Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
6.1.2.1
Script Breakdown
The BaseWeaponScript class derives from MonoBehavior:
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class BaseWeaponScript : MonoBehavior
{
public virtual void Start()
{
Init();
}
Init() begins by grabbing a reference to the transform and to the layer at which this
gameObject with this script attached to is set. This will be used to disable collisions
between the layer of the weapon and the actual projectile so that the projectile does not
just explode as soon as it is instantiated:
public virtual void Init()
{
// cache the transform
myTransform= transform;
// cache the layer (we'll set all projectiles to avoid this
// layer in collisions so that things don't shoot
// themselves!)
myLayer= gameObject.layer;
// load the weapon
Reloaded();
}
The Enable() and Disable() functions set the Boolean variable canFire to true and
false, respectively. This will be checked elsewhere in the code before allowing any projec-
tile firing. Note that the visual representation of the weapon is not hidden here; that task is
left to the slot control script to deal with rather than to the weapon itself:
public virtual void Enable()
{
canFire=true;
}
public virtual void Disable()
{
canFire=false;
}
When the weapon is fired, the assumption is made that it will not be loaded for a
certain period of time (otherwise, you could, in theory, fire out thousands of projectiles
each second). To keep track of when the weapon is in a loaded state, this script uses the
