Script - Scripted Flak

Function

Creates particles that are closely attached to certain weapon effects - in this case to flak weapons. This ought to fix the potential problem of missing or double glowpoints appearing with normal particle spew (pspew) option.

Table Entry

flak-sct.tbm

#Conditional Hooks

$State: GS_STATE_GAME_PLAY

$On Frame:

[

floatMissionTime = mn.getMissionTime()

if floatMissionTime ~= nil then

   floatFrameTime = ba.getFrametime(true)

   if textureFlak == nil then
      --Define the graphics file used for the flak - in this example file used is 'lglow3.dds'
      textureFlak = gr.loadTexture("lglow3")
      vectorNull = ba.createVector(0,0,0)
   end

   --Iterate through all the weapons
   for j=1,#mn.Weapons do
      objectWeapon = mn.Weapons[j]

      --If weapon type is the one within "s then...
      stringWeaponType = objectWeapon.Class.Name
      if stringWeaponType == "Flak Energy" then
         --Create particle effect where the weapon is ATM
         --One can always increase the 'frametime' to frametime x 4 etc if needed.
         ts.createParticle(vectorNull,vectorNull,floatFrameTime,2.0,PARTICLE_BITMAP,-1,false,textureFlak,objectWeapon)
      end
   end
end

]

#End

Notes

Requires that the flak weapons are stripped of their respective particle spew settings. That is weapon flag "particle spew" and also all the lines from $Pspew: to +Bitmap: should be removed.