Third time isn't the charm

[Descent_pilot]

I can't create a cog. I have three particle things and I want two of them to rotate around the middle one at two different orbit paths.
Top View
. <------ This needs to
. <---- rotate around this
. <- And this needs to also

I can create most of the cogs for my projects, but this one has me stuck. It's probably something small, but I can't find out what. http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif Give me some help please.

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[gbk]

Not cog, PAR.

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[Descent_pilot]

No it has to be three seperate particles. The outside ones have to have different orbits, so its cogging.
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[This message has been edited by Descent_pilot (edited May 20, 2002).]

[gbk]

Oh.

You could use tiny 2d-3d0s and run the 'Rotatepiviot' command around a center ghost...

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[Descent_pilot]

GBK, I'm not quite shure what you mean here. Are you saying to use sprites instead?

I don't quite get how to set up the rotatepivot cogging command and using it in the level. I'm a bit of an advanced cogger, but that's one of the few things I really have trouble with when cogging. http://forums.massassi.net/html/redface.gif

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[This message has been edited by Descent_pilot (edited May 21, 2002).]

[gbk]

Well, sprites would work...

The rotatepiviot command is actully a cinch to use. . . Just remember, the object actully has to have a frame0 for it to work.

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I used to believe that we only want what we can't have. I was wrong. The truth is, the wonderful truth is, we only want what we think we can't have.

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[Descent_pilot]

Would this work GBK?

# Jedi Knight Cog Script
#
# PLANETS.COG
#
# Makes the moons rotate around a planet
#
# [YB]
#
# (C) 1997 LucasArts Entertainment Co. All Rights Reserved


symbols

thing moon1
thing moon2
flex time

message startup

end

# ================================================== ======================================

code

startup:
RotatePivot(moon1, 1, time);
RotatePivot(moon2, 1, time);
Return;

end

and have the moons frame 1 at the planet's center? For a flat rotation around the planet, would a PYR of 0/0/0 work, or 0/45/0?

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[gbk]

Close, but no. The objects would only rotate once.

Examine the following cog. It is the simplest one can make a rotpiv cog...



#05/2002 GBK - Packman573@aol.com
Symbols
Message Startup
Message Arrived
Thing Ghost
Flex Time=1
End
Code
Startup:
Sleep(1);
Arrived:
Rotatepivot(Ghost, 0, Time);
Stop;
End


And why are you asking me if it would work? Are you incapable of testing it for yourseself? http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif


You have the basic idea down... The frames of the objects should be at the center of the rotation, just remember to add '360' to the Y axis in the frame value.

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[Descent_pilot]

When I asked "Would this work?" I couldn't test it at the time. I was at a library computer. I have to go, I haven't tested it yet, GBK, but I will as soon as I get back from school, and I'll reply agian. Just wanted to clear that up. http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif

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[Descent_pilot]

Here's the cog I used, it didn't work. http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif

# Jedi Knight Cog Script
#
# PLANETS.COG
#
# Makes the moons rotate around a planet
#
# [YB]
#
# (C) 1997 LucasArts Entertainment Co. All Rights Reserved


symbols

thing moon1
thing moon2
flex time

message startup
message arrived

end

# ================================================== ======================================

code
Startup:
Sleep(.25);
Arrived:
RotatePivot(moon1, 0, time);
RotatePivot(moon2, 0, time);
Return;
end

The frame 0 for the moons is the same posistion as the planet, but the PYR for them is 0/360/0. What did I do wrong? What could I change?

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[gbk]

Do your JED objects have 'numframes' values? If not, add them, and make em '1'

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I used to believe that we only want what we can't have. I was wrong. The truth is, the wonderful truth is, we only want what we think we can't have.

JK editing resources (http://www.tbns.net/GBK/ol/index.htm).

[Descent_pilot]

GBK, I tried everything. NUMFRMAES is set to 1, read over both of the cogs again. Frame 0 for each of the moons has a PYR of 0/360/0. This is making me so mad! http://forums.massassi.net/html/mad.gif

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