Changing the number of shots fired from a weapon
Some ranged weapons fire more than one projectile at once. A shotgun is a good example of this. In this recipe, we will learn how to set up a projectile weapon to fire multiple projectiles at once.
How to do it...
Start by making sure the ShapeBaseImageData Datablock instance of your projectile weapon has its class property set to WeaponImage. This gives the weapon access to Torque 3D's standard weapon handling methods.
The next step is to add the projectileNum dynamic property to Datablock of your weapon and give it a value greater than 1. This property represents the number of projectiles fired per shot.
How it works...
When a
ShapeBaseImageData weapon is fired its onFire() method is called. The WeaponImage namespace already handles most cases so it is a convenient class to have our ShapeBaseImageData inherit from.
The
WeaponImage::onFire() method supports the idea of multiple projectiles per shot, which is set up using the dynamic
projectileNum...
