Lightening?

[ducktape]

Is it possible to have lightening on a server? and if so how?

[Winny]

I did lightning on one of my maps, but it was just a modified world weapon...

Ill try to find the map

EDIT:

ah, here it is:
http://www.bzfusion.net/winxp/screenshots/moats4.png



Here is the map file, have fun finding the right code

http://www.rangfar.com/hosted/bzflagwor ... highlight=

[ducktape]

lol thanks Xp

could you help me with the code? maybe at least with what I need to do.

[ducatiwannabe]

I'm not sure, but win, didn't you make white shockwaves and throw them off in the sky in random places?

[ducktape]

Really? but the pic did look like lightening

[Teppic]

Looks like a white laser rico'd off some zero alpha objects.

[Winny]

Yeah, Teppic, exactly.

Ducktape, this is the lightning code:
(test it out...should put a lightning bolt at the center of your map)

Code: Select all

weapon 
  name test_lightning 
  position 0.0 0 21.5
  rotation 0.0 
  initdelay 0
  delay 15
  type L  
end

weapon 
  name test_lightning 
  position 0.0 0 21.5
  rotation 0.0 
  initdelay 0.5
  delay 15
  type L  
end

meshpyr
name 1
position 2 0 21
rotation 0
size 4 4 5
drivethrough
color 0 0 0 0
end

########

material
name clearlight
texture wall.png
diffuse 0 0 0 0
end

meshbox
name Box copy 3
	position 0 -4 26
	rotation 0
	size 4 0.0001 290
	drivethrough
matref clearlight
end

meshbox
name Box copy 4
	position 0 4 26
	rotation 0
	size 4 0.0001 290
	drivethrough
matref clearlight
end

meshbox
name Box copy 5
	position 4 0 26
	rotation 0
	size 0.0001 4 290
	drivethrough
matref clearlight
end

meshbox
name Box copy 6
	position -4 0 26
	rotation 0
	size 0.0001 4 290
	drivethrough
matref clearlight
end

###############################

[ducktape]

Awesome! thanks man.
@ Win XP could you add me to your msn

[Spazzy McGee]

I have done it several times before with a texture and a dyncol - it's a bit more suited to electricity jumping between terminals, but it works. just add death physics. These are the textures I made:
http://images.bzflag.org/gbratley/Spazz ... la-arc.png
http://images.bzflag.org/gbratley/Spazz ... a-arc2.png

[A Vicious Muffin]

Woah. That looks cool. So it's kinda just like a morphed laser?

[ducktape]

ok kool thanks for all your help. me and tadd are going to work on making ALOT of diff ones but thanks for you help

[optic delusion]

there are some more lightning texures here
http://images.bzflag.bz/pmatous/transparent/
these will look blank on a white background, but the lightning is there.

[knoxkorner]

Yeah, Teppic, exactly.

Ducktape, this is the lightning code:
(test it out...should put a lightning bolt at the center of your map)

Code: Select all

weapon 
  name test_lightning 
  position 0.0 0 21.5
  rotation 0.0 
  initdelay 0
  delay 15
  type L  
end

weapon 
  name test_lightning 
  position 0.0 0 21.5
  rotation 0.0 
  initdelay 0.5
  delay 15
  type L  
end

meshpyr
name 1
position 2 0 21
rotation 0
size 4 4 5
drivethrough
color 0 0 0 0
end

########

material
name clearlight
texture wall.png
diffuse 0 0 0 0
end

meshbox
name Box copy 3
	position 0 -4 26
	rotation 0
	size 4 0.0001 290
	drivethrough
matref clearlight
end

meshbox
name Box copy 4
	position 0 4 26
	rotation 0
	size 4 0.0001 290
	drivethrough
matref clearlight
end

meshbox
name Box copy 5
	position 4 0 26
	rotation 0
	size 0.0001 4 290
	drivethrough
matref clearlight
end

meshbox
name Box copy 6
	position -4 0 26
	rotation 0
	size 0.0001 4 290
	drivethrough
matref clearlight
end

###############################

oh, so i suppose thats how you like make sws and stuff come out of nowhere?

[Winny]

That code makes a lightning bolt in the center of a map.

This is the code to make a SW world weapon:

Code: Select all

weapon 
  name yourname
  position x y z
  rotation z
  initdelay "some time" (IE: 0.5)
  delay "time between firings" (IE: 2)
  type SW 
end 

[ducatiwannabe]

Don't forget color!

You can do color 0-7 I think. That's all the teams.