Trail Effect

ID:1635545
 
Jul 23 2014, 11:04 am
(See the best response by Crazah.)
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Problem description:what are some useful process to add a trail affect like kamaehamaeha or how ever you spell it

Jul 23 2014, 3:42 pm
Best response
There are a ton of ways to do this. One of the simplest ones is to just create an /obj trail every time your projectile calls Move(). Then after a period of time, delete them.
Jul 23 2014, 7:25 pm (Edited on Jul 23 2014, 7:31 pm)
can you show me a example but disabling me to copy and paste so im not tempted and i have to use my brain
Jul 24 2014, 5:49 am
 
Comet
  layer = MOB_LAYER + 1
  density = 1

  Move(NewLoc,Dir=0,step_x=0,step_y=0)
    var/turf/OldLoc = src.loc  //  Current location
    . = ..()                   //  See if the movement is successful (see DM for default return values)
    if(.)                     //  . is the default return value. We are checking if the Move() result is TRUE (ie not 0/FALSE, "" or null).
       new/Comet/Tail(OldLoc, Dir)  //  Creates a tail object where the comet used to be


  Tail
     density = 0

     New(turf/Loc, Dir=0)      //  Called by DM when /Comet/Tail is created
        //  ASSERT()s are used to make sure that the values given do exist
        ASSERT(Loc)
        ASSERT(Dir)

       //  No point of doing src.loc = Loc since new() would have created it there already :)

       src.dir = Dir

       spawn(50)                //  Delete the tail after 5 seconds
           del(src)


      Del()                    //  Called when the object is being deleted
        for(var/i = 0 to 255)
           src.alpha = 255 - i   //  Go from opaque (solid) to transparent
        ..()                   //  The object is now deleted.
Jul 24 2014, 12:21 pm
how would i make it so the trail doesnt go on usr
Jul 24 2014, 2:44 pm
In response to YoungJR1232
Hint: Look up variables/procedures that you do not know about or have not read about for a long time. In this case, look up layer.