I'm making a mine layer weapon, and I want the mines to detonate when a player gets close. I was thinking that I could just make a bigger collision geometry and when it touches a player it explodes. Would that work?
Oh, and don't suggest making the projectiles explode after a certain amount of time, that's not what I want.

I know its possible, I saw a video of it once, but I'm pretty sure it can only be accomplished through scripting.

I don't think you need scripting, as long as you can set a collision geometry for projectiles. Or would they not be projectiles?

Yes, they're projectiles, so would a bigger collision geometry help? They other way would be to make an explosion effect when a player enters a trigger volume surrounding the mine, but then they would have to be scenery and not moveable. This gun is for MP so that wouldn't really work so well.

Yea, I think a bigger collision geometry would work. I managed to use the warthogs collision on a mongoose, and it had nice invisible areas.

theres a mine layer in blood_creek_rc2
-yes the mines explode when you run them over and sometimes when you walk

Another method could be an attachment which fires out projectiles constantly and if they hit the cyborg materials, it would explode.

How would I get it to fire constantly?

I think you set the Delay time in the Event to a small number, such as 0.5 or 1 second. That's the way it works with particles :\

Ok, and to get it to fire out projectile in all 360 degrees, how would I do that? Sorry, I haven't messed with effects much before.

In the "parts" section of the effect, change the velocity cone angle to any number between 0 and 360.

I'm not even sure if this is the way your doing it with an explosion effect but you get it.

WTF no strikethrough! anyways.

The most efficient way to do it would be to make the projectile be a mine with a fire effect coming off of it.

Why did I say fire effect, just make a.. explosion radius? damage effect? MAJOR DOWNS MOMENT coming off of it.
Edited by NapalM on May 20, 2009 at 03:45 PM
Edited by NapalM on May 20, 2009 at 03:47 PM

no, put the angular velocity from 0 - 360.

Yes, but that would be a crappy way to do it.

Velocity Cone Angle should be 360 for a 360 fire, or 180 which is preferable for this situation.

Assuming this is the same as particles of course though :|

angular velocity is better.

Angular velocity is the speed if I'm not mistaken.

Wait, isn't angular velocity the speed it rotates?
Edited by Mythril on May 22, 2009 at 06:43 AM

don't know, but on my lightning, it seemed to have more effect on the angle than velocity cone.