ShockBeamEffect

UT2003 :: Actor >> xEmitter >> ShockBeamEffect (Package: xWeapons)

Properties

vector HitNormal: HunterKiller: The HitNormal is an orthogonal vector to the hit location. Like, If you are facing a wall, and you shoot it, the hit location vector is a line from you to the wall. The normal of this line is the wall. (I thought I should explain this somewhere)

Methods

AimAt (Vector hl, Vector hn)

Set HitNormal property;
Tell the clients to create the visual effects if not a Dedicated Server;

SpawnEffects ( ) [simulated]

In resume, this function finds where the effects should came from (like, the tip of the weapon's barrel)

If we are in 1st person, the muzzle flash spawn point is got from the Weapon GetEffectStart function;
In 3rd person, it uses the WeaponAttachment GetTipLocation function
Spawn some effects in the hit location, aligned to the hit normal;

This are the effects spawned in the hit location

ShockImpactFlare?
ShockImpactRing?
ShockImpactScorch?
ShockExplosionCore?

And this is the beam itself:

ShockBeamCoil?

   Coil = Spawn(class'ShockBeamCoil',,, Location, Rotation);
   if (Coil != None)
    {
        Coil.mSpawnVecA = mSpawnVecA;
    }

HunterKiller: Remembering: Location was set in the muzzle flash routines, and is the tip of the weapon. mSpawnVecA is the HitLocation. With this set, you will have a beam getting out from your weapons tip to the desired location.

Known Subclasses

SuperShockBeamEffect?
- BlueSuperShockBeam?

Comments

HunterKiller: Following Wormbo advices.

Wormbo: Some more adjustments... We usually use "; functionname (parameters) : description" for function declarations. Use the <wiki>...</wiki> tags if you need to put really complex stuff into the description part. Stuff like "What's a HitNormal" should be explained in a place like the vector introduction on the UnrealScript Lessons page. Maybe a page for explaining details that would be a good idea? (A discussion about this can be found at Guidelines On General Style.)

Category Class (UT2003)