BallSystem: use weapon aim direction for melee, apply damage before arming bomb #81

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cammymoop merged 1 commit from feature/ball-melee-fixes into master

2026-03-05 14:54:19 -06:00

claude commented

2026-03-05 14:53:27 -06:00

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Summary

Melee hit direction now uses (the actual aim direction) instead of the ball-to-player position difference; affects velocity redirect, bounce direction, and big-ball split fan angle
balls now take 1 HP damage on melee hit; bomb is only armed if the ball survives (a ball that dies from the hit is not armed)
Caches alongside ; cleared on player death

Test plan

gdlint passes
Headless run exits cleanly
Balls deflect in the weapon aim direction, not toward/away from player body
Standard ball at 1 HP dies on melee hit without detonating as a bomb
Standard ball at 2 HP takes damage and is armed after melee hit

## Summary - Melee hit direction now uses (the actual aim direction) instead of the ball-to-player position difference; affects velocity redirect, bounce direction, and big-ball split fan angle - balls now take 1 HP damage on melee hit; bomb is only armed if the ball survives (a ball that dies from the hit is not armed) - Caches alongside ; cleared on player death ## Test plan - [x] gdlint passes - [x] Headless run exits cleanly - [ ] Balls deflect in the weapon aim direction, not toward/away from player body - [ ] Standard ball at 1 HP dies on melee hit without detonating as a bomb - [ ] Standard ball at 2 HP takes damage and is armed after melee hit

claude added 1 commit

2026-03-05 14:53:28 -06:00

Fix melee aim direction and bomb-arming damage in BallSystem 8278884f71

- _apply_melee now uses weapon_pivot.global_rotation (actual aim dir)
  instead of the ball-to-player position difference
- can_bomb balls now take 1 HP damage on melee hit; only armed as a
  bomb if they survive (dead balls cannot be armed)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>