Air Bursts

[padimiite]

Can I make explosions appear in mid air without using something like an exploding machinegun? Just an explosion, nothing in the middle blowing up.

[Messiah]

i think there is a flak script at the editors depot...

if not i know Toadlife did that in his Lojac mission so maybe he will know.

[O Neil]

Hey

I think you could try a cam create with the gamelogic.

Try putting down a gamelogic and in the init feild write:

This setpos [(getpos this select 0),(getpos this select 1), 20]

Then make a trigger activated by gamelogic, then type this in the activation feild:

flare1="shell125" camcreate[getpos dude select 0, getpos dude select 1,50]

[icarus_uk]

Couple of points.

Put in a game logic, give it a name and setpos it up into the air.

GameLogicName Setpos [Getpos GameLogicName Select 0, Getpos GameLogicName Select 1, 50 ]

This puts a game logic 50 metres into the air.  Change the number at the end for the desired height.

Then when you want your explosion;

bomb="shell125" camcreate (Getpos GameLogicName)
bomb="shell125" camcreate (Getpos GameLogicName)

Note that isnt a typo, you really do need to create two bombs to make a mid air explosion.
 

[Davies1]

one point from me.

If you camcreate a bomb in mid air, the shell will actually appear, fall and detonate on impact which is why you needd two bombs to hit each other and go bang.