Ive finally gotten around to writing the TVTCS Door Module.. (Its about time, isnt it... ) But first, I wanted to test an actual door, in an actual door frame. So, I modified my POC to do this. I had to jimmy the template to get it work, but the problem is, it doesnt squish the player when it comes down. It just goes right through him like its set to collide 0 (Which, of course, it isnt).


My question is, what is a quick and easy way to detect object collision in cases like this? Or, more importantly, how would I squish the player if he is under the door? (Other than getthingsector()...)


For clarity, Ill give out my POC templates...



The collide=3 was an appempt of mine to correct the problem...


Im sure I could figure it out on my own, but my time is getting more and more limited...

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Hmmm... try making it a structure.

Also, perhaps re-parsearging the collid- *is smacked*

And anyway, maybe I shouldn't be helping you... *squints* ;]

How bout this? This will react to an actor or the player.

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Unfortunatly, that would also call the code if the player simply bumped into the door.

I could do a mixture of that and sector checking...


*Loads Notepad*

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Problably not...


DP, your method doesnt work. Mainly because the engine doesnt call Touched or Entered when it hits the player.


But, the good news is, I solved the problem.


Inside the door class cog's pulse (The pulse that actully controlls the doors movement), I placed this code. Its only run when the door is on the downward motion, though...





In a nutshell, as the door is travelling downward, it checks every 0.01 seconds (The pulse speed) To see if it is within the player's height. If it is, and the player is also in the door's sector, it applies a random amount of damage, and kicks the player in one of two directions. (Either side of the door).


Bingo, problem solved. Thank you gentlemen, and goodnight...

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I swear it did. oh well... I guess I'll go off and do some cogs 'n' levels.

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In any normal case, sure, it would. But these objects Im dealing with have really screwed up flags, so they dont always act the way you'd expect them to.

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Something like this should work. You will have to play with the offsets probably.

thing door
flex damage=100.0
flex yoffset=0.01
flex xoffset=0.01
flex zoffset=0.01

int target local
vector doorvec local
vector targvec local
***

touched:
if(GetSourceRef() != door) return;
target=GetSenderRef();
if(target != GetLocalPlayerThing()) return;

targvec=GetThingPos(target);
doorvec=GetThingPos(door);

if((VectorY(doorvec) +yoffset >= VectorY(targvec)) || (VectorY(doorvec) -yoffset >= VectorY(targvec))
{
if((VectorX(doorvec) +Xoffset >= VectorX(targvec)) || (VectorX(doorvec) -xoffset >= VectorX(targvec))
{
if((VectorZ(doorvec) +zoffset >= VectorZ(targvec)) || (VectorZ(doorvec) -zoffset >= VectorZ(targvec))
{
DamageThing(target, damage);
}
else
{
call open_door;
}
}
else
{
call open_door;
}
}
else
{
call open_door;
}


-Greven

*Edit*

Note to self: read entire post before posting. Kthx ignore this.

[This message has been edited by Evil_Greven (edited July 18, 2002).]

Im afraid I dont quite understand why you are going to such leanghts to attain such a simple value.


Regardless, your code wouldnt work, as I said before, the engine isnt calling Touched or Entered... If it did, it would problably also collide properly...

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[This message has been edited by GBK (edited July 18, 2002).]

*whew* for a moment I thought that was Greven il-Vec. (ye vets will know what I'm talking about)

I once went by that name, a long time ago, in a Zone far away.

Ah, it isn't? How odd. Ah well, least you got it to work.

-Greven