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• My solution to Ice charge weaponsSootyHere is my solution to the challenge. After checking the solution, I didn't like how if you had a time of 3 and a damage of 2 , the result would be 8. So I modified it. It seems to work watching the numbers being output in the console ```gdscript extends Weapon var current_charge : float = 0.0 var charge_value : float = 1.0 var max_charge : float = 3.0 var charge_damage : float = 2.0 @onready var gpu_particles_2d: GPUParticles2D = %GPUParticles2D func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void: if Input.is_action_pressed("action_shoot"): gpu_particles_2d.emitting = true if current_charge < max_charge: current_charge += clampf(charge_value,0.0,max_charge) * delta print(current_charge) if Input.is_action_just_released("action_shoot"): gpu_particles_2d.emitting = false _shoot() current_charge = 0 func _spawn_bullet ()-> void: var _new_bullet : Node = bullet_scene.instantiate() get_tree().current_scene.add_child(_new_bullet) if current_charge < 1.0: current_charge = 1.0 _new_bullet.damage = floor(charge_damage * current_charge) print(_new_bullet.damage) _new_bullet.global_position = global_position _new_bullet.global_rotation += global_rotation _new_bullet.max_range = max_range _new_bullet.speed = speed _new_bullet.scale = Vector2.ONE * current_charge _new_bullet.rotation += randf_range(-random_angle/2.0, random_angle/2.0) ``` 3 0 Mar. 23, 2025
• Issue with second weaponkazaHi! I'm getting little confused on creating a second weapon. Here is the thing: - I've created the second scene, a copy of weapon scene and I keep the main node (Node2D) with two sprites (of hands), I put a Timer, but I attached a new script on the root node that extends of Weapon and inside it i've coded only the _*physics*_proccess. What happens is that regardless i don't instantiate the second weapon, same way the engine is calling _*physics*_process of the secondary weapon. I'm doing something wrong? What i miss? Tks in advance. 8 0 Feb. 23, 2025
• Why divide the max_spread_angle by 2?silent-meerkatwhy did you do randf_range(-max_spread_angle / 2.0, max_spread_angle / 2.0) instead of setting the max_spread_angle to PI/6 ? 1 0 Feb. 17, 2025
• What is a good way of creating ice bulletsperiodic-spoonbillPersonally I created a new node with the same system as the 'normal' bullets (but with different sprites and sounds) and then I attached the same script as the 'normal' bullets to it. It seems a bit makeshift, so not sure if that's a good way to do it or if I should have just made bullet more generalised. 3 0 Feb. 06, 2025
• How do I use the created scripts?ram876Hello! I have a problem understanding the assignment. In the challenges, you prompt to create a script and write the logic of a new weapon there. I have 2 questions. 1) If I'm only writing a script with new logic, how do I use it when shooting? In this case, do I need to create an exported variable for the weapon, first removing it from the player's scene, and then, when selecting pickups, load this script using load/preload? 2) Judging by your examples of solving challenges, you have created not only a script, but a whole scene with your script. Did you mean that in the challenges? 6 0 Jan. 06, 2025
• Accessing nodes elsewherePaulI decided to spice up the automatic shooting weapon by making it fire really fast but have a heat build-up mechanic. I got this to work but I think I've either forgotten an important lesson or I've not fully understood accessing/getting references to nodes elsewhere in the scene tree. Here's a short demo of what I mean: [https://youtu.be/Tc7qLQdVm4g?si=plzQ8L76fkHdBHau](https://youtu.be/Tc7qLQdVm4g?si=plzQ8L76fkHdBHau) So, it works. I want the 'heat' `ProgressBar` node part of the Player, alongside the health bar in my node structure, but I want to handle the overheating mechanics in the weapon with the rest of the weapon code, nested deeper down in the Player scene. I was struggling to work out the best way to do this - it seems like a simple thing but for some reason I'm puzzled by it. I got it to work using: ```gdscript @onready var heat_bar: ProgressBar = get_node("../../../HeatBar") ``` to get a reference to the heat bar from the weapon (up several levels, then across). Would this be the best way to achieve this? By using a relative path rather than absolute, it certainly seems less prone to breaking later on, but I'm still not sure if this would be the recommended method. 2 0 Dec. 31, 2024
• An error in the bullet spread scriptKetanI noticed that in the "shotgun" version of the weapon wasn't playing any sound when shooting and I did some research, apparently the `shoot_audio` var was always null Turns out you can't access export variables from an extended scene, I tried to load it at runtime but Godot at the moment doesn't support loading .wav files at runtime The only solution I found was to add a new @onready var in the shotgun weapon scene with a new AudioStreamPlayer node, I'm curious if the there're any other ways I could solve this? 2 0 Dec. 24, 2024
• Charging Ice ParticlesMarcJI've added the charging particles for the ice fist but when I looked at your version of the code I see you used an AnimationPlayer to start the particles. I assumed that you used it to intensify the particles as you charge but when I tried it I found that the particles restarted if you changed any of the values and from a bit of reading it seems that's the expected behavior. So I'm just curious to know what you are doing with the AnimationPlayer? 6 0 Dec. 22, 2024