kickheads on & off?

[smd]

i've tried out the kickheads tutorial from Ivana Gibson and it works great.
but i only want to kick these heads when i press the MOUSE2 button, so i have added the command

.float kickgibs; into the defs.qc

then

if (self.impulse == 25)
self.kickgibs = TRUE;
if (self.impulse == 26)
self.kickgibs = FALSE;

into weapons.qc

and this

alias +kickgibs_on "impulse 25"
alias -kickgibs_on "impulse 26"

bind MOUSE2 +kickgibs_on

into my autoexec.cfg

and finally


//**********************************************
//Kicking Gibs n Dead Heads
//**********************************************

void() kick_touch;

void() kick_touch =
{
local vector v;

if (self.kickgibs != TRUE)
return;

// only a player can kick it
if (other.classname != "player")
return;

//randomize sound
if (random()< 0.6)
sound(other, CHAN_ITEM, "zombie/z_hit.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
else
sound(other, CHAN_ITEM, "zombie/z_miss.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);

//define velocity
//you can play with these formulas to adjust
//trajectory
v_x = (other.velocity_x*2+50*random());
v_y = (other.velocity_y*2+50*random());
v_z =250 + 160 * random()+(other.velocity_y+other.velocity_x)*0.30;

self.flags = self.flags - ( self.flags & FL_ONGROUND );
self.velocity = v;
};



but it doesnt work!!!

i hope someone knows whats wrong...

[Urre]

At my first glance it looks like it should work (only looked at the code you added though), what happens? Does it kick it anyway, or does it not work at all?

[smd]

when i remove

if (self.kickgibs != TRUE)
return; it works, but without pressing the MOUSE2 button.

with
if (self.kickgibs != TRUE)
return; nothing happens!

[CocoT]

Shouldn't it be other.kickgibs?

[RenegadeC]

Shouldn't it be other.kickgibs?

Yes it should be.

Also it'd work even nicer just adding "if (other.button2) stuff();" for kicking gibs when holding down the jump button.

[smd]

Shouldn't it be other.kickgibs?

yes that is the solution!
now it works fine


thanksssssss !!!

[CocoT]

[Sajt]

You might get head kicking mode stuck on if you release the button while firing a weapon, then press another impulse before it finishes firing.

Using impulses for on/off things is dangerous at best. You'll have to check for those impulses before the attack_finished check, wherever that is.

[Electro]

I'd ditch all the code
and at the top of kick_touch

put

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if (!other.button2)
     return;

done.