[Tylerst]

Description: Set a target(s) projectiles to home in on the nearest target

Just a random plugin a made to mess around with really, but I figured I'd share it.

Works with:
Soldier Primarys(Rockets and Laser Cannon)
Medic Primarys(Needles and Crossbow Arrows)
Engineer Sentrygun Rockets
Pyro Flares
Sniper Arrows
I was hoping to get it to work with other projectiles like demo grenades/jarate/laser pistol, but unfortunately they seem to be unaffectable for whatever reason.

I'm not planning to do anything else with this aside from bugfixes, as it was just an experiment(and for fun).


Cvars:
sm_homingprojectiles_version "1.0.0"

Commands:
sm_homproj "target" "1/0" - Set target(s) projectiles to homing - Default Slay Flag

Changelog

Version 1.0.0 - March 28, 2012
*Initial Release

[ReFlexPoison]

Is there a specific admin flag for this, or is it for everyone?

[Tylerst]

The command is the Slay flag, an admin can use the command to set anyone to homing projectiles.

[ReFlexPoison]

Originally Posted by Tylerst The command is the Slay flag, an admin can use the command to set anyone to homing projectiles.

Neat. Would be interesting if this could be set as a cvar to enable only for the Flag selected.
All in all, neat plugin idea
I'll try it out later tommorow.

[Leonardo]

okay...

[FlaminSarge]

The OnGameFrame stuff seems kinda taxing on the server.
Also, is the homing functionality the same as in TF2CoolRocket/ https://forums.alliedmods.net/showpo...3&postcount=11 ? Or does it behave differently?

[Tylerst]

Originally Posted by FlaminSarge The OnGameFrame stuff seems kinda taxing on the server. Also, is the homing functionality the same as in TF2CoolRocket/ https://forums.alliedmods.net/showpo...3&postcount=11 ? Or does it behave differently?

Regardless of what I use, it'll have to repeat very rapidly to keep tracking. From what I tested of it, it didn't cause any noticable lag/slowdown, even with infinite ammo and setting my rate of fire way up.

Never saw it before, but that CoolRocket plugin is similar, though the way it does it is different. It uses eyeposition as opposed to client position, and teleportentity instead of setting the direction manually. It also uses sdkhooks to keep track of the rockets, and picks targets differently.

Similar end result I suppose, though there aren't many different ways you can go about doing homing things.

[Irrelevant]

The projectiles don't check for line of sight and go straight into walls most of the time.

[Pirate Jesus]

Any way to make the projectiles follow a map's AI nodes until they get within sight of their target?

It'd make for amusing across the map impossible shots.

[PieCoPresident]

I love this plugin, but i'm having a bit of trouble. Randomly, the plugin will stop working. It will say i enabled/disabled homing in the chat/console, but it doesn't work. The console spams the error:

L 10/21/2012 - 14:25:57: [SM] Native "IsPlayerAlive" reported: Client 3 is not in game
L 10/21/2012 - 14:25:57: [SM] Displaying call stack trace for plugin "TF2 Homing Projectiles.smx":
L 10/21/2012 - 14:25:57: [SM]   [0]  Line 145, /home/groups/alliedmodders/forums/files/9/4/3/2/5/101208.attach::GetClosestTarget()
L 10/21/2012 - 14:25:57: [SM]   [1]  Line 117, /home/groups/alliedmodders/forums/files/9/4/3/2/5/101208.attach::SetHomingProjectile()
L 10/21/2012 - 14:25:57: [SM]   [2]  Line 102, /home/groups/alliedmodders/forums/files/9/4/3/2/5/101208.attach::OnGameFrame()

Sometimes it will start working again, but not for long if it does. Thank you for making this.
My plugins: Third person, Sentry immunity, God, AdvancedInfiniteAmmo, Ammopacks, MediPacks, RTD, TargetCrits, SDKHooks, and of course this.
Another note: I have a 2nd server that ill sometimes to use to mess around on MvM or something, and i have the same plugins there. But homing seems to work fine on that server. ( I know its not settings or something, they have pretty much identical files.) Could it be to many people cause it to stop working?