It's still not working, even with this new code. This is really really stupid.
James
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Tony "omega" Sergi <omegal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It also doesn't help that you're only doing the trace when the random value
> is within the current limit.
> You need to do the check ALL the time, regardless of if it will actually
> spawn it or not.
> Displacements are a single plane, chances are you're repeatedly skipping the
> actual check 99% of the time.
> Your original code was correct except for the order. ie: new code:
>
> trace_t trace;
> UTIL_TraceLine(vOldPos, pParticle->m_Pos, MASK_ALL, NULL,
> COLLISION_GROUP_NPC, &trace);
> if( trace.fraction < 1 || trace.DidHit() )
> {
> if ( RandomInt( 0, 100 ) <= r_RainSplashPercentage.GetInt() )
> DispatchParticleEffect( "spash", trace.endpos,
> trace.m_pEnt->GetAbsAngles() , NULL );
> }
>
> Also, you can verify it if you set r_RainSplashPercentage to 101 (because
> even if you set it to 100, it would never trace as it would HAVE to be below
> the value.)
> -Tony
>
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Ryan Sheffer <darksk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Try shooting a trace right to the ground from the starting point and see if
>> you can hit the displacment. You might be passing right through it on your
>> checks.
>> I don't remember having problems tracing to displacements myself, so I find
>> this sort of odd. Another thing to consider are the collision options for
>> displacements.
>>
>> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:08 PM, James K <jimmy4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > With the new code it will collide only with thick brushes. With the
>> > old code it collided with both.
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Tobias Kammersgaard
>> > <tobias.kammersga...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Does it collide with thin brushes?
>> > >
>> > > Den 19/05/2010 00.38 skrev "James K" <jimmy4...@gmail.com>:
>> > >
>> > > Still a no go with your code. Tried MASK_SOLID and
>> > > COLLISION_GROUP_NONE too, still not working.
>> > >
>> > > Blargh.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Ryan Sheffer <darksk...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >> Hmm, you could check ...
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