Throwing grenades

[GLI]

[Previously on Bug Reports]

I know that A* is 2D game but something is wrong. I can throw grenade through entire screen (1280) but anyone on line is blocking my throw. Why? It's not Flatland! Where is trajectory of a projectile? Throwing range should be limited according to space above our heads: more space on planets, fewer on ships and bases (depends on place; e.g. hangars have more space than bars).

Also I propose to make two types of throwing:
1) weak and low - short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic (like for mortar); advantage: do not bounce on "ground"; disadvantage: short time for "escape";
2) strong and high - long range and low-arcing ballistic (like for cannon); advantage: can "avoid" persons/low objects "on the line of fire"; disadvantage: can bounce on "ground" (smaller accuracy) or even ricochet.

BTW Throwing grenades at public places should be forbidden (regardless of making anybody any harm). If policeman will see this...
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[Cthulhu]

That would take some work, I guess. It would be cool if christian could out source parts of the code like this, so we /someone could help with writing the code, but I guess that would lead to complications...
Also, I don't know pascal, just C++, and not any good either.

I don't use grenades that often, just smoke, so it wouldn't matter that much to me.
 

[Telok]

I really only use grenades in bars on pirate bases.I sometimes carry a smoke on assassinations though.

There is an invisible strength rating for the character, that should probably be used to limit grenade distance. With a reasonable maximum throwing range that would be all you need. We don't need to fool with ceiling height, that's just extra work for too little return. Being able to throw or roll a grenade past people would be nice, but again it's not an big deal.

My biggest concern with the grenades is that you get noticed for them going off but not for throwing them. This means that the police/fines/fight response is linked to doing damage to people instead of attacking them. That is something I would change because it means that you can throw three grenades without anybody noticing until they all go off at the same time.

Throw at delay setting 9, 6, and 2.
I think. It was a couple weeks ago and I didn't write it down.
 

[Cthulhu]

[GLI]

[CheeseshireCat]

bulls**t. You can not only *throw* a grenade. You can roll it on the floor, too, and when you aren't outside (i.e., have a level surface), it can go quite far before blowing.
 

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[CheeseshireCat]

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[Matt_S]

I don't see what's wrong with 1 throwing type. Even if the current grenade throwing situation isn't perfect, I don't see why things have to be made more complicated with different throwing types. Abstract throwing ftw.
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[CheeseshireCat]

[Cthulhu]

On a mining base I'd guess most tunnels have a down slope, since you want to tunnel deeper into the rock, so if you roll a grenade, is it uphill or downhill? then the mass of the asteroid isn't spherically distributed, so what happens then? Do they have a artificial gravity field?
OK, so I might have been a bit extreme here in my neerdiness, but if you start to really think about roof height, and once it's fixed, eventually someone will start to think about the above mentioned gravity stuff.
 

[GLI]

[Cthulhu]

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[Cthulhu]

Woho, there's a Linux version, nice, can't see any demo though.
(some how I don't think E4 will support Linux).
 

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