ByeBye

I'll update this post as I see fit
If anyone has any questions / think you found a bug in cds please tell me.

Note: You can hit the use key to fire these sents (unlike gcomabt)

List of SENTS included in this release (all made by me):

1. Gun - EMP: Turns off all supplies are a location for 5 seconds
2. Gun - Freeze: Freezes all props in a location for 1.5 seconds
3. Gun - Heat: Causes heat in a location which can cause the ship to overheat if the ship doesn't have a space shield / temp regulator
4. Gun - Machine: Shoots bullets at a location
5. Gun - Pierce: Pierces up to 3 props damaging the props armor first, then health
6. Gun - Disintegrate: Goes through ANY prop that gets in its way and disintegrates it. This is one of the strongest guns.
7. Gun - Super: It's the all-in-one gun everyones been looking for
8. Missile Launcher - Anti-Gravity: Shots a anti-gravity missile which messes with the props gravity near the area where it hits
9. Missile Launcher - Disintegrate: Shots a disintegrate missile which disintegrate's any props in the location where it hits
10. Missile Launcher - EMP: When it's missile collides it will turn off all supplies are a location for 8 seconds
11. Missile Launcher - Explosion: Shots a explosion missile which does a lot of damage to the area where it hits
12. Missile Launcher - Seeker
13. Missile Launcher - Freeze: Shots a freeze missile which freezes props in a wide radius for a while
14. Bomb Bay - Freeze: Similar to freeze missile but doesn't use fuel and is dropped
15. Bomb Bay - EMP: Similar to EMP missile but doesn't use fuel and is dropped
16. Bomb Bay - Explosion: Similar to explosion missile but doesn't use fuel and is dropped
17. Bomb Bay - Disintegrate: Similar to disintegrate missile but doesn't use fuel and is dropped
18. Space Shield: Protects your ship from ANY damage. It protects your ship from any cds weapon attacks..besides emp (This is a total rewrite of my old ent. It does nothing like the other one)
19. Wireless Resource Syncer: You can wirelessly sync resources between 2 locations
20. Ammo Factory - Basic: A basic ammo generator
21. Ammo Factory - Pierce: A pierce ammo generator
22. Ammo Factory - Explosion: A explosion ammo generator
23. Ammo Factory - Fuel: A fuel ammo generator for missile launchers

For Wire Users (Applies to all ents):
Inputs

1. Fire: Fires what the use key would normally do
2. Disable Use: Disables the use key for that ent (anti-minge protection)
3. Draw Beam: Draws a beam so you know where your weapon will hit

Outputs

1. Disable Use: Based on the input
2. Can Fire: Will output 1 when you can shoot the weapon
3. Shots Left: Calculates how many more shots you have with your weapon
4. Hit Ent: Will output 1 when it's trace hits an ent

I made all the effects. :D

Sounds cool

Thank you very much again again lol

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Looks like Gcombat now has some tough competition, I'm going to try this out.

where do i get svn and how do i use it

Hosting server when RD2 gets released.

It is released :)

Again, Razot, look here:
http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/s...9&postcount=20

LPine, your work on this makes me far more inclined to forgive you for past troubles. :D

He's a professional at effects. All he needs to do is finish a shield effect

I've been curious about the future of shields in SB. (And CDS) Have you got a good way to block bullets yet?

The new space shield will block ANY damage done to anything in the shields radius.

It won't always stop the effects though

Nice. That sounds like it should do the job nicely. Good work.

Official Download: http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=22345

Ok. This IS cool. Thanks a lot mate ;)

I set up the overlay text system

Does anyone else have a problem with Errors coming up when either damaging props or spawning CDS weapons?

Finally released.
But please get rid of the .svn revision info files in the Zip. There is no need to keep them and as more files you have in /addons, as slower GM starts up.

What are the errors?

I'm assuming Gcombat doesn't conflict with COmabt Damage System?

Just a little suggestion: I'm a person who dislikes any way of using Thinks, especially when it's looping through many entities.
How I see in CDS_Think() (ok it's more a timer :)), you are only updating the values for HP, armor and heat so you can get the specific values by doing the_entity.health.
Well, why not to edit the metatable of the Entity class instead? Pros: No need to update all entities values every second even when you don't need them. And you have always the latest values, not only after a second. Cons: None so far :)

local enttable = FindMetaTable("Entity");
if(enttable) then
	local meta = getmetatable(enttable);
	local old__index = meta.__index; -- I'm sure, garry uses a function for __index
	meta.__index = function(t,k)
		if(k == "health") then
			if(t:IsNPC() or t:IsPlayer()) then
				return t:Health();
			else
				return math.Clamp(rawget(t,k),0,t.maxhealth);
			end
			-- And so on :)
		else
			return old__index(t,k);
		end
	end
end

Note, I haven't tested the code above, but maybe you are getting the idea :)

The errors are :
Spawning Weapon -
entities/base_cds/init.lua:264: attempt to call global 'Wire_TriggerOutput' (a nil value)

Damaging props -
Error:[Scripted Entity Functon] entities/base_rd_entity/init.lua:34: attempt to index global 'ent' (a nil value)

could this be my Wiremod not working right? It's been a little wonky lately.

