noob Q.

[MysticDreidel]

I am kinda knew to leadwerks and i have found a bow model i really like and i imported it and i was wondering how do u make it so u can use the bow and shoot arrows? srry im a noob but thx for the help good sirs/madams

[CreativeOcclusion]

Make sure that you study the documentation and take as many tutorials as you can google. Take some tutorials on lua coding. Studying the scripts that come with Leadwerks is a real good start. There is a chance that someone here may have some bow and arrow code to share with you. Welcome to Leadwerks

[Haydenmango]

Some functions you'll probably use for shooting arrows include - Instance(), SetPosition(), SetRotation(), AddForce(),SetCollisionType(), SetMass()

 

Shooting arrows works like this in my game, Hunt For Food -

 

function Script:ShootArrow()
local arrow=self.arrow:Instance()
arrow.script.livetime=Time:GetCurrent()+15000
arrow.script.active=true
arrow:SetMass(.5)
arrow:SetPosition(Transform:Point(0,0,.75,player.camera,nil))
arrow:SetRotation(-player.camRotation.x-90,player.camera:GetRotation(true).y+180,-player.camRotation.z)
arrow:AddForce(0,1250,0,false)
end

 

I should also note that my arrows have a script to deal damage on collision. The script looks something like this -

 

function Script:Collision(entity,position,normal,speed)
if self.active==true then
self.active=false
if entity.script then
if entity.script.hurtable==true then
 self.entity:SetCollisionType(Collision.None)
 self.entity:SetMass(0)
 self.entity:SetShape(nil)
 self.entity:SetPosition(position)
 self.entity:SetParent(entity)
 if entity.script.health>0 then
 entity.script:Hurt(math.random(5,8.5),player)
 end
 self.livetime=Time:GetCurrent()+3000
end
end
end
end

 

I hope this helps!

[MysticDreidel]

thx for the smart advice creativeocclusion lol.

thx for the info. and a litttle bit of help with code haydenmango