Projectile that acts like a Molotov cocktail

[kimono]

Hello everyone,
I'd like Han to throw a fireball that transforms into a cloud of flames (a bit like the holy water weapon in Castlevania).

Here's how the throw is coded:

anim freespecial2 #Energy Ball shot
    fastattack 1
    jugglecost 5
    forcedirection -1
    delay    10
    offset    28 92
    bbox 14 8 30 84
    range 171 400
    sound    data/chars/han/voice/hanshot.wav
    hitfx data/sounds/aof2-199.wav
    jumpframe    0 4 0 0   
    frame    data/chars/han/shoot1.png
    frame    data/chars/han/shoot2.png
    frame    data/chars/han/shoot3.png
    frame    data/chars/han/shoot4.png
    delay    6
    attack1 22 14 30 19 2 0 0 0 5 12
    frame    data/chars/han/shoot5.png
    @cmd    shooter2 "hanshot" 77 68 2 1
    frame    data/chars/han/shoot5.png
    frame    data/chars/han/shoot5.png
    attack1 0
    frame    data/chars/han/shoot2.png
    frame    data/chars/han/shoot1.png
    frame    data/chars/han/jump.png   
    delay    20
    frame    data/chars/han/idle.png
    frame    data/chars/han/idle.png

And here is the projectile in question:

name    hanshot
health    1
type    npc
hostile player obstacle
candamage player obstacle
nomove 1 1
remove 0
noquake 1
falldie 1
jumpheight 2
jumpspeed  3
animationscript        data/scripts/escript.c

##ANIMATIONS#############################################################################

anim idle
    delay    1
    offset    11 9
    bbox 0 0 16 16
    attack1 0 0 16 16 2 1 0 0 0 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot1.png
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot1.png   

anim    attack1
    range 0 480
    fastattack 1
    delay    15
    offset    1 31
    attack1 1 24 15 7 2 1 0 0 0 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot2.png
    attack1 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot3.png
    attack1 0 8 47 23 2 1 0 0 0 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot4.png
    attack1 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot5.png
    attack1 0 8 64 23 2 1 0 0 0 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot6.png
    attack1 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot7.png
    attack1 0 8 64 23 2 1 0 0 0 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot8.png
    attack1 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot9.png
    attack1 32 8 30 23 2 1 0 0 0 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot10.png
    attack1 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot11.png
    attack1 46 24 15 7 2 1 0 0 0 0
    frame    data/chars/weapons/hanshot12.png
    attack1 0
    @cmd    suicide
    frame    data/chars/misc/empty.gif

Here's how the projectile behaves in video:

How could this projectile react immediately upon hitting the ground?
Thank you as always for your valuable advice

 

[O Ilusionista]

Instead of the shooter2() function, you should use toss(), as it will spawn the projectile as a bomb

void toss(void Bomb, float dx, float dy, float dz)
{ // Tossing bomb
   void self = getlocalvar("self");
   int Direction = getentityproperty(self, "direction");
   int x = getentityproperty(self, "x");
   int y = getentityproperty(self, "a");
   int z = getentityproperty(self, "z");


   if (Direction == 0){ //Is entity facing left?                
      dx = -dx; //Reverse X direction to match facing
   }
   projectile(Bomb, x+dx, z+dz, y+dy, Direction, 0, 1, 0);
}

 

[kimono]

Thanks O', I never would have thought that the way the projectile is launched could change its behavior!
Now I just need to make a few adjustments with this toss function and it'll be perfect

 

[O Ilusionista]

Thanks O', I never would have thought that the way the projectile is launched could change its behavior!

You are welcome bro. And read the manual about como behavior as they can have different animations for when the bomb hits something on air or on the ground

 

[kimono]

The perfect solution for this specific case was the tosser function, which allowed me to manage the projectile's speed as follows:

@cmd    tosser "hanshot" 77 68 0 1 -1 0

Thanks again O' for this great lead

 

[O Ilusionista]

which allowed me to manage the projectile's speed as follows:

ah, I use toss2() for that

void toss2(void Shot, float dx, float dy, float dz, float Vx, float Vy, float Vz)
{ // Shooting projectile
   void self = getlocalvar("self");
   int Direction = getentityproperty(self, "direction");
   int x = getentityproperty(self, "x");
   int y = getentityproperty(self, "a");
   int z = getentityproperty(self, "z");
   void vShot;

      if (Direction == 0){ //Is entity facing left?                 
      dx = -dx; //Reverse X direction to match facing
   }

    vShot = projectile(Shot, x+dx, z+dz, y+dy, Direction, 0, 1, 0);
    if (vShot){// safe check
    changeentityproperty(vShot, "velocity", Vx, Vz, Vy);
   if(Vy < 0){changeentityproperty(vShot, "base", 0);} //APPLY DEFAULT BASE VALUE FOR DOWNWARD SHOTS
   return vShot;
 }
}

Its almost the same thing of your tosser() function, but mine has a safe check and can be used on air too

void tosser(void Bomb, float dx, float dy, float dz, float Vx, float Vy, float Vz)
{ // Tossing bomb with desired speed
   void self = getlocalvar("self");
   int Direction = getentityproperty(self, "direction");
   int x = getentityproperty(self, "x");
   int y = getentityproperty(self, "a");
   int z = getentityproperty(self, "z");
   void Shot;

   if (Direction == 0){ //Is entity facing left?                 
      dx = -dx; //Reverse X direction to match facing
   }

   Shot = projectile(Bomb, x+dx, z+dz, y+dy, Direction, 0, 1, 0);
   tossentity(Shot, Vy, Vx, Vz);
   changeentityproperty(Shot, "speed", Vx);
}

 

[kimono]

The problem with this toss2 is that it no longer considers the projectile as a bomb.