[Clothing System]

1 hour ago, Andy90 said:

ah so in summory you added all cloths to the character and just hide all the cloth meshs. When a player equip  some shirt you show this mesh again. 

Yes exactly, I used Blender to import the meshes, transfer each one to the bones skeleton, then export the character with all the clothes mesh merged on it, and then seperetly export clothe items as .fbx to import the models in Leadwerks as dropable loot/items to equip.

It's much work but it works.

[Clothing System]

look at that beginning 2.47 I made that for a long time, maybe it is interesting...

Made with Mixamo and Leadwerks no ultra, it didn't exist

The problem is you have to animate the mesh. So I imported an animated fuse character with blender and added all the mesh on the bones.

Then set the mesh you don't want with invisible material,

Create a clothe as dropable item and then just show() the corresponding clothe mesh on the player as he equips it

Edit: you can't just show() it as it wasn't hidden, you have to replace the invisible material on the mesh with the clothe material with animated shader.

Hope it can help

[[Leadwerks] - PickInfo question]

Ok I got it to work. I made the test only on  your DEVROOM_gameplay.map

I found 2 problems:

1) In script Nurse.lua:

Remove this line in start() - this causes the bug

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       self.entity:SetPickMode(Entity.BoxPick,true)

 

2) Your nurse Entity is too little ! It runs under the raycast you are testing and so doesn't trigger anything.

-> Just put a scale on the nurse entity (1,10,1)

 

After that the nurse is going to be detected and is coming to the camera, I also reduced the murse move speed to 1 or 2

[[Leadwerks] - PickInfo question]

yea upload is good

[[Leadwerks] - PickInfo question]

Hi 2 ideas to try:

 

1)

14 hours ago, Ttiki said:

self.lightRayEnd:GetPosition()

Check if this is not a child, if it is, it should be GetPosition(true)

 

 

2) I got an issue with pick() returning entities not precisely enough 

Try to replace the false with true in the Pick() arguments

https://www.leadwerks.com/learn?page=API-Reference_Object_Entity_Pick

it's about the "closest" arguments

Also maybe use [Name-of-your-created-world].Pick(....)

14 hours ago, Ttiki said:

local i**** = self.entity.world:Pick( 
      self.entity:GetPosition(), 
      self.lightRayEnd:GetPosition(), 
      pickInfo, 
      .25, 
      true, 
      Collision.Character 
    ) 

 

[Darkness Awaits Template - Player.lua & 3rdPersonFollow.lua issues]

Hey Man you have to share more of your code, like this it's almost impossible to help.

Seems your camera doesn't have a script attached, but you call it with "self.camera.script" 

-> This returns nil, error.

[Workshop jeep car updated]

On 6/23/2023 at 2:20 AM, WazMeister said:

Is there a way to use other car models with this? 

Yes sure, just replace the "Voiture" child with the model you want, But let the name "Voiture"

Adjust the tires and play around with the script values (mass, tires dimensions, dampers lenght...)

Save the final result as .pfb and set this prefab in the script properties as path (needed to leave the car)

 

[Top Down View (Shooter) - Done Right?]

I think all you are asking for can be solved through studying the "FPSPlayer.lua" script, this is a work each one has to do to here to learn scripting possibilities.

This is an extract of this script:

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    --Player Movement
    local movex=0
    local movez=0
    self.input[0]=0
    self.input[1]=0
    if window:KeyDown(Key.W) then self.input[1]=self.input[1]+1 end
    if window:KeyDown(Key.S) then self.input[1]=self.input[1]-1 end
    if window:KeyDown(Key.D) then self.input[0]=self.input[0]+1 end
    if window:KeyDown(Key.A) then self.input[0]=self.input[0]-1 end
    
    local playerMovement = Vec3(0)
    playerMovement.x = self.input[0] * self.moveSpeed
    playerMovement.z = self.input[1] * self.moveSpeed
    
    --This prevents "speed hack" strafing due to lazy programming
    if self.input[0]~=0 and self.input[1]~=0 then
        playerMovement = playerMovement * 0.70710678
    end

    --if self.entity:GetAirborne() then
    --    playerMovement = playerMovement * 0.2
    --end
    
    --Check for running with shift and when not carrying anything
    if self.carryingEntity == nil and window:KeyDown(Key.Shift) then
        playerMovement.z = playerMovement.z  * self.speedMultiplier
    end

    -- Check for jumping
    local jump = 0
    if window:KeyHit(Key.Space) and self:IsAirborne() == 0 then
        jump = self.jumpForce
        
        if self.sound.footsteps.concrete.jump ~= nil then
            self.sound.footsteps.concrete.jump:Play()
        end
        
        if self.weapons[self.currentweaponindex]~=nil then
            self.weapons[self.currentweaponindex]:BeginJump()
        end

        --Give the player an extra boost when jumping
        playerMovement = playerMovement * 1.6
    end

    self.entity:SetInput(self.camRotation.y, playerMovement.z, playerMovement.x, jump , false, 1.0, 0.5, true)
 

 

[Top Down View (Shooter) - Done Right?]

