Get map size?

[Freelancer]

Is there a function (client and/or server sided) that will tell me what the boundaries of the map are?

[Quimica]

there is now

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missionCenter.x
missionCenter.y
missionCenter.width
missionCenter.height
simTerrain.hazeDistance
simTerrain.perspectiveDistance
simTerrain.visibleDistance

[Freelancer]

Any way to get it client sided?

[Plasmatic]

No need for the plugin.

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// new for 3.x -Plasmatic
deletevariables("$MissionInfo:*");

%start = waypointtoworld("0 0");
%end = waypointtoworld("1024 1024");
$MissionInfo:X = getword(%start,0);
$MissionInfo:Y = getword(%start,1);
$MissionInfo:H = getword(%end,0)-$MissionInfo:X;
$MissionInfo:W = getword(%end,1)-$MissionInfo:Y;

echo("X: "@$MissionInfo:X);
echo("Y: "@$MissionInfo:Y);   
echo("H: "@$MissionInfo:H);
echo("W: "@$MissionInfo:W);   

[Freelancer]

Meh, forget it, I found a workaround.

[C--]

No need for the plugin.

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// new for 3.x -Plasmatic
deletevariables("$MissionInfo:*");

%start = waypointtoworld("0 0");
%end = waypointtoworld("1024 1024");
$MissionInfo:X = getword(%start,0);
$MissionInfo:Y = getword(%start,1);
$MissionInfo:H = getword(%end,0)-$MissionInfo:X;
$MissionInfo:W = getword(%end,1)-$MissionInfo:Y;

echo("X: "@$MissionInfo:X);
echo("Y: "@$MissionInfo:Y);   
echo("H: "@$MissionInfo:H);
echo("W: "@$MissionInfo:W);   

WaypointToWorld is not clientside.

[C--]

No need for the plugin.

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// new for 3.x -Plasmatic
deletevariables("$MissionInfo:*");

%start = waypointtoworld("0 0");
%end = waypointtoworld("1024 1024");
$MissionInfo:X = getword(%start,0);
$MissionInfo:Y = getword(%start,1);
$MissionInfo:H = getword(%end,0)-$MissionInfo:X;
$MissionInfo:W = getword(%end,1)-$MissionInfo:Y;

echo("X: "@$MissionInfo:X);
echo("Y: "@$MissionInfo:Y);   
echo("H: "@$MissionInfo:H);
echo("W: "@$MissionInfo:W);   

illegitimate

[NoFiXette]

That sucks. Here I made that plugin specifically for simTerrain.hazeDistance, simTerrain.perspectiveDistance, simTerrain.visibleDistance and now this scripted bulldoggy doo is thrown in my face. wtf.

Oh, and client-side that doesn't work. The plugin could work client-side, but by default it's server-only.

[Plasmatic]

Sorry man, I figured that out after you made the plugin. I thought it may work client side.
You can get visible distance with laser damage, but anything else and the plugin is the way to go.

[NoFiXette]

That's an interesting method. Never would've *EVER* thought of that.

[Plasmatic]

Visible distance or map size? Lasers will only damage at visible or less, so I drop a bot towards a laser turret while throttling the speed. Works nice.

[Perrinoia]

Great job plas, now implement an out of area damage option that teleports you to the opposite side of the map Tom and Jerry style!

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function alertPlayer(%player)
{
    GameBase::getLOSInfo(%player, 1000, "0 -1.57079 0");    //Find Floor
    %pos = GameBase::getPosition(%player);     //Find Player
    %alt = Vector::sub(%pos, $LOS::Position);    //Find Altitude
    %dif = Vector::sub(%pos, sprintf("%1 %2 0", ($MissionInfo:W / 2) + $MissionInfo:X, ($MissionInfo:H / 2) + $MissionInfo:Y));    //Find Center
    GameBase::setPosition(%player, Vector::add(%pos, Vector::add(%dif, %dif)));    //Set opposite of center
    if(!GameBase::getLOSInfo(%player, 1000, "0 -1.57079 0"))
        GameBase::getLOSInfo(%player, 1000, "0 -1.57079 0");    //Find Floor
    GameBase::setPosition(%player, Vector::add($LOS::Position, %alt));    //Match Altitude
}

[Plasmatic]

Tribes Pac Man.

[robindegen]

lol that would be pretty cool if the mission borders were exactly where the terrain repeats.. so you wouldnt notice the teleport (much..)

[Perrinoia]

I was considering doing this in my labyrinth mission, but didn't have the code nor plugin back then... Perhaps it's time to release a new version of the old Labyrinth... You can never have enough. I'm already on #3 or 4.

[Perrinoia]

Just made a massive packman style Labyrinth, but sometimes when you go OOB and get teleported to the other side, you end up in a wall.... In order to fix this, I would have to make the walls (at least the ones on the border of the mission area) not randomly rotated. They would have to match the rotation of the wall on the opposing border... And all the corners would have to be rotated the same. Lots of work, since the grid I used to make the maze was 14x14.

I'm using the big octogonal room in challs2 as the arena (one challs2 for the floor, another for the ceiling, humanwall\\wcorner32 as the walls).

You can prevent your opponents from deploying turrets in the maze by controlling this switch.

Each wall is positioned and rotated randomly around a marker on a grid.

[unbanmid2]

Very, Very, Very awesome.

[Perrinoia]

Once I get the Walls positioned so OOB teleporting never places you in a wall, I think I'll release the mission as is...
Then we can have a competition to see who can design the best bases in it...

Keep in mind you only have 32 meters from floor to ceiling, and placing the base too close to the boundry means enemies can teleport straight to your base. Also, you can remove the markers under the center of each wall to prevent each wall from spawning when the mission loads, then you can place your base concepts where you removed the markers/walls.

[NoFiXette]

Would be cool if the mazes were generated at run-time.

[Freelancer]

Must lag like hell.