So does this basically replace GCombat? Or can they be used together?

Just use CDS for SB if you want to keep GCombat, the weapons in CDS are more suited for space than Gcombat. I would assume they confilict.

On second thought I may have found the problem. I had the older Space Anomalies (which i'm pretty sure was put into SB2 if i'm not mistaken) and my wiremod was installed incorrectly lol. I'm gonna fix those up and see if that fixes it.

I just svn committed a fix :)

Commited a fix for the base_rd_entity problem, will be in the next RD2 update.

I'll try the fix in a few moments. I rebooted my computer and am now updating and such.

Going to update the zip file with the updates in the morning.

Edit:

Also going to update the first post with some more detailed info then.

The fix works, thanks. I don't care much about the damage problem, i'm not that far into my SB2 exploration just yet haha.

I'll be making a new version of the anomalies after we're done patching the SB stuff and when I'm done genesis.

do you need to delete the old g-combat for this to work?

This is an entirely different thing then Gcombat.

So here's a question.

Is there any way to repair something that's been damaged?

I've just tested this and seen a problem - the props are INCREDIBLY STRONG or the guns are INCREDIBLY WEAK. One of the two.

Either way, it took 10 or so rockets to destroy a fridge. That's not right.

It's based on materials. Metal things should be hard to break otherwise minges will just blow every spaceship out of the atmosphere.

Oh JEEZ!... SB2, LS2, RD2, AND combat damage system!!!

This is just too much awesomeness all rolled up into one release day.

My head could really just explode right now.

And it would, if it weren't for those glorious svn functions.

Many many many thanks.

Will be added in one of the future updates(planned for version 1.1)

Going to update the normal download link with some small bugfixes in about 1 hour(version 1.0.1)

could you make a reinforcement type thing that increase the armor of props and props connected to it.

I agree, There should be a device to put more armor/health onto a prop.

How can i turn off CDS? I can't make a spaceship. All the props break.

When you go into space you need to use a space shield or temp regulator. Space is cold you know. If you really want to turn it off though, do this in console.

Can you please remove that annoying HP forcing thing on players? I do not want everyone having 100 HP as max.
Putting that down from my server until this has been changed.

I'm working on that now. It should be committed soon.
Done: SVN update

Version 1.0.1 will be released in a couple of hours(waiting for the RD2 update)

I don't know how far into the Space Shield you guys are but I would like to make a couple suggestions.

One being that you make it so projectiles (such as the RPG round) are destroyed on impact, kind of like the shield in the Stargate pack (which might I add is pretty freaking awesome!).

And two, you add some options as to how the shield functions, such as it's radius (I saw that's in wire but I think it should have a custom default setting as well) whether or not players or any other objects can penetrate it, and maybe some kind of effect when someone attacks it. You may not being able to prevent weapons fire from a SMG but it would be cool if an effect would appear where the shots would hit on the shield and not just the prop it's on.

I hope my suggestions help, and that they weren't already in consideration so I can feel good about myself ha ha.

Yeah, but if I fire a rocket (The SENT or regular weapon kind) at a fridge, chances are it's going to break if it were real.

Does it calculate armor by material and HP by weight? I can't see a cargo container and said fridge having the same HP.

Your right, armor is based on material and health is based on weight(and material in some cases)

It protects any props inside of it from being damaged. It blocks some stargate weapons as well as grenades and combine balls. I'm working on rpg but it's hard.

Alright guys, I think I noticed a pretty big bug with the CDS.

With it installed and enabled, anyone who gets killed always shows up as getting killed by #worldspawn. If you shoot a player and kill them, if an NPC kills them, or they get a toilet flung at them (:D) it shows up as #worldspawn. And many of my SWEPs like the AWP (normally a one shot kill) only do 25% damage. I will update my server to the SVN version so I can keep track of updates for when you fix it. Thanks!

P.S. Is it normal for the Heat guns, freeze guns, etc to only be fired once every like 20 seconds? Kind of bad for space battle.

I think it's bad to have inputs "Fire" AND "Disable fire". Can't we have a simple "Fire" input that when it's 1: fire and 0:stop fire.

Well i'm not gonna use this addon a lot, but that's interesting anyway. Also yes, i think they eat too much ammos :o And aimed props doesn't seem to take any damage but i need to test better maybe.

Talk to snake about that worldspawn bug.
For freeze guns it would be cheap to keep freezing a ship in space..

The worldspawn thing is something weird. I tried it out on npc's (sp) and players (mp). When killing an npc the correct name came up, but when killing players it's always showing worldspawn (or when using the CDS weapons).

I'm going to try to get it working in (almost) all circumstances, but it won't be easy (unless someone can help me find the problem)

Yeah, the kill notifications only work when you kill an NPC. Otherwise, any player killed by anything or anyone is a #worlspawn. Even getting killed by env_laser when the stargate turns on, shows up as #worlspawn and you flop to the ground rather than the sparky combine ball effect.

