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IsShootableThruObstacle

What is the easiest way to check if the weapon I have is able to shoot at something throught some obstacle (some wall or some doors)? I mean if I can make some damage of the enemy which is behind some obstacle like a wall of a door.

Re: IsShootableThruObstacle

I do not think you can know whether it shootable or not unless you hack game dll attack tracing.

Re: IsShootableThruObstacle

Isn't there a way to know the thickness of the obstacle - which should affect shootable thing the most?

Re: IsShootableThruObstacle

Would you know "max. value of thickness" of obstacle when it's still possible to shoot though it for every weapon?

Furthermore thickness isn't the only aspect that is used to determine that. It's also depends on:

obstacle material
whether silencer is used or not
angle of bullet vector
whether it's a first obstacle or not
etc etc etc

Now question: would you be able to create accurate formula to handle all possible aspects?

Re: IsShootableThruObstacle

I just want to replace this function in podbot mm by something simpler and written more optimized:

Code:

bool IsShootableThruObstacle (edict_t *pEdict, Vector vecDest)

{

   // Returns if enemy can be shoot through some obstacle

   // TODO: After seeing the disassembled CS Routine it could be speedup and simplified a lot



   Vector vecSrc = GetGunPosition (pEdict);

   Vector vecDir = (vecDest - vecSrc).Normalize (); // 1 unit long

   Vector vecPoint;

   int iThickness = 0;

   int iHits = 0;



   edict_t *pentIgnore = pEdict;

   TraceResult tr;



   UTIL_TraceLine (vecSrc, vecDest, ignore_monsters, ignore_glass, pentIgnore, &tr);



   while ((tr.flFraction != 1.0) && (iHits < 3))

   {

      iHits++;

      iThickness++;

      vecPoint = tr.vecEndPos + vecDir;



      while ((POINT_CONTENTS (vecPoint) == CONTENTS_SOLID) && (iThickness < 98)) // KWo - 23.10.2006

      {

         vecPoint = vecPoint + vecDir;

         iThickness++;

      }



      UTIL_TraceLine (vecPoint, vecDest, ignore_monsters, ignore_glass, pentIgnore, &tr);

   }



   if ((iHits < 3) && (iThickness < 98)) // KWo - 23.10.2006

   {

      float f_distance = (vecDest - vecPoint).Length ();



      if (f_distance < 121.95) // KWo - 23.10.2006

         return (TRUE);

   }



   return (FALSE);

}

That "// TODO" comment it's original Count Floyd's comment, but I have no idea what he was thinking about, that's why I'm asking here the people they have better HL knowledge than me.