Tripwire Activation

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:37 pm

I'd also like an explosion. :P

Edit:

Philly wrote:I have an idea. Change the footstep effects of a particular surface to be something like a frag grenade explosion. Say, for example, you edited the collision of the log to be a small cube made from engineer skin. Engineer skin because you never see it used. Then you edit the globals/cyborg.foot file so that whenever you run, walk or land on that surface, you blow up.

Just an idea.

I missed this somehow. This seems to be what I'm looking for. How do i edit the globals foot tag? Hex? My list of offsets doesn't include the foot tag.

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:57 pm

No, Hexing would be way overly difficult. Why would you do that with the abundance of programs available to you?

Use eschaton, it can be built for all 3 major OS's, and use the dependancy swapper to switch out under foot/globals/cyborg, something that isnt in the map.

Like on BG, theres no snow, so swapping the effe above snow for an explosion might make walking on snow have that surface explode.

Then, change the collision model of the log to have a material type of snow.

If you plan on doing this in hex, god bless you.

The offset for the material type in the collision model is 0x24, and the values are, as I believe 16bit shorts:

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<option name="dirt" value="0"/>
   <option name="sand" value="1"/>
   <option name="stone" value="2"/>
   <option name="snow" value="3"/>
   <option name="wood" value="4"/>
   <option name="metal (hollow)" value="5"/>
   <option name="metal (thin)" value="6"/>
   <option name="metal (thick)" value="7"/>
   <option name="rubber" value="8"/>
   <option name="glass" value="9"/>
   <option name="force field" value="10"/>
   <option name="grunt" value="11"/>
   <option name="hunter armor" value="12"/>
   <option name="hunter skin" value="13"/>
   <option name="elite" value="14"/>
   <option name="jackel" value="15"/>
   <option name="jackel energy shield" value="16"/>
   <option name="engineer skin" value="17"/>
   <option name="engineer force field" value="18"/>
   <option name="flood combat form" value="19"/>
   <option name="flood carrier form" value="20"/>
   <option name="cyborg armor" value="21"/>
   <option name="cyborg energy shield" value="22"/>
   <option name="human armor" value="23"/>
   <option name="human skin" value="24"/>
   <option name="sential" value="25"/>
   <option name="monitor" value="26"/>
   <option name="plastic" value="27"/>
   <option name="water" value="28"/>
   <option name="leaves" value="29"/>
   <option name="elite energy shield" value="30"/>
   <option name="ice" value="31"/>
   <option name="hunter shield" value="32"/>

Referenced from conure's collision plugin.

I'm assuming you know how you would hex that since that was your first response.

And I just now noticed there's no plugin for the foot tag.

Edit: Oh thats why. The "foot" tag doesn't exist.

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:34 am

lol that might be a problem.

You would do Hexing because sometimes it is the best way.

also, I don't think that would work. because you would have to redefine some part of the map, because if you throw a grenade on the ground and walk over it it will not be an effect. it is an object that you would very rarely walk over, so I would not imagine there is an effect dependancy for walking over it.

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:19 am

There isn't. There's a sound for walking on the wood, however, and above that is a nulled out effect dependency. How do people not know this?

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:55 am

because I live to mod, and study the structure of tags and their dependancies for a thrill....

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:11 am

Yeah, I wanna cover Cortana in all my tags...

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:16 am

Philly wrote:Yeah, I wanna cover Cortana in all my tags...

OH SNAP!

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:19 pm

Philleh wrote:There isn't. There's a sound for walking on the wood, however, and above that is a nulled out effect dependency. How do people not know this?

DeadHamster wrote: so swapping the effe above snow for an explosion might make walking on snow have that surface explode.

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Philly · Post by **Philly** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:23 pm

Yeah, the surface doesn't explode, you do. There are a few problems with this method, however. The 'tripmine' won't dissapear after exploding, nor will it be activated by vehicles. I'm sure you could combine this method with the other one, though.

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:15 pm

Mm. Maybe.

I've used hex, but not enough to understand what you said. I'll breeze over a tut when I have more time. Thanks for the input!

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:27 pm

you dont need to use hex. use eschaton. or even HMT/HHT can probably do that

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:21 pm

How do I know which effe to swap? There's a ton in there.

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:25 pm

DeadHamster wrote:
DeadHamster wrote: so swapping the effe above snow for an explosion might make walking on snow have that surface explode.

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:01 am

So how do I make the object think it's snow?

guysullavin · Post by **guysullavin** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:22 am

its an example I think

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:24 am

DeadHamster wrote:Then, change the collision model of the log to have a material type of snow.

In the collision branch, open eschaton or HMT, or something else that has a plugin for editing material types.

Or use the hex offset I included above, if thats what you want to do.

WaeV · Post by **WaeV** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:50 am

Oh, thanks DH.

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:56 am

mhm, no problem