Make Enemy Explode On Death

[Baker]

How can I make an enemy explode on death, like an explobox?

[gnounc]

[Baker]

Thanks!

[frag.machine]

Be aware that doing so the enemies will have a blast damage like the exploding boxes, too.
Also, could be fun to keep the gib throwing part from the original death function.

[silverjoel]

[Baker]

Obviously I didn't think of spawns

Baker -1

Thanks for the QuakeC thoughts / example code.

[Seven]

Hello Baker,

Interesting to see that you also have some of those ideas...
That is how I started with the additional death animations in the "small mod compilation",
which should scare/suprise/entertain the player.
I like frag.machine´s idea too.
In the meantime I went over to "burn" the corpses to ashes after some time.
Crazy ideas needs crazy minds

All the best for your project,
Seven

[gnounc]

[Seven]

[toneddu2000]

very nice effect in general, Seven! For this purpose I found it a little "weak", comparing it to the "original" I think you made a great job, but as an explosion effect per se imo it would be better to add some radius explosion
How do you create the particle? Did you use DP?

[qbism]

[gnounc]

Since you cant outline the model with particles as tightly as grimrock can, you could cheat a little and add a skin frame to your models
that has the red particles interspersed along its defining edges. That would probably help make the effect look much tighter.

Your current version looks very good though.
Good work.

[Seven]

Thank you for your feedback.

toneddu2000,
yes, i use DP (please see the qc code with dpextensions i used to achieve it).
If you want to try it yourself, I added a download (with QC source and effectinfo) over at quakeone.com:
http://quakeone.com/forums/quake-mod-re ... post111594
The effect has no explosion, because I only wanted to "copy" the Legend of Grimrock effect.
I am sorry for the offtopic in Bakers thread.

qbism,
Yes you are right. The particles should stay a little longer on ground before they vanish.
Thank you for the tip.

gnounc,
I am not sure how to do that (adding a skinframe to a model with particles interspersed).
To be honest, I even dont fully understand your english meaning (my motzher tounge is german)
I will try to modify the spawning position of the particles a little more via effectinfo params.

Again, I am sorry for the offtopic talk Baker.

[r00k]

SELF.HEALTH -= 500;

instant gib!


TE_ ... edit: nvm players should explode like a frog in a blender not like a fireball...

[toneddu2000]

thanks Seven for the hint, I'll try it!