Basic range attack.

[Codelyy]

I am making a character who i wish to have a basic attack that is ranged instead of the normal melee attack but the problem is... i have no idea where to start XD.

 

Any help on just where to start?

[StarmanUltra]

I'm looking for the same thing. I just finished all the character art finally, so now I'm looking to give the character its properties.

 

This is my first mod, so I don't know where to start, besides looking in the base game files. I thought McTusk might be the answer, but it seems he just equips a blow dart item to use (which disappears when he dies).

[Noggle]

by basic attack, do you care if they have a weapon equipped, or do you mean with nothing equipped? The former is incredibly easy, the second one, not so much

[StarmanUltra]

I meant nothing equipped. Would I be able to call something like this? (From the Bishop)
 

local function EquipWeapon(inst)

    if inst.components.inventory and not inst.components.inventory:GetEquippedItem(EQUIPSLOTS.HANDS) then

        local weapon = CreateEntity()

        --[[Non-networked entity]]

        weapon.entity:AddTransform()

        weapon:AddComponent("weapon")

        weapon.components.weapon:SetDamage(inst.components.combat.defaultdamage)

        weapon.components.weapon:SetRange(inst.components.combat.attackrange, inst.components.combat.attackrange+4)

        weapon.components.weapon:SetProjectile("spit")

        weapon:AddComponent("inventoryitem")

        weapon.persists = false

        weapon.components.inventoryitem:SetOnDroppedFn(inst.Remove)

        weapon:AddComponent("equippable")

        

        inst.components.inventory:Equip(weapon)

    end

end

[DarkXero]

inst.components.combat:SetRange(attack, hit)

attack being distance for the attack to be valid to start.

hit being distance needed between attacker and attacked for the damage to apply.

[StarmanUltra]

Holy crap I didn't think there was a single-line solution! Obviously I want to do more with it than cheaty ranged melee swings, but this helps a ton!