[Black Rose]

I'm trying to help Randomize here:
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=226145

How do I properly determine that the person I am attacking with knife is within range/angles of getting damaged?

I'm trying to delay the knife attack by creating a new one, and since the player move in between I need to determine if the attack is a hit or a miss at the later point in time.

I've searched for patterns in angles, distances and viewcones and the outcome was nothing.
My next idea was to create a sphere in front of the attacker to search within, which would be fine I guess. But is it correct?

What I'm asking for is really how do the game engine determine if a knife attack is a hit or a miss?

[bibu]

I don't know the exact answer, but maybe the following links can help you:

https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=825597
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=212555

[Black Rose]

Found this in the first link.

PHP Code:

    TraceResult tr; 

    UTIL_MakeVectors (m_pPlayer->pev->v_angle); 
    Vector vecSrc    = m_pPlayer->GetGunPosition( ); //// not m_HackedGunPosition, origin + view_ofs 
    Vector vecEnd    = vecSrc + gpGlobals->v_forward * 32; //// 32 for stabs, 48 for slashes; basically that constant is the distance of the trace 

    UTIL_TraceLine( vecSrc, vecEnd, dont_ignore_monsters, ENT( m_pPlayer->pev ), &tr ); 

    if ( tr.flFraction >= 1.0 ) 
    { 
        UTIL_TraceHull( vecSrc, vecEnd, dont_ignore_monsters, head_hull, ENT( m_pPlayer->pev ), &tr ); 
        if ( tr.flFraction < 1.0 ) 
        { 
            // Calculate the point of intersection of the line (or hull) and the object we hit 
            // This is and approximation of the "best" intersection 
            CBaseEntity *pHit = CBaseEntity::Instance( tr.pHit ); 
            if ( !pHit || pHit->IsBSPModel() ) //// if we hit something which is not an entity (= we hit worldspawn ) the engine looks for the exact hit place 
                FindHullIntersection( vecSrc, tr, VEC_DUCK_HULL_MIN, VEC_DUCK_HULL_MAX, m_pPlayer->edict() ); 
            vecEnd = tr.vecEndPos;    // This is the point on the actual surface (the hull could have hit space) 
        } 
    } 


I believe it is what I am searching for. Thank you very much.

[bibu]

I'm glad that it helped you.

[Black Rose]

It sure did. Works flawlessly.

For anyone interested, here's the outcome:
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showth...28#post2051028