spaceship/enemies/EnemyRangedWeaponComponent.gd

class_name EnemyRangedWeaponComponent
extends Node

# Same shape as VesselWeaponComponent, mirrored for an enemy: fires an
# EnemyProjectile at the nearest player ship's CURRENT position, not led,
# so a moving ship can dodge it.

var capability_id: String = "ranged_weapon"

@export var fire_range: float = 700.0
@export var fire_cooldown: float = 2.2
@export var projectile_speed: float = 260.0
@export var damage: int = 1

var fire_timer: float = 0.0
var projectile_scene: PackedScene = preload("res://enemies/EnemyProjectile.tscn")


func tick(delta: float) -> void:
	fire_timer -= delta
	if fire_timer > 0.0:
		return
	var enemy: Node2D = get_parent()
	var target: Node2D = _nearest_ship_in_range(enemy)
	if target == null:
		fire_timer = 0.25
		return
	var projectile: Area2D = projectile_scene.instantiate()
	# global_position: the projectile is reparented to root, a different
	# node than the enemy's own (possibly nested) parent, so local
	# position would be wrong the moment an enemy isn't a direct root
	# child - exactly the case #44 introduced (planet-surface hosting).
	projectile.position = enemy.global_position
	projectile.damage = damage
	projectile.speed = projectile_speed
	enemy.get_tree().root.add_child(projectile)
	projectile.launch(target.global_position - enemy.global_position)
	fire_timer = fire_cooldown


# #101: shoots at whatever EnemyTargets says it is coming for, so a sniper
# shells a depot rather than sitting in range of one doing nothing.
func _nearest_ship_in_range(enemy: Node2D) -> Node2D:
	var target: Node2D = EnemyTargets.nearest_target(self, enemy.global_position)
	if target == null:
		return null
	if enemy.global_position.distance_to(target.global_position) > fire_range:
		return null
	return target