Bombing the player

#1 · September 21, 2012, 10:32 am

Does anyone have any idea how to get futbol_launcher (or whatever it's called) to work? There is an input on it called "firefutbol" but that doesn't seem to work. I am trying to make a room that has several bomb dispensers. They fire at the player until the player is dead. The room they are in is one of my deathtraps.

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#2 · September 21, 2012, 3:53 pm

I use a template to spawn a prop_exploding_futbol inside a small filtered trigger_catapult. You could set the catapult's target to be the player for your deathtrap

#3 · September 21, 2012, 5:26 pm

The catapult is the best way. That's how the Animal King works.

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#4 · September 21, 2012, 5:53 pm

You also can use env_entity_maker. It can give templated objects a spawn-speed and a specific direction with additional spread value, to randomize it a bit. But this doesn't shoot them on a specific target.

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#5 · September 22, 2012, 1:42 am

narsqrd wrote:

I use a template to spawn a prop_exploding_futbol inside a small filtered trigger_catapult. You could set the catapult's target to be the player for your deathtrap

Does this launch the bombs like in Wheatley's chamber at the end of the game?

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#6 · September 22, 2012, 10:25 am

Yes, but at whatever angle you want.

However, each bomb is launched at the player, rather than it locking on and then firing three without re-aiming. If you want that behavior, try a func_tank.

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