Shooting with ped

[arezu]

When i create a ped and give it a weapon, and then i fire it, then it only fires for like 1 second and then it only shows the animation(doesn't give the effects of shooting).

  
--server side 
addCommandHandler("dude", 
function(thePlayer) 
    local gunner = createPed(0, 0, 0, 0) 
    giveWeapon(gunner, 31, 999999999, true) 
    local posX, posY, posZ = getElementPosition(thePlayer) 
    setElementPosition(gunner, posX + 2, posY, posZ) 
    triggerClientEvent("onRequestStartBlabla", thePlayer, gunner) 
    outputChatBox("gunner!") 
end) 
  
--client side 
local theDude = nil 
  
function shooter() 
    if(theDude == nil)then return end 
    local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(getLocalPlayer()) 
    if(vehicle == false)then return end 
    local isShooting = getControlState("vehicle_secondary_fire") 
    if(isShooting)then 
        setPedControlState(theDude, "fire", true) 
        outputChatBox("is shooting!") 
    else 
        setPedControlState(theDude, "fire", false) 
    end 
end 
  
  
addEvent("onRequestStartBlabla", true) 
addEventHandler("onRequestStartBlabla", getRootElement(),  
function(gunner) 
    theDude = gunner 
    addEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), shooter) 
end) 
  
  

i dont get any errors and i see the debug text i write in chatbox..

[DiSaMe]

That's MTA bug with peds. If the ped is streamed out when the weapon is given, the player will see him shooting only 1 bullet. I have reported this, but nobody seems to have paid attention.

[arezu]

Im pretty sure it works in slothbot...

[Slothman]

the trick is to re-give the weapon when the ped streams in.

[arezu]

ok, thanks.. i hope it works well

edit: it works perfectly

edit2: i attached the ped to the vehicle before triggering the client event, and then also changing rotation of ped onClientRender and setAimTarget(theDude, getPositionOffset(vehicle, 0, 5000, 0))

and getPositionOffset(vehicle, 0, 5000, 0) is a function i made and i get the position 5000 units in front of the vehicle.. it works and it shoots forward.. but when accelerate forwards, then the ped suddenly shoots in the opposite direction.. if i drive backwards then nothing like that happens..

I tried to change the aim target to the opposite direction, and tried driving backwards, but there was no change. (only happens when accelerating forwards..).

is there any way around this? i tried in mta 1.05 and 1.1

[Slothman]

are you just setting ped rotation, or are you setting their aim?

also, it seems like peds are shooting the wrong direction somethimes because they twist at the waist, but the bullets still go the right way, is that what your seeing?

[arezu]

are you just setting ped rotation, or are you setting their aim?

also, it seems like peds are shooting the wrong direction somethimes because they twist at the waist, but the bullets still go the right way, is that what your seeing?

Im setting both ped rotation and their aim, and yes, they twist the waist, but that doesn't change the direction the bullets go in.. because if i stay still, then their waist has the same rotation and the mullet has the same position as when accelerating.

so the only thing that changes is the direction the bullets goes in when accelerating. (aiming direction is not controllable when i am accelerating)

[Slothman]

hard to say what it might be without seeing the script. if you keep checking the position of the ped, does it update? attached objects used to have issues with updating position.

[arezu]

hard to say what it might be without seeing the script. if you keep checking the position of the ped, does it update? attached objects used to have issues with updating position.

I tried removing attachElements and instead set the ped position over the vehicle so the ped stands on the roof.. but the same problem remains.