Custom projectile won't destroy itself after impact

[icantevenname]

The title's pretty self explanatory, what do I need in the projectile's prefab script for it to despawn after hitting something?

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I think you can put " inst:Remove() " to get rid of it after it hit the entity

[icantevenname]

That's the weird thing, it's already there.

local function onhit(inst, attacker, target)
    local impactfx = SpawnPrefab("impact")
    if impactfx ~= nil then
        local follower = impactfx.entity:AddFollower()
        follower:FollowSymbol(target.GUID, target.components.combat.hiteffectsymbol, 0, 0, 0)
        if attacker ~= nil then
            impactfx:FacePoint(attacker.Transform:GetWorldPosition())
        end
    end
    inst:Remove()
end

Should I put the mod here to get a better look at it? I've already done everything but this.

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It seems you want to spawn a impact fx on the thing you hit, yes? Maybe this code will work better, hopefully  .

Spoiler

local impact = SpawnPrefab("impact")
local x, y, z = inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
local x1, y1, z1 = target.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
local angle = -math.atan2(z1 - z, x1 - x)
impact.Transform:SetPosition(x1, y1, z1)
impact.Transform:SetRotation(angle * RADIANS)
impact.Transform:SetScale(2, 2, 2)

 

 

EDIT: Also, did you try putting "impactfx:Remove()" instead of "inst:Remove()"?

Edited June 28, 2017 by SuperDavid

[icantevenname]

Still nothing... Maybe something in the coding is contradicting it?

cactusspine.lua

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Oh wait, you want your item do despawn when it hits something? Well, I dunno much about how items work & stuff, but try this out, maaaybe it might work..

cactusspine.lua

If it still doesn't work, maybe giving it finiteuses component then breaking it after it hits its target will remove it?

[icantevenname]

1 hour ago, SuperDavid said:

Oh wait, you want your item do despawn when it hits something? Well, I dunno much about how items work & stuff, but try this out, maaaybe it might work..

cactusspine.lua

If it still doesn't work, maybe giving it finiteuses component then breaking it after it hits its target will remove it?

That did it! That was the one thing that was keeping me from uploading it to the Steam Workshop! Thanks!