setmodel

[Tally]

******* script compile error *******
bad syntax: (file 'maps/mp/gametypes/_nuke.gsc', line 166)
spawnModel( name , pos , angles );
*
************************************

Let me correct serthy:

		spawnModel( name , pos , angles )
{
    model = spawn( "script_model" , pos );
    model.angles = angles;
    model setModel( name );
    return model;
}

loveboy()
{
    precacheModel( "xmodel/vehicle_stuka_flying" );

    model = spawnModel( "xmodel/vehicle_stuka_flying" , ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) ,  ( 0 , 90 , 0 ) );
} 
	

Basically, DON'T try to call the spawnModel() function without filling in the details: 1. the model, 2, the origin, and 3. the angles. To stop that happening, I would add some checks for such details:

		spawnModel( model, origin, angles )
{
    if( !isdefined(model) || !isdefined(origin) )
        return undefined;

    if( !isdefined(angles) )
        angles = (0,0,0);

    spawn = spawn ("script_model",(0,0,0));
    spawn.origin = origin;
    spawn setmodel (model);
    spawn.angles = angles;

    return spawn;
} 
	

That will stop the runtime error if you miss out the details, but the model wont spawn.

HISTORICAL NOTE -

The spawnModel() was first used in a Call of Duty mod by PoolMaster in his "PoolMaster Mod ver 1.3" for COD1 circa December 2003. But it was made famous by Bell in his AWE mod for COD1 and COD: UO circa 2004 and subsequent years. But Bell got the function from PoolMaster with permission, so correctly speaking, it was PoolMaster who came up with the function in the form it took in AWE. All that was done before the COD1 mod tools came out. We had no help from the developers and pretty much all modding was done by discovering what was possible and passing on the info on the IWNation modding forums. Golden Days of Modding! I miss them.

[serthy]

LMAO @serthy. You've made the kind of mistake I usually make - you've told LoveBoy to start with the basics and you then went and put a semi-colon ( on your function bracket.

;D you are right, i sent the code not from my pc, but no excuses

Attachment 271

[Loveboy]

let me try too:

loveboy()
{
	bombmodel = "xmodel/prop_stuka_bomb";
	angles = (0, 45, 0);
	origin = (-3000, 1500, 1536); // hinten - vorne , links - rechts , höhe wurf: (1500, 1500, 1536)
	bomb = spawn( "script_model" , origin );
	bomb setModel(bombmodel);
}

[guiismiti]

Hey guys

I'm firing a projectile from the gunship, from self.origin to trace["position"].
How can I set the projectile.angles? It should be pointing to the target (trace["position"]).
I know I could determine the three angles as the inclinations between the origin and the target, but I'm not sure if trigonometric functions are supported...


Thanks again


Editted: This is good enough

projectile.angles = self getplayerangles();

[Mitch]

Hey guys

I'm firing a projectile from the gunship, from self.origin to trace["position"].
How can I set the projectile.angles? It should be pointing to the target (trace["position"]).

There is a default function available for that.

https://znation.nl/cod4script/vectortoangles.htm

		angles = VectorToAngles( end - start ); 
	

[Tally]

Well, you should normalize the angles as well:

angles = VectorToAngles( vectorNormalize( end - start ) );