ZylonBane on 23/1/2008 at 01:30
Quote Posted by flexbuster
The plasma rifle is also quite useful, I think. Yeah, it kills you a lot, but isn't that half the fun?!
No.
flexbuster on 23/1/2008 at 05:47
I see you're living up to your title.
I sort of like the fact that the plasma rifle is dangerous and bounces off things because it mixes up the action a bit. You can do a *lot* with it, and on the other hand, you have to think a bit more before doing so. So no, I don't literally think that blowing yourself up is fun, but you're ZylonBane, so I probably should have expected a snarky, nearly content-free remark as opposed to anything constructive.
RocketMan on 25/1/2008 at 18:18
I just realized something. I know the enemies are nothing more than sprites but they SEEM to have 3d physics boundaries (maybe they do). Is this true? I ask because when I use the plasma rifle, I kill myself so often that I learned to hit enemies on the very edge (left or right side) and when I do, the ball ricochettes off at an angle and travels away from me. If the hit area on an enemy was just a plane or something then it shouldn't matter where I hit the enemy. It should just bounce back and kill me every time but it doesn't. What's up with this?
Trance on 25/1/2008 at 18:52
It probably works the same way Breakout's paddle does.
DiegoCyborg on 31/1/2008 at 20:18
Or maybe they use a bounding sphere for collision detection instead of just checking against the plain sprite.
Trance on 1/2/2008 at 11:24
Uh-oh....
Looks like you didn't kill Diego Cyborg after all, pukey. HE'S COMIN FOR YA >: D
DiegoCyborg on 1/2/2008 at 15:50
Haha! *turninglaserrapierson* :ebil:
