Stupid Rising Fireballs.

First of all so you all can see the desire effect for yourselves. Switch a fire wizzrobes projectile to rising fireballs and make them teleport instead of float. I want a ghoma to fire fireballs in a ring. How can I do this. THis is what I tried.

Code:

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ffc script Gohma5{
        void run(int count){
                while(true){
                        npc gohma = Screen->LoadNPC(2);
                        for(count = 8; count <= 8; count++){ //shoot 8 fireballs in right
                                npc gohma = Screen->LoadNPC(2);
                                eweapon fireball = Screen->CreateEWeapon(145);
                                fireball->X = gohma->X;
                                fireball->Y = gohma->Y;
                                fireball->Dir = count - 1;
                                waitframe();
                        } //ends for loop
                        Waitframes(30);
                } //ends while loop
        } //ends void run
} //ends script

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Compiled just find. Doesn't work worth a shit though. Try it out yourself. Oh and if you want to see what the gohma does, attach it to a digdogger using my displacement script.

Try this, see if it works: (I highlighted my changes)

Code:

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ffc script Gohma5{
        void run(){
                Waitframes(1);
                npc gohma = Screen->LoadNPC(2);
                while(gohma->isValid()){
                        for(int count = 8; count <= 8; count++){ //shoot 8 fireballs in right
                                npc gohma = Screen->LoadNPC(2);
                                eweapon fireball = Screen->CreateEWeapon(145);
                                fireball->X = gohma->X;
                                fireball->Y = gohma->Y;
                                fireball->Dir = count - 1;
                                fireball->Angular = false;
                                Waitframe();
                        } //ends for loop
                        Waitframes(30);
                } //ends while loop
        } //ends void run
} //ends script

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I think I'm going to give this a shot. I've never messed with FFC scripts yet, but I think I might have found another issue. You're only going to get one weapon to fire with the way you have the count variable set. Since it gets initialized to 8 by the loop, it'll only run that loop once, because the count++ will make it 9 the next time through. Try this (includes the changes from above):

Code:

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ffc script Gohma5{
        void run(){
                Waitframes(1);
                npc gohma = Screen->LoadNPC(2);
                while(gohma->isValid()){
                        for(int count = 0; count <= 7; count++){ //shoot 8 fireballs in right
                                npc gohma = Screen->LoadNPC(2);
                                eweapon fireball = Screen->CreateEWeapon(145);
                                fireball->X = gohma->X;
                                fireball->Y = gohma->Y;
                                fireball->Dir = count;
                                fireball->Angular = false;
                                Waitframe();
                        } //ends for loop
                        Waitframes(30);
                } //ends while loop
        } //ends void run
} //ends script

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Dunno if that's right, but assuming what I know from other languages, it should be correct.

I knew it had something to do with a angle based bool! :)
Anyways, hopefully when I get around to implementing these two versions and compare them, I'll be able to fix it up. Do some heavy testing, and make a public demo through level 6. All shall bow before my mighty Gohma!

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Originally Posted by Questwizard88

I think I'm going to give this a shot. I've never messed with FFC scripts yet, but I think I might have found another issue. You're only going to get one weapon to fire with the way you have the count variable set. Since it gets initialized to 8 by the loop, it'll only run that loop once, because the count++ will make it 9 the next time through. Try this (includes the changes from above):

Code:

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*snip*

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Dunno if that's right, but assuming what I know from other languages, it should be correct.

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Doh! I can't believe I missed that.

Alternately, the for() could have been written like:

Code:

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for(int count = 8; count > 0; count--) {

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But, there's no real benefit in doing that, really.

I think you actually need to wait 2 frames before using the first Screen->LoadNPC...

Code:

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ffc script Gohma5{
        void run(){
                npc gohma = Screen->LoadNPC(2);
                while(!gohma->isValid()) {
                        Waitframe();
                        gohma = Screen->LoadNPC(2);
                }
                while(gohma->isValid()){
                        for(int count = 0; count <= 7; count++){ //shoot 8 fireballs in right
                                npc gohma = Screen->LoadNPC(2);
                                eweapon fireball = Screen->CreateEWeapon(145);
                                fireball->X = gohma->X;
                                fireball->Y = gohma->Y;
                                fireball->Dir = count;
                                fireball->Angular = false;
                                Waitframe();
                        } //ends for loop
                        Waitframes(30);
                } //ends while loop
        } //ends void run
} //ends script

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Last version, doesn't matter how many frames you need to wait.

Oh well. This one creates the 8 way effects. But doesn't emulate the effect that my example in my initial post does.

"First of all so you all can see the desire effect for yourselves. Switch a fire wizzrobes projectile to rising fireballs and make them teleport instead of float."