Airshot map?

[Doompiggy]

Ok, so I wanna make an airshot map like some in TFC, I want the people to be invincible on the ground, but take damage in the air.

What do I need to do for them to not take damage on the ground?

[Weezy69]

that would be fun i remember only playin and discovering this mod on quake1 like 6 months ago

[trepid_jesse]

I think this was one of the example we came up with when dicking around with Lua.

I assume the vector shit is still exposed to Lua, but I don't really know if it is anymore. So, what you could do is put an info_ff_script on the ground, which will define the ground level. Then, you could check when a player has a z distance > 0 from that entity. If they aren't, then don't apply damage. Of course, that would depend on where the player is measured, which is probably from the origin of the player model, which I dunno where the fuck that is, and so you would just offset the check that distance.

Then agian, this is just me babbling, and if you aren't familiar with the Lua this makes zero sense.

Where you going? NOWHERE!

[DillonBarba]

Originally Posted by trepid_jesse

Where you going? NOWHERE!

boondock saints quote?

[trepid_jesse]

FUNNY! FUNNY!

[public_slots_free]

there is an IsOnGround function. Maybe that will work for you.

[AltPluzF4]

Originally Posted by public_slots_free

there is an IsOnGround function. Maybe that will work for you.

Exactly! This is very easily done:

function player_ondamage(player_entity, damageinfo)
    if IsPlayer(player_entity) then
        local player = CastToPlayer(player_entity)
        if player:IsOnGround() then
            player:AddHealth(400)
            player:AddArmor(400)
            AddSchedule("addhp_" .. player:GetName(), 0.01, GiveHealth, player)
        end
    end
end

function GiveHealth(player_entity)
    if IsPlayer(player_entity) then
        local player = CastToPlayer(player_entity)
        player:AddHealth(400)
        player:AddArmor(400)
    end
end

***EDIT***
Just realised that it would be hard to kill like that... The player always starts with max health when leaving the ground.
Here's a revised version, that just "restores" your health to what it was IF you get damaged while on the ground. If you are damaged in the air, then you don't get healed.

function player_ondamage(player_entity, damageinfo)
    if IsPlayer(player_entity) then
        local player = CastToPlayer(player_entity)
        if player:IsOnGround() then
            AddSchedule("addhp_" .. player:GetName(), 0.01, RestoreHealth, player, player:GetHealth(), player:GetArmor())
        end
    end
end

function RestoreHealth(player_entity, prevHealth, prevArmor)
    if IsPlayer(player_entity) then
        local player = CastToPlayer(player_entity)
        player:AddHealth(prevHealth-player:GetHealth())
        player:AddArmor(prevArmor-player:GetArmor())
    end
end

[gizmofo]

Originally Posted by AltPluzF4

Exactly! This is very easily done:

function player_ondamage(player_entity, damageinfo)
    if IsPlayer(player_entity) then
        local player = CastToPlayer(player_entity)
        if player:IsOnGround() then
            player:AddHealth(400)
            player:AddArmor(400)
            AddSchedule("addhp_" .. player:GetName(), 0.01, GiveHealth, player)
        end
    end
end

function GiveHealth(player_entity)
    if IsPlayer(player_entity) then
        local player = CastToPlayer(player_entity)
        player:AddHealth(400)
        player:AddArmor(400)
    end
end

***EDIT***
Just realised that it would be hard to kill like that... The player always starts with max health when leaving the ground.
Here's a revised version, that just "restores" your health to what it was IF you get damaged while on the ground. If you are damaged in the air, then you don't get healed.

function player_ondamage(player_entity, damageinfo)
    if IsPlayer(player_entity) then
        local player = CastToPlayer(player_entity)
        if player:IsOnGround() then
            AddSchedule("addhp_" .. player:GetName(), 0.01, RestoreHealth, player, player:GetHealth(), player:GetArmor())
        end
    end
end

function RestoreHealth(player_entity, prevHealth, prevArmor)
    if IsPlayer(player_entity) then
        local player = CastToPlayer(player_entity)
        player:AddHealth(prevHealth-player:GetHealth())
        player:AddArmor(prevArmor-player:GetArmor())
    end
end

Wow.. I'm in no way associated with mapping, but thanks for going through the coding for him.. Seems like you even tested it out..

[AltPluzF4]

Originally Posted by gizmofo

Wow.. I'm in no way associated with mapping, but thanks for going through the coding for him.. Seems like you even tested it out..

...that's what ff_2fort is for!

[gizmofo]

Originally Posted by AltPluzF4

...that's what ff_2fort is for!

LOL

[stino]

if a player is in the air he doesn't touch the ground > no surface
and surface type is accesible through lua.

so if you combine this with the no_spawnkilling functions found in one of the base files, you should be able to create something like this.