It isn't wired!? :4chan:

Wired and numpad

I tried this out, it's a pretty good competitor to GCombat, however I've found several bugs and have a suggestion or two.

A lot of the weapons and generators list an unneeded resource in their "bubble list" (the dialogue that pops up when aiming at a device) which makes things confusing. For example, the Pierce ammunition generator lists Fuel as one of its requirements.

The weapons seem to take far too long to reload after firing, except for the machine gun. This makes the machine gun the weapon of choice for pretty much everyone, since it works a lot faster and a lot more efficiently to destroy something.

I would suggest allowing people to use weapons to fire them default to zero instead of one, because it means that if you forget to wire it and disable it then anyone can just stroll up and fire it, usually leading to unwanted consequences.

Some more devastating weapons may be needed! I particularly liked the Shockwave weapon from GCombat (which causes a large explosion (about the size of a small planet) and pushes a lot of objects wildly, yet doesn't cause much damage).

(I also can't seem to receive the registration email for the MediaBong forum for SB2 development. No spam filters are enabled.)

I can't wait till the Mining mod comes out :D

SERVER: Timer Error: core/sv_cds_heat.lua:76: attempt to compare number with nil

I am getting that with constant spam of the console and it seems to conflict with SB2 due to myself floating in space without an air energy and coolant% meters at the bottom and breathing fine.

I tried removing all addons except for RD2 LS2 CDS and SB2 and I still get the error.

I removed the CDS addon and the error went away But I can still breathe in space and all the addons I have are LS2 RD2 and DODS, CSS content + Default_sent_pack

I am sure SB mode is enabled due to it saying Spacebuild2 LS-RD-SB Team on the score board

I am using the latest available download from garrysmod.org

Yea just found out, seems like the file got corrupted :s

can you fix it?

For now on, I will always keep a backup copy of the working SB files :D

Yea, tracking down now where the corruption happened.

Found it

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Nope, for some strange reason SVN added an unknown symbol at line 1 :s

Compared the last 3 SVN revisions where that file was in

It's only at the SVN?

tell me you have. I'm idle at the moment.

Fixed, update SVN, going to upload the fixed file now.

WOOP

I think I will have to agree with that statement.

Seems like you have taken garrys propspawn effect as example for the heat etc effects.

	local EyeNormal = self.Entity:GetPos() - EyePos()
	local Distance = EyeNormal:Length()
	EyeNormal:Normalize()
	
	local Pos = EyePos() + EyeNormal * Distance * 0.01
	cam.Start3D(Pos, EyeAngles())
		SetMaterialOverride(matIce)
			self.Entity:DrawModel()
		SetMaterialOverride(0)
		if (render.GetDXLevel() >= 80) then
			render.UpdateRefractTexture()
			matRefract:SetMaterialFloat("$refractamount", Fraction/16)
			SetMaterialOverride(matRefract)
				self.Entity:DrawModel()
			SetMaterialOverride(0)
		end
	cam.End3D()

You can reduce the calculation:

local EyeNormal = self.Entity:GetPos() - EyePos()
	
	local Pos = EyePos() + EyeNormal * 0.01

Before you have normalized the distance vector "EyeNormal" and then you multiplied it by it's length. That's similar to doing x*100/100. :)
And maybe, you can try using ENT:SetModelScale() instead of the cam.Start3D stuff. The cam3D stuff seems to have some clipping problems on props with certain materials. As far as I have seen, using ENT:SetModelScale() does not do that.

You have to remember though, not all servers have wire. In the case of a server not having wire, the only way to fire it is with E, and if you need wire to make that work... the guns are useless.

Wait, what are you saying isn't wired?

I'm really not pleased with you guys for a few reasons. It's not about "stealing my idea" or anything of the sort, as I would not really claim any sort of monopoly in damage systems, and my policy is "if you can do it better than me, then don't bother asking first".

The problem is that you've pretty much ignored the normal gmod dynamic. There's a reason that Gcombat is tough to use. I've been on servers where there were Gcombat sweps, and it really was like war of the servers. As soon as EVERY weapon deals damage to props... Goddammit. why did no one that requested that feature even THINK of how dumb your average player is?

To be brutally honest, I'm VERY impressed, but there's a reason that Gcombat has a bit of a learning curve. I'd rather hear than any day.

And now I must retreat to my lair to one up you. MWAHAHA!

Edit:

Just think: what do you get when you reward the destruction of a prop with cool special effects? REALLY HAPPY MINGEBAGS.

Just had the chance to try it out. The effects are wonderful and, with the most recent versions of RD2, LS2 and this, I noticed no errors.
However, the weapons themselves don't seem all that interesting in action, nor are they as powerful as they seem, like StickyNade said.

And really happy players. But I agree that all weapons affecting it is a little off. I'm thinking it'll be better if guns are controlled, but for those who won't have that luxury it can be a problem. A couple guys teaming up on your ship with only their handheld weapons can make even three shields useless. (I had three shields. That thing was a beast. What was its downfall? Turrets.)

Oh, and machinegun never did any damage for me. I donno, maybe I did it wrong. I just use disintegration anyway. A fusion reactor can sustain all you need for a near constant supply of disintegration.