Essentials Series/Boulders

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This page is part of the Essential Series modding tutorials. A Boulder (BOUL) is an entity asset that creates a model in the world which follows a physics algorithm for a ball. Boulders can exist by themselves or be generated through events. BOULs are usually found in the Default layer of the level's HIP.

Using Boulders

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Events

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Boulder Generator

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Events

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Launch Boulder At Widget

Launches a boulder towards a widget.

Parameters

Widget must be one of the following types:

• VIL
• PLYR
• PKUP
• PLAT
• DOOR
• SIMP
• MVPT
• HANG
• BUTN
• DSTR
• BOUL

#	Name	Description
1	Time	This is (on average) how much time in seconds it should take for the boulder to reach the widget. Shorter times = faster/straighter shots, longer times = slower/higher shots.
2	Range	This adds randomness to the boulder generator's aim. A random offset between -Range and +Range is applied to the boulder's target position. For example if Range is 5 and the widget is at (50,100,50), the boulder will be launched at a random position between (45,95,45) and (55,105,55).

Launch Boulder At Point

Launches a boulder towards a 3D point.

Parameters

#	Name	Description
1	X	X coordinate of the point.
2	Y	Y coordinate of the point.
3	Z	Z coordinate of the point.
4	Time	This is (on average) how much time in seconds it should take for the boulder to reach the point. Shorter times = faster/straighter shots, longer times = slower/higher shots.

Launch Boulder At Player

Launches a boulder towards the player.

Parameters

#	Name	Description
1	Time	This is (on average) how much time in seconds it should take for the boulder to reach the player. Shorter times = faster/straighter shots, longer times = slower/higher shots.
2	Predict Factor	This is how "smart" the boulder generator is, meaning how much it will try to launch the boulder in the direction the player is moving. A value of 0.0 = disabled (doesn't take the player's movement into account). A value of 1.0 = perfect aim (follows player's movement 1:1).
3	Range	This adds randomness to the boulder generator's aim. A random offset between -Range and +Range is applied to the boulder's target position. For example if Range is 5 and the player is at (50,100,50), the boulder will be launched at a random position between (45,95,45) and (55,105,55).