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missile

Mechanic: Missile

The missile skill is similar to the projectile skill. Missiles however are homing and will track down their targets. The available syntax is very similar to that of the projectile skill, too, but has some distinct differences. Missiles cannot be summoned as the "METEOR"-type and cannot hug the surface. However you can edit the inertia, add an onStart-skill and specify wether or not the missiles can only hit their targets.

Added in 4.10

Missiles can now target locations
Added targetYoffset to missile mechanic

Attributes

Attribute	Aliases	Description	Default Value
Inertia	in	Sets the "turning-rate" of the missile. Lower values make the missile turn around faster. Use big numbers (10-100) when trying to make your missiles turn slowly.	1.5
onTick	oT	Meta-Skill executed every [interval] ticks at the projectile's origin location.	None
onHit	oH	Meta-Skill executed when the projectile hits something. Targets hit are inherited by the meta-skill.	None
onEnd	oE	Meta-Skill executed when the projectile ends.	None
onStart	oS	Meta-Skill executed when the projectile starts.	None
Interval	i, int	How often (in ticks) the projectile update	4
HorizontalRadius	hRadius, hR, r	The horizontal radius entities will be hit in around the projectile.	1.25
VerticalRadius	vRadius, vR	The vertical radius entities will be hit in around the projectile.	Horizontal Radius
MaxDuration	md	The max duration (in ticks) the projectile will persist.	100
MaxRange	mr	The maximum range (in blocks) the projectile will travel.	40
Velocity	v	The velocity of the projectile	5
StartYOffset	syo	Start Y Offset - Lets you offset where on the casting mob the projectile shoots from.	+1
StartFOffset	sfo	Start Forward Offset - How far in front of the mob the projectile starts	+1
TargetYOffset	tyo	Target Y Offset - Lets you offset where on the target the projectile shoots at.	+1
HitPlayers	hp		true
HitNonPlayers	hnp		false
HitTarget	ht		true
HitTargetOnly			false
StopAtEntity	sE	Whether the projectile will stop upon hitting a targetable entity.	true
StopAtBlock	sB	Whether the projectile will stop upon hitting an opaque block.	true
HugSurface	hs	Whether or not the projectile should move along the ground.	false
PowerAffectsRange	par	Whether a mob's power level affects the projectile's range.	true
PowerAffectsVelocity	pav	Whether a mob's power level affects the projectile's velocity.	true
fromOrigin	fo	Whether the missile should start from its origin	false

"fromOrigin" was added in version 2.3

Examples

This example shoots a missile that looks like a thin trail of flames with a high turning rate. It bursts into a powerful explosion upon hitting its target.

# Mob File
Mob:
  Type: ZOMBIE
  Skills:
  - skill{s=Homer} @target ~onTimer:100

# Skills File
Homer:
  Skills:
  - missile{ot=Homer_TICK;oh=Homer_HIT;v=4;i=1;hR=1;vR=1;in=0.75}

Homer_TICK:
  Skills:
  - effect:particles{p=flame;a=1} @origin

Homer_HIT:
  Skills:
  - effect:particles{p=lava;a=50;hS=1;vS=1}
  - effect:sound{s=entity.generic.explode;v=1;p=0}
  - damage{a=1337;i=false}