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[blahpers]

Greetings,

 

I'm creating a buildable that searches the area for entities and does stuff with them (e.g., the Flingomatic).  I've managed that successfully, but now I'm trying to fine-tune the radius.  What's more, I'd like to visualize this radius when placing the object (again, similar to how the Flingomatic works).  However, I'm not keen on crafting preview art a few dozen times until it matches up, then tweaking the radius for a few dozen runs until it matches the preview art.

 

Is there a better workflow for this?  What's the proportion between buildable image size and in-game distance?  (I assume that there's no built-in way to generate radius visualization so that I don't have to make an asset for it....)

 

In the meantime, I'm kludging the radius tweak itself by simply placing a whole bunch of entities around the object in question and seeing which ones get affected.  Ugh.

 

Open to ideas, and thanks in advance.

 

/* blahpers */

[DarkXero]

Put this in modmain:

local radius = 10GLOBAL.SR = function(ra)	radius = raendGLOBAL.TheInput:AddKeyDownHandler(GLOBAL.KEY_H, function()	local pos = GLOBAL.TheInput:GetWorldPosition()	for i = 0, 2 * GLOBAL.PI, GLOBAL.DEGREES do		local ret = GLOBAL.SpawnPrefab("reticule")		local x = pos.x + radius * math.cos(i)		local z = pos.z + radius * math.sin(i)		ret.Transform:SetPosition(x, 0, z)		ret:DoTaskInTime(5, ret.Remove)	endend)

Now, when you press the H key, you will generate a circle of radius 10 around your cursor.

The exact radius would be from the tip of your cursor to the middle of the "line" that contains the circle.

It disappears in 5 seconds.

 

To change radius, you open the console, and type, for example:

SR(5)

 

Now the radius is 5. You put the cursor over your thing and press H.

Edited May 30, 2015 by DarkXero

[Corrosive]

@DarkXero,

 

You churn out code snippets so fast, I have determined that you aren't human.  Since you have no avatar to confirm this, attached is an avatar-sized representation of what I suspect you might be.

 

[Seiai]

@DarkXero,@Corrosive,

+1 vote for that to be your new avatar!

[Isosurface]

The horizontal field of view is about 37 units across the centre of screen, when you zoom all the way out.

[DarkXero]

@Corrosive, I love it.

Its too big for an avatar and the signature max height is 110.

But I think this way I capture it the best.

 

 

[Corrosive]

I didn't think I'd be able to get it into 90px while being legible.

 

I had to compact "your" code a bit.

 

[DarkXero]

@Corrosive, there we go. Noice.

 

Thanks.

[blahpers]

Put this in modmain:

local radius = 10GLOBAL.SR = function(ra)	radius = raendGLOBAL.TheInput:AddKeyDownHandler(GLOBAL.KEY_H, function()	local pos = GLOBAL.TheInput:GetWorldPosition()	for i = 0, 2 * GLOBAL.PI, GLOBAL.DEGREES do		local ret = GLOBAL.SpawnPrefab("reticule")		local x = pos.x + radius * math.cos(i)		local z = pos.z + radius * math.sin(i)		ret.Transform:SetPosition(x, 0, z)		ret:DoTaskInTime(5, ret.Remove)	endend)

Now, when you press the H key, you will generate a circle of radius 10 around your cursor.

The exact radius would be from the tip of your cursor to the middle of the "line" that contains the circle.

It disappears in 5 seconds.

 

To change radius, you open the console, and type, for example:

SR(5)

 

Now the radius is 5. You put the cursor over your thing and press H.

 

That is amazing.  Seriously.  Can't wait to try it out.

 

Cheers!