SpiritMacardi

Yeah, I've done this using the character physics and SetInput function. You could probably alter this for rigid body physics, but I haven't tried myself. Just be sure to have this code execute after the SetInput function. Otherwise you can end up with the character being catapulted across the screen.

Trying to set the velocity never worked for me with the character controller, hence why I used AddForce. This does work for jumping too though; I made sure that this script wouldn't interfere with the Y axis, only adjust the Z and X. As for the full script and examples, I'll hopefully have something to show off soon.

So when I started working with Leadwerks, my goal was to make a 2.5D platformer. I'd been making some great progress in that regard, mainly by using Pivots to create a movement path (pressing a direction makes the player turn and move toward one of two pivots, and once a pivot is reached the next/previous set of pivots in the sequence are swapped in). Now one issue had become a big problem, and it's one which I've seen others here struggle with as well: being pushed off-path by objects in the player's path. This problem nearly made me scrap my progress and switch to a different engine... But I found out how to fix it! This method doesn't exactly "lock" the movement axis, but rather applies a sort of rubberband effect when the player gets too far off-course. The code isn't as streamlined as it could be, since I only just made it, but it works and I want to share it with others who may have been dealing with the same problem. If you have any questions, feel free to ask! distanceRight = self.entity:GetDistance(self.rightPath) distanceLeft = self.entity:GetDistance(self.leftPath) local correctionP = Vec3(self.entity:GetPosition(true).x - self.leftPath:GetPosition(true).x, 0, self.entity:GetPosition(true).z - self.leftPath:GetPosition(true).z) local correctionW = Vec3(self.rightPath:GetPosition(true).x - self.leftPath:GetPosition(true).x, 0, self.rightPath:GetPosition(true).z - self.leftPath:GetPosition(true).z) correctionP = correctionP / correctionP:DistanceToPoint(Vec3(0, 0, 0)) correctionW = correctionW / correctionW:DistanceToPoint(Vec3(0, 0, 0)) correctionP:Normalize() correctionW:Normalize() local correctionD = (correctionP * distanceLeft) if correctionD:DistanceToPoint(correctionW * distanceLeft) > 0.1 then local correction = Vec3((correctionW.x * distanceLeft) - correctionD.x, 0, (correctionW.z * distanceLeft) - correctionD.z) correction = correction * self.moveSpeed self.entity:AddForce(correction, true) end

I hadn't gotten any errors, and I just tried your suggestion and I'm still not getting any results. Scratch that! I just got a working raycast by simply setting the GetPosition() commands to true!

First of all, hey everyone! I'm new to the forums, and I've been using/learning Leadwerks since the beginning of this year. It's been my first ever experience with making games, and I love how easy to use the engine is. Anyway, I've hit a bit of a snag in my current endeavors. Basically, I'm trying to have it so that the character of my game attacks using a sphere that appears, moves forward a set amount, and then returns and vanishes once more. To detect a hit, I figured it would make sense to have a raycast that projects from the start point of the sphere out to its current position, but it fails to detect anything. I'll leave a copy of my code below, and hopefully someone will be able to tell me what I'm doing wrong and how I can correct it. Script.player = "" --entity "Player" Script.ringStart = "" --entity "Start position" Script.ringEnd = "" --entity "End position" function Script:Start() self.returning = false self.entity:Hide() end function Script:UpdatePhysics() local pickinfo = PickInfo() if self.entity:Hidden() == false then if self.returning == false then if self.entity:GetDistance(self.ringEnd) < 0.1 then self.returning = true else self.entity:Move(0.1, 0, 0) local bulletPos = self.entity:GetPosition(false) local startPos = self.ringStart:GetPosition(false) if (self.entity.world:Pick(bulletPos, startPos, pickinfo, 0, false)) then System:Print("Part 1 working") end end end if self.returning == true then if self.entity:GetDistance(self.ringStart) < 0.1 then self.returning = false self.entity:Hide() else self.entity:Move(-0.1, 0, 0) end end end end