(!validEntity(this)) then return end
	if (!util.IsInWorld(DestVec)) then
		while (!util.IsInWorld(DestVec)) do
			DestVec = DestVec/1.05
		end
	end
	if (this:IsPlayer()) then
		if (!self.player == this) then return end
		this:SetPos(DestVec)
		this:SetLocalVelocity(DestAng:Forward() * (this:GetVelocity():Length()*2))
		this:SetEyeAngles( DestAng )
	else
		if (!isOwner(self, this)) then return end
		ConstrainedEnts = constraint.GetAllConstrainedEntities(this)
		for _, v in pairs(ConstrainedEnts) do
			EntPhy = v:GetPhysicsObject()
			EntPhy:SetPos(DestVec + (EntPhy:GetPos() - v:GetPos()))
			EntPhy:Wake()
		end
	end
end

[SystemsLock]

Looks great, but "warpStuff" is a pretty lame function name, how about just "teleport" (it sounds more professional that way). After all we don't call "applyForce" "moveShit".

[feha]

+1 vote for renaming applyforce to moveStuff()!

[Divran]

+1 vote for renaming applyforce to moveStuff()!

No, moveShit!

e2function void entity:moveShit(vector force)
	if not validPhysics(this) then return nil end
	if not isOwner(self, this) then return nil end
	local phys = this:GetPhysicsObject()
	phys:ApplyForceCenter(Vector(force[1],force[2],force[3]))
end

[phreak314]

Haha, i wasn't intending on it being the final name. Since it is just source code, people can change it to whatever they want currently. I'll have to consider other name possibilities.