A laser between 2 actors?

orseoste7o

Hey everybody, noob at GS here.
How do i have a laser appear between 2 different actors?
I know one way is too have of the objects create lots of little objects that move directly towards the other object, resulting in a thick 'beam' but that looks pretty bad. So does anybody know any other ways of having a laser (that things can collide with) appear between two actors?
Im pretty sure one way would be to have an actor somehow stretch its self between the two actors, but i have no idea how i can achieve that.

Can anybody help me?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

When I do something like that I create an animation and spawn it. If you checkout the cookbook videos look for the one on making a health bar. You could modify that to act like a lazer. It shows you how to make a bar shrink and grow.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

The_Gamesalad_Guru

@orseoste7o Here is a lazer animation I just put together. If you like it it's yours just tell me your email and I'll send you a zip of the animation pngs.

mynameisace

I made this for if you want a bar type laser instead:

http://mynameisace.com/files/GSLasers.gameproj.zip

You can drag the endpoint whatever distance away you like.

I do like @FryingBaconStudios's laser animation though

Ace

RThurman

@orseoste7o said:
Im pretty sure one way would be to have an actor somehow stretch its self between the two actors, but i have no idea how i can achieve that.
Can anybody help me?

To have a 'beam' actor show up between two actors you need to do three things. 1)position the beam halfway between the two actors, 2) rotate the beam so that each end is pointing at an actor, and 3)stretch the beam so that it is long enough for its ends to touch both actors.

Here is a demo GS project that shows how to create a quick and dirty laser beam:
http://speedy.sh/bmrSU/QandD-Laser.zip

You can click and drag the two box actors around and the laser beam will track their positions.

Hope this helps!
RThurman


Edit: I see that mynameisace posted one while I was making this one. It will be fun to open up his and compare methods! Its always fun to learn new ways of doing things.

mynameisace

This is like response heaven for @orseoste7o haha

Ace

orseoste7o

Ace, i can't agree more

Thanks to everybody being so helpful, i figured out how to do it. Thanks everyone!

Clouds

Anyone know how to skin a cat ?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Yeah use a sharp knife.