0018032: spawns_offset_from_firing_entity potential weirdness...?

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0018032	Starward Rogue	Bug - Other		Dec 19, 2015 12:38 am	Dec 22, 2015 1:59 pm

Reporter	Pepisolo	Assigned To	keith.lamothe
Status	resolved	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	0.204 (Mechs!)

Summary	0018032: spawns_offset_from_firing_entity potential weirdness...?
Description	I may just have misunderstood something here, but I've been working on a weapon with a very specific pattern and so need to adjust the bullet position relative to the gun itself. I've been trying to use spawns_offset_from_firing_entity to do this but it seems super awkward. I assumed the firing entity to be the gun itself, but the offset seems to rather be applying to the player entity (the mech). Except when set to 0,0. I assume Arcen points are meant to be co-ordinates, can't be completely sure, though! If the behaviour is normal, and spawns_offset_from_firing entity is meant be based on the player center then can we have a spawns_offset_from_weapon or something. I've tried using just spawn_offset, but when I use that the pattern is not uniform when I'm turning around and shooting. My brain hurts and I could quite possibly have just misunderstood things, but it might be worth double-checking to see if everything's working as expected (scratches head).
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Dec 19, 2015 12:38 am	Pepisolo	New Issue
Dec 21, 2015 3:41 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> keith.lamothe
Dec 21, 2015 3:41 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => assigned
Dec 22, 2015 1:59 pm	keith.lamothe	Note Added: 0043898
Dec 22, 2015 1:59 pm	keith.lamothe	Status	assigned => resolved
Dec 22, 2015 1:59 pm	keith.lamothe	Resolution	open => no change required

keith.lamothe Dec 22, 2015 1:59 pm administrator ~0043898	It is supposed to be relative to the entity (ship/mech), not the system (gun). It's used for the official melee weapons, mainly. A version that's relative to the gun could potentially be added later, but that introduces several additional complexities due to the gun rotating around the entity. And yes, ArcenPoint is a simple x,y coordinate.