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Controlling Object
2002-03-16, 4:00 PM #1
I'm attempting to modify force grip in such a way that the victim can be picked off the ground, and moved around by the player rotating. I was hoping this could be done via AttachThingToThingEx(), but apparently not. Any ideas?
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2002-03-16, 4:13 PM #2
I have tried that too ever since the idea came from JO. Anyway, I found no luck. Sorry.

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2002-03-16, 4:30 PM #3
Why won't it work? Some pseudocode:

Check if the player is on the ground. If he is, create a ghost slightly above him. Teleport him to the ghost and attach him to it with AttachThingToThingEx(). And add the 0x8 Attach Flag.

It seems like that would work.

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2002-03-16, 6:37 PM #4
But what about being able to move the victim sideways? For moving the victim upwards, creating a vector and ApplyForce() would be a better means, but my goal is to be able to actually move the victim sideways as well as up and down.
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2002-03-19, 5:53 AM #5
Ok, I see what you mean. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

Try something like:

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if(gthing == -1)
{
	gpos=VectorAdd(GetThingPos(victim), '0 0 0.2');
	gthing=CreateThingAtPos(LoadTemplate("+gtemp"), GetThingSector(victim), gpos, '0 0 0');
	ClearPhysicsFlags(victim, 0x1);
	TeleportThing(victim, gthing);
}

randpos=VectorAdd(VectorScale(RandVec(), 0.1), gpos);
lvec=VectorNorm(VectorSub(randpos, GetThingPos(victim)));
ApplyForce(victim, VectorScale(lvec, 50));


I tested this with actors in SP and used AIClearMode(victim, 0xfff) to stop the AI.

Good luck. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.
2002-03-19, 2:18 PM #6
What what that look like in the Force Grip cog?
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