I have been working with workshop 33 from AUM to create a weapon and moving bullets. I am curious if it is possible to add a crosshair to my weapon. I tried placing it in the middle of the screen like a permanent panel but its not acurate. Is there any other way to make it acurate? or perhaps there is a better way to create weapons.

Thanks.

Or adding a laser sight might work too. Just have no idea how to accomplish that, Only been working with GameStudio for about 1 week.

Thanks

//From one of the earlier AUMS...

bmap crosshair_map = <cross.tga>;//define the image file

panel crosshair_pan//create the window panel
{
bmap = crosshair_map;
layer = 20;
pos_x = 0;
pos_y = 0;
flags = transparent, overlay, refresh, d3d;
}


//then inside your player action
crosshair_pan.pos_x = screen_size.x / 2 - 32; // the crosshair has 16x16 pixels
crosshair_pan.pos_y = screen_size.y / 2 - 16;

//followed by the while loop
while (my.health > 0)
{
crosshair_pan.visible = on;

the rest of your code here...

Thank you for your reply.

Does not seem to be working, I am getting some errors on compile. Maybe I am forgetting something obvious. Only been working with programming/Gamestudio for about a week.

hello

what says the error?

I get an error when it gets to the following lines.

crosshair_pan.pos_x = screen_size.x / 2 - 32; // the crosshair has 16x16 pixels
crosshair_pan.pos_y = screen_size.y / 2 - 16;

And

crosshair_pan.visible = on;

I am guessing I need to define crosshair_pan.pos and screen_size. Not exactly sure how to go about doing that.

Will this gode put my crosshair in line with bullets? In Workshop 33 bullets come out of a vertex that is the muzzle of the weapon itself, If I place crosshair in middle of the screen it will not work. I am guessing I would need bullet to originate at the crosshair in order for it to be accurate. Like I said I am new to game development and not sure what is the best way to do this.

Thanks for any good info / ideas.

Alright, I figured it out. I set the bulet starting point at camera.x and now the bullet is created in the center, not at weapon barrel.

you need a panel for that

panel crosshair_pan
{
bmp = "croshair.bmp";
my.visible = on;
}

Code:

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function waepon
{
crosshair_pan.pos_x = (screen_size.x + crosshair_pan.size_x)/ 2; 
// the crosshair has 16x16 pixels
crosshair_pan.pos_y = (screen_size.y + crosshair_pan.size_y)/ 2;
	var mousel;
	while(my != null)
	{
	vec_set(temp,vector(10000,0,0));//10000 ore longer
	vec_rotate(temp,camera.pan);
	vec_add(temp,camera.pan);
	c_trace(camera.x,temp,ignore_me);// knows where the camera looks to
	
	vec_set(temp,target.x); 
	vec_sub(temp,my.x);
	vec_to_angle(my.pan,temp);//turns the weapon to the target
	// close to the wall turns the weapon much 
	
	if(mouse_left == on && mousel == 1)
	{
		you = ent_create("bullet.mdl",nullvector,bullet_func);
		vec_for_vertex(temp,my,22);//vertex(22) on the end of the loop
		vec_set(you.x,temp);
		vec_set(you.pan,my.pan);
		mousel ==0;
	}
	if(mouse_left == off)
	{
		mousel = 1;
	}
	wait(1);
	}
}

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is this C-script or Lite-C? compiler does not understand the keyword panel.

its

panel for csript and PANEL* for lite-c