AttachEffect question.

Mig Eater · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:24 am Post subject: AttachEffect question.

I'm trying to use the AttachEffect logic via anims & particles without any success, I presume that they are not compatible?

What I'm actually trying to do is give an inaccurate weapon with a cell spread a bonus if it gets a lucky direct hit by attaching a negative effect to the unit.

Maybe using a splits weapon could work, with the first stage doing the damage & the second the AttachEffect...

Or I could make the weapon attach the effect & the anim the area damage, meh just thinking out loud now #Tongue

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Starkku · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:38 am Post subject:

If the inaccurate weapon isn't a tracking one (no ROT or or ROT=0), use AirburstWeapon with low AirburstSpread (prevents multiple cluster spawn) and have the AirburstWeapon detonate immediately after spawning. This basically creates a effect where 2 or more warheads are detonated at same time that can be used with Arcing/invisible projectiles. Downside of this approach is that AirburstWeapon won't 'snap' to target (it detonates on a cell, not on a specific object) so you'd need to use CellSpread for it, without that it won't hit anything.

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

In TS i would use Splits logic. This way i have 2 weapons with 2 different warheads.
Thus the second Warhead could get a very small Spread value for the pinpoint precise lucky shot effect.

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Mig Eater · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:20 pm Post subject:

Yep got it working with an AirburstWeapon just after posting this #Tongue

So artillery in D-day now do less damage to tanks but can disable them with a direct hit for a short time.

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

ui, nice idea.

Also nice idea about the "lucky shot" effect. TS mods surely would also profit from such a nice new weapon logic.

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Graion Dilach · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:12 pm Post subject:

AttachEffect is nothing more but a hack of the overlay animation (TS layman terms: EMP animation) and the crate logics - I don't see how could it be complicated if one looks into Ares to see what has to be pulled off for it to happen.

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