Dangerous Dave style shooting?

I love the instant, invisible aiming Dangrous Dave uses: https://youtu.be/9Bo_dpRk3So?t=60

Obviously, invisible bullets is an option, he also aims at diagonals, is this more of a job for a line-of-sight technique?

Yeah, los with about a 45 degree cone.

Yeah, los with about a 45 degree cone.

Cool, is this a kind of expression? I've never actually used line of sight before, and obvious it's an extremely simple implementation of it, but I'm not sure what kind of expression to use

Here's my technique

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9xK1eRgR6BOX3hVTTNRd2tTRUU

It's a behavior. Put the bad guys in a family, and the behavior on the player.

Its pretty much all triggers, no expressions cept the range.

Here's my technique

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9xK1eRgR6BOX3hVTTNRd2tTRUU

Thanks for that, I'm just trying it with LOS first!

It's a behavior. Put the bad guys in a family, and the behavior on the player.

Its pretty much all triggers, no expressions cept the range.

So, i just need the LOS to go in a straight line ahead, but what about when I turn the other direction or point the gun up? It seems there's just a cone range in degrees to set?

Mirrored would suffice for the opposite direction.

I don't recall it pointing up in the video.

It did change a frame if a target was higher or lower than the player.

Mirrored would suffice for the opposite direction.

I don't recall it pointing up in the video.

It did change a frame if a target was higher or lower than the player.

Yes, if he points upwards, it's at a 45 degree angle. So, should I use an attached object for this and adjust its rotation, and would mirroring it affect the angle?

Im pretty sure its based on the hotspot, so mirroring would not change the angle.

Of course if you place the hotspot anywhere off the center of the x axis it's going to wobble when changing.

Im pretty sure its based on the hotspot, so mirroring would not change the angle.

Of course if you place the hotspot anywhere off the center of the x axis it's going to wobble when changing.

Do you have an example of using LOS in a platform situation like this? I love the idea of using it but I just need to be able to configure it for the 4 angles and I've never actually used it before so I'm not sure what I need to do with it!

I'll do something with the platform template .

I'll do something with the platform template .

Thank you!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/666 ... anlos.capx

It might not be very noticeable, but I set it to change frame according to the y of the target.

If you want to shoot directly above you wouldn't use the los, you would compare the x, and y of the target.

Also the cone probably needs to be dialed in a bit.

Also, also

If you want it to shoot through solids, change the los to custom.

dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/666516/temp/dandanlos.capx

It might not be very noticeable, but I set it to change frame according to the y of the target.

If you want to shoot directly above you wouldn't use the los, you would compare the x, and y of the target.

Also the cone probably needs to be dialed in a bit.

Also, also

If you want it to shoot through solids, change the los to custom.

Okay, in testing, it seems the cone part is going to be a problem since I have to make it small enough so it apparently works up-close, but then it's wide and you end up hitting them when your at a distance and quite high above them. Is there any way of doing this so the LOS acts like a beam rather than a cone? Basically, a beam the height of the player or a bit smaller that only hits when you're parallel to them Y-wise, and it's the same for any height? I'd use an invisible bullet, but I think that would cause problems with the instantaneous response I need. Maybe a custom LOS?

Like I said you can mess with the los settings, or test the targets xy's, or use the third party ray trace plug.