Disk laser weapo does not recognize WH animlists or CL color

NimoStar

This bug was present in the original game, but it is clearly unintended since there is a Disk laser attack animlist that doesn't appear. See image.

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Reproduce_:

- Use "DiskLaser=yes" on a weapon
- Assign the weapon warhead with an animlist
- Doesn't appear ingame

Also, the CLDisableBlue, Red, and Green doesn't work on this weapons

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Reproduce_:

- Use "DiskLaser=yes" on a weapon
- Assign the weapon warhead with "Bright=Yes", "CLDisableBlue=Yes" and "CLDisableGreen=Yes"
(The bright light should be red)
- Doesn't appear ingame, white light only

The flag should be fixed to work as other warheads, this is clearly an unintended bug of the DiskLaser effect.

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Also, as a possible request, change this to be per-weapon:
"DiskLaserChargeUp=FloatingDiscChargeUp ; the Report on DiskLaser will sound at the end of the ring, this will play at the beginning"
(It's on general settings, most of which have been moved to be usable on the respective parts of the code individually in Ares), but this is less important than the bugfix.

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Mr.Hymn · Missile Trooper **Joined**: 01 May 2020

I have similar problem with wave.isLaser and wave.IsBigLaser too. Only when firing at AA units because I want to spawn fire or smoke particle for the laser like burning AA units but no hope on that. However firing on the ground does works.

NimoStar · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:27 am Post subject:

Well, on the Disklaser nothing works _ Ground, water nor air

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Mr.Hymn · Missile Trooper **Joined**: 01 May 2020

NimoStar wrote:

Well, on the Disklaser nothing works _ Ground, water nor air

Can you try ioncannon logic on warhead? To simulate the weapon I am always using this with no damage to get up to 2 animations running at the same time.
Set ioncannon.damage=0
Ioncannon=yes
Ioncannon.blast= put your anim here
Ioncannon.beam=none

This may work

If not succeed the last resort is attacheffect but may looks a bit odd.

NimoStar · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:53 pm Post subject:

That is for superweapons, not for warheads...

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Mig Eater · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:01 pm Post subject:

Ares adds the ability to have ion cannon weapons on units, what is basically does though is let you use two explosion anims on one warhead.

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mevitar · Missile Trooper **Joined**: 31 Dec 2010

What you're asking for was already done several years ago.

http://ares-developers.github.io/Ares-docs/new/disklaser.html

CLDisableXXX= might have been not updated, though.

NimoStar · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 1:28 am Post subject:

Well, at least there is an anim

Pretty strange this is implemented as an extra general tag instead of changing the default behaviour as several other Ares stuff does.

If you don't want a disklaser anim you can just not set an animlist.

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But regardless the CLDisable is pretty important, given that it is expected that lasers of a color give off light of that color...

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NimoStar · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:12 am Post subject:

Another thing that doesn´t work in good standard and isn't customizable:

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DiskLaserChargeUp=FloatingDiscChargeUp

This is only on general meaning all IsDiskLaser weapons HAVE to share the same chargeup sound.

It would be better if, along with the light fix, this could be added to be read/recognized on each individual weapontype

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