Summer Cleaning

It’s time for cleaning out messy hacks! When I write code sometimes I just had to get the job done first, then clean up, resulting in all the WTFs you can see in this place, prompting the rewrite of the entire code base. Of course, the current rewrite is not perfect and there are still horribly mangled code hiding among the current code, such as the timer, and non-commented code, and a misplaced equals sign in Bullet Handle, which caused the weapon pointer not to cycle correctly, so some cleaning is still needed.
I’ve also uploaded all the models so any graphic developer can upload their models into the repository.
Unfortunately though, I have not completed the rewrite of the GUI components so the current build will only have a rudimentary movements, shooting ability and bird eye’s view.
With a departure from previous concepts, we have new code:

Zoid (with it’s components that should be initialised) #

• Transform: Initial rotation is 0,0,0
• Animation: Default animation is idle, run, walk, jump, quickstepL, quickstepR
• Rigidbody: Default mass is 35. Use Gravity flagged true. Rotation is frozen across three axes.
• Motion_Mech: Script to move zoid.
• Status_Mech: Used with individual colliders in each machine parts and their respective “Parts_Mech” script components.
• Weapon_Handle: Used with individual weapons as children in the zoid body, with their respective “Bullet_Handle” script components, which in turn handles bullets with “Bullet_Mech” script components

Main (created from Empty GameObject) #

• Player View: target is set to the one with “player” tag.
• Sound Handle: Used with “Sound_Mech” script component on Speaker prefab to play multiple sounds.
• Main_Mech: Script to strip multiple instances of main to one.

MainCamera (default main camera) #

• Camera_Handle: Handles states of camera follow.
• Follow_Mech: Simple follow script.
• Bird_Mech: Enable 360 degree view of the map when camera rotates around zoid.

Currently I have made a machine gun and a missile launcher for testing purposes, and the next agenda on my list is the GUI for showing weapon activated.

Weapon (created from empty GameObject) #

• Transform: Initial local rotation can be 0,0,0
• Weapon_Mech: Holds the weapon state, for differentiating the weapon from the body, and the texture for the weapon thumbnail.
• Bullet_Handle: Handles the actual shooting of the bullet.

Bullet (any GameObject with a collider) #

• Rigidbody
• Trail Renderer
• AudioSource: Place gunshot sound in here, to be played when the bullet in alive.
• Bullet_Mech: Script to process bullet movements, damage dealing, and explosion on impact sounds.

A6yog has informed me that there will be a new coder in our team (Harris Piech), while I’ve not communicated with him, I’m a little excited at having someone else to help.

Godspeed us all.