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[Anarchy_Balsac]

Topic title.  I prefer bypassing if it's possible, if not, I'll take breaking it.

[Deedee]

Set the weapon's deadstate to alive (-1) every frame, and change it's direction every frame. Unless the darknut has a shield on all sides, it should bypass it. Or you can give it a diagonal direction. I believe directional weapons always bypass shields.

Edited by Dimentio, 04 October 2015 - 04:09 PM.

[Anarchy_Balsac]

Set the weapon's deadstate to alive (-1) every frame, and change it's direction every frame. Unless the darknut has a shield on all sides, it should bypass it. Or you can give it a diagonal direction. I believe directional weapons always bypass shields.

 

Sounds like that would work great for melee weapons, but what about projectiles?  Wouldn't doing that render the projectile immobile?

[Saffith]

If the weapon's angular, you can set its direction to -1 and it'll be unblockable. For non-angular weapons, you have to use alternate directions.
 

int UnblockableDir(int dir)
{
    if(dir==DIR_UP)
        return 8;
    if(dir==DIR_DOWN)
        return 12;
    if(dir==DIR_LEFT)
        return 14;
    if(dir==DIR_RIGHT)
        return 10;
    if(dir==DIR_LEFTUP)
        return 15;
    if(dir==DIR_RIGHTUP)
        return 9;
    if(dir==DIR_LEFTDOWN)
        return 13;
    if(dir==DIR_RIGHTDOWN)
        return 11;
    
    // Should never get here
    return dir;
}

[Anarchy_Balsac]

If the weapon's angular, you can set its direction to -1 and it'll be unblockable. For non-angular weapons, you have to use alternate directions.
 

int UnblockableDir(int dir)
{
    if(dir==DIR_UP)
        return 8;
    if(dir==DIR_DOWN)
        return 12;
    if(dir==DIR_LEFT)
        return 14;
    if(dir==DIR_RIGHT)
        return 10;
    if(dir==DIR_LEFTUP)
        return 15;
    if(dir==DIR_RIGHTUP)
        return 9;
    if(dir==DIR_LEFTDOWN)
        return 13;
    if(dir==DIR_RIGHTDOWN)
        return 11;
    
    // Should never get here
    return dir;
}

If I'm reading this correctly, unblockable directions are effectively Blockable + 8, right?

[Saffith]

No, they're numbered clockwise, starting from up.

[Anarchy_Balsac]

No, they're numbered clockwise, starting from up.

 

Damn, well, that only slightly over-complicates things.  I got it working either way though, so thanks for the help.