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Contents 1 Parent: ACraft 2 Properties 2.1 ClassName 2.2 RightEngine 2.3 LeftEngine 2.4 RightThruster 2.5 LeftThruster 3 Functions 3.1 DetectObstacle 3.2 GetAltitude

Parent: ACraft

Concrete Class. A hovering craft, with two engines on each attached on each end which tilt independently of the body to achieve steering.

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Properties

ClassName

The class name of this Entity.A string with the friendly-formatted type name of this object.

RightEngine

Read-only property. The right side engine.An AEmitter pointer.

LeftEngine

Read-only property. The left side engine.An AEmitter pointer.

RightThruster

Read-only property. The right side secondary thruster.An AEmitter pointer.

LeftThruster

Read-only property. The left side secondary thruster.An AEmitter pointer.

Functions

DetectObstacle

Checks for obstacles in the travel direction.

Arguments:

• How far ahead of travel direction to check for obstacles.

Return value:

Which MOID was detected as obstacle. g_NoMOID means nothing was detected.

GetAltitude

Gets the altitide of this' pos (or appropriate low point) over the terrain, in pixels.

Arguments:

• The max altitude you care to check for. 0 Means check the whole scene's height.
• The accuracy within which measurement is acceptable. Higher number here means less calculation.

Return value:

The rough altitude over the terrain, in pixels.

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