//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Purpose: Stick to an entity (using hierarchy if we can)
// Output : Returns true on success, false on failure.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool CWeaponStriderBuster::StickToEntity( CBaseEntity *pOther )
{
// Make sure the object is travelling fast enough to stick
if ( m_flCollisionSpeedSqr > 50 && !m_bNoseDiving )
{
// See if this is a valid strider bit
if ( ShouldStickToEntity( pOther ) )
{
// Attempt to constraint to it
if ( CreateConstraintToObject( pOther ) )
{
// Only works for striders, at the moment
CBaseEntity *pFollowParent = pOther->GetOwnerEntity();
if ( pFollowParent == NULL )
return false;
// Allows us to identify our constrained object later
SetOwnerEntity( pFollowParent );
// Make a sound
EmitSound( "Weapon_StriderBuster.StickToEntity" );
DispatchParticleEffect( "striderbuster_attach", GetAbsOrigin(), GetAbsAngles(), NULL );
if( striderbuster_use_particle_flare.GetBool() )
{
// We don't have to save any pointers or handles to this because it's parented to the buster.
// So it will die when the buster dies. Yay.
CParticleSystem *pFlare = (CParticleSystem *) CreateEntityByName( "info_particle_system" );
if ( pFlare != NULL )
{
pFlare->KeyValue( "start_active", "1" );
pFlare->KeyValue( "effect_name", "striderbuster_attached_pulse" );
pFlare->SetParent( this );
pFlare->SetLocalOrigin( vec3_origin );
DispatchSpawn( pFlare );
pFlare->Activate();
}
}
else
{
// Create a glow sprite
m_hGlowSprite = CSprite::SpriteCreate( "sprites/orangeflare1.vmt", GetLocalOrigin(), false );
Assert( m_hGlowSprite );
if ( m_hGlowSprite != NULL )
{
m_hGlowSprite->TurnOn();
m_hGlowSprite->SetTransparency( kRenderWorldGlow, 255, 255, 255, 255, kRenderFxNoDissipation );
m_hGlowSprite->SetAbsOrigin( GetAbsOrigin() );
m_hGlowSprite->SetScale( 5.0f );
m_hGlowSprite->m_nRenderFX = kRenderFxStrobeFaster;
m_hGlowSprite->SetGlowProxySize( 16.0f );
m_hGlowSprite->SetParent( this );
}
}
// Stop touching things
SetTouch( NULL );
// Must be a strider
CNPC_Strider *pStrider = dynamic_cast<CNPC_Strider *>(pFollowParent);
if ( pStrider == NULL )
return false;
// Notify the strider we're attaching to him
pStrider->StriderBusterAttached( this );
m_OnAttachToStrider.FireOutput( this, this );
// Start the ping sound.
SetContextThink( &CWeaponStriderBuster::BusterPingThink, gpGlobals->curtime + BUSTER_PING_SOUND_FREQ, s_pBusterPingThinkContext );
// Don't autodelete this one!
WeaponManager_RemoveManaged( this );
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
return false;
}
