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Test surface object's standing on.

2004-11-08, 1:04 PM #1

Edward

Hammer and Nail Computing

Posts: 2,330

Hi!
I have this object (table on wheeles) and I wish to test the floor it stands on for special flags. I've flagged some surfaces with unused flags so I can give the sound effect of grated floors. I believe you've had a shopping cart and you've pushed it over a grate where you wipe your shoes before enering the super market. Well, I have a theory on how to get this sound easily, if I could just test the surface flags.

/Edward

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2004-11-08, 2:08 PM #2

Edward

Hammer and Nail Computing

Posts: 2,330

Not the touching part... Just the standing (attached to floor)...

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2004-11-09, 8:29 AM #3

Edward

Hammer and Nail Computing

Posts: 2,330

Hm... That could be an idea... Only, some rooms have more than one sector in them and the object won't reach all the way down...

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2004-11-09, 9:06 PM #4

ZeqMacaw

Merciless Admin of JKHub

Posts: 402

Funny...I have worked on this type of detection, and here is the main part of what I have:

Quote:

// Need FireProjectile, so dummyPlayer does not explode on player.
dummyFeet = FireProjectile(player, toucher_tpl, -1, -1, '0 0 0',
'0 0 0', 0, 0, 0, 0);
ClearThingFlags(dummyFeet, 0x80000); // Enable thing.
ClearThingFlags(dummyFeet, 0x400000); // Disable sector thrust.
SetPhysicsFlags(dummyFeet, 0x2); // Enable thing thrust.
// ClearThingFlags(dummyFeet, 0x10); // Show thing.
CaptureThing(dummyFeet);
SetThingModel(dummyFeet, GetThingModel(player));
TeleportThing(dummyFeet, player); // Orient same as player.
SetThingCollideSize(dummyFeet, 0.001);
SetThingMoveSize(dummyFeet, 0.001);
SetThingThrust(dummyFeet, '0 0 -1000'); // Thrust "downwards".

This part is simple; except for it to work, it needs to use a modified version of the 'touched message' code (in the thread to which Arden linked). The way all of this works is a little complicated, and I don't have the time (yet) to post it. Maybe the code snippet above will help until I do post it.

If you email me or reply in this thread with interest in the code, I will make the posting of the code a priority over my other JK projects.