Emitters

Projectile Emitters#

Projectile Emitters create projectiles at the end of the weapons muzzle that travel towards the players target location. There are many types of projectiles but the action of creating a projectile is generally fire and forget.

Volume Emitter#

A Volume Emitter finds targets that exist within a shape around or in front of the weapon. The most obvious example is a shotgun as using an overlap is more predictable and therefore better gameplay than spawning lots of projectiles with a random spread. Another use case could be a melee attack where the player intends to hit targets within a cone in front of the pawn.

Beam Emitter#

The Beam Emitter continuously deals damage to targets while the beam is active. This is handled with a trace or by sweeping a sphere depending on the beam radius.