I've registered in this forum today, and this will be my first topic ever, so don't be afraid to tell me if I've done anything wrong.
I'm making a Gore Mod for Deus Ex which enhances the quantity and the quality of the gore in Deus Ex, making it realistic. In other words the blood textures are now more realistic then the ones in the original game, injured people can now paint the walls with their blood, etc, etc.
In case you would like to check it out: http://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-gore-mod
The BETA version of it has already been released, so I'm now working on the second version (GoreMod-v2) which will be even more realistic than the first version.
I'm trying to create so when the player injures someone near him/her, the blood will be splattered to his/her screen. I already know EXACTLY how to do it, but I'm having trouble DOING it, if you know what I mean. So this is what I need help with: I'm trying to create a custom sphere (Class SphereEffect from DeusEx), so when the player is in its Radius, he/she will have the DrunkFX texture in their screen, like when you get hit by a poison dart. I'm having a lot of trouble doing that, I've tried DOUZENS and DOUZENS of times, in different ways, but it always gives me error when I compile the DeusEx.u.
The code which makes the player have the DrunkFX texture when he's hit by a dart or when he's drunk is in DeusExPlayer class. I would give you the exact line o where the code starts but mine is a bit different from yours, it has tons of custom stuff for the GoreMod in the DeusExPlayer, so just Search for "DrunkFX" and you'll find something like this:
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
// DrugEffects()
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
simulated function DrugEffects(float deltaTime)
{
local float mult, fov;
local Rotator rot;
local DeusExRootWindow root;
root = DeusExRootWindow(rootWindow);
// random wandering and swaying when drugged
if (drugEffectTimer > 0)
{
if ((root != None) && (root.hud != None))
{
if (root.hud.background == None)
{
root.hud.SetBackground(Texture'DrunkFX');
root.hud.SetBackgroundSmoothing(True);
root.hud.SetBackgroundStretching(True);
root.hud.SetBackgroundStyle(DSTY_Modulated);
}
}
mult = FClamp(drugEffectTimer / 10.0, 0.0, 3.0);
rot.Pitch = 1024.0 * Cos(Level.TimeSeconds * mult) * deltaTime * mult;
rot.Yaw = 1024.0 * Sin(Level.TimeSeconds * mult) * deltaTime * mult;
rot.Roll = 0;
rot.Pitch = FClamp(rot.Pitch, -4096, 4096);
rot.Yaw = FClamp(rot.Yaw, -4096, 4096);
ViewRotation += rot;
if ( Level.NetMode == NM_Standalone )
{
fov = Default.DesiredFOV - drugEffectTimer + Rand(2);
fov = FClamp(fov, 30, Default.DesiredFOV);
DesiredFOV = fov;
}
else
DesiredFOV = Default.DesiredFOV;
drugEffectTimer -= deltaTime;
if (drugEffectTimer < 0)
drugEffectTimer = 0;
}
else
{
if ((root != None) && (root.hud != None))
{
if (root.hud.background != None)
{
root.hud.SetBackground(None);
root.hud.SetBackgroundStyle(DSTY_Normal);
DesiredFOV = Default.DesiredFOV;
}
}
}
}
As I said, I can't make so when the player is in its radius, he/she will have the DrunkFX in their HUD.
My plan is, then, to replace the DrunkFX texture in the sphere with a custom blood splatter one that I've made, and then make the sphere invisible. Then everytime you blow someone up it will spawn the sphere and you'll have blood on your screen.
I would be very thankful to anyone who helps me doing this, I would even give you credits for my mod.
Thank you very much
This might sound a little crazy but I think I might use a particlegenerator to serve as a blood decal. The particlegenerator will hopefully stick to the pawn (I'll use the code in the 'Rocket' class, then I'll just edit the particlegen properties and set the ejectspeed to 0 so it doesn't move like a normal particlegen, it will act as a static sprite, and it will hopefully stick to the pawn).
. Do you think that's hard to make? I've been trying for ages, but no luck.