I think window:KeyDown(Key.Up) returns a bool value type:  true or false.

 

 

 

[Top Down View (Shooter) - Done Right?]

16 hours ago, WazMeister said:

I want the SPRINT animation to only trigger if space bar is pushed to sprint... and moving forward with W.....If the player stands still, pushing Space should do nothing.

Try this:

 

if window:KeyHit(Key.Space) and window:KeyDown(Key.W) then 
-- add here the code for a jump 
end

 

And with the character controller it imay be preferable to use this:

https://www.leadwerks.com/learn?page=API-Reference_Object_Entity_SetInput

Look at the FPSPlayer.lua script

[Workshop jeep car updated]

Hello

I updated the jeep car for Leadwerks 4.6 with all adjustments and implemented the new damping and balancing technics I could find to optimize vehicles with Leadwerks.

So feel free to download and try the car, it's free, in the workshop! 

There are 3 cameras mode you can easily switch: Free, Following and First Person.

The lights got an upgrade too.

Added realistic shapes for the tires and the car:

Credits sounds form Shadmar (vehicles worhkshop item)

Credits Havenphilip for the sand tracing tire tracks 

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=739604432

 

**************

IMPORTANT

I uploaded a main.lua file in the workshop with the line world:Update() changed to world:Update(4)

Otherwise it won't work.

If you made changes to your main.lua, make a backup of the file before installing!

***************

 

This should be the last big update.

Enjooy!

[Ultra Engine pricing]

@Josh Great great news to read. Any idea when will it be avalable on steam ?

[Painting/drawing in Leadwerks?]

One more, thx a lot for the all your work on the shader you made, witout that I wouldn't have got the possibility to continue on this.

The key is this shader effect around a specific entity

[Painting/drawing in Leadwerks?]

No it absolutely does not.  (but thx for helping)

 

it only works if I add this absurd Wind lines

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//Wind
    float time = currenttime/currenttime;
    if (vertex_position.y > 100.1) {
        ex_vertexposition.x += 0.25*cos(1.0*ex_vertexposition.y/2 + 1) * sin(1.0*ex_vertexposition.y/4 + 1); //must go //between these other two lines
        }

As I said it is not a big problem, only annoying because not really to understand.

Here is a WIP showcase  Part 2 for mud shader:

 

 

[Painting/drawing in Leadwerks?]

20 hours ago, havenphillip said:

You should be able to just erase these lines without any problem. It doesn't look like you're establishing anything here that you need to use later:

 

Yes that sounds logical.

But without those "wind" lines, the shader is not perfect, it breaks by rotating the camera, at some point, some of the mesh springs out and flickers.

Adding those lines solve the flickers 100% !

This is not a big issue but I can't understand why.

 

It is much more crazy; this is the difference by just changing a number of the wind line:

I set a 2 instead of 4, it is immediatly broken:

 

with a 4, it is perfect

INcredible, somethinng is wrong but Idk what

[Painting/drawing in Leadwerks?]

@havenphillip and @ all interested in this

On this topic on how to perform or animate traces on terrain especially water, mud or foot step, I worked on a your shader havenphilip

And here is what I obtain, playing with variables and shader equations:

 

And here is the shader

 

Now the stuppid thing that I don't understand is :

I set the wind effect with the condition 

if (vertex_position.y > 100.1) 

I  actually used this  to stop the wind effect to be seen, but/so why  I can't just erase this wind?

Because if I erase the wind, the shader becaomes just mess ! I just don't understand why??

 

 

[Dungeon Skank]

On 3/11/2023 at 10:50 PM, Alienhead said:

I find problem solving during game creation more challenging than gaming itself. 

That's the point.

I think a nice idea are games that give the gamers the possibility to create their own part, as part of the game; like for example The elder scrolls with the creation kit.

More and more players don't play the game just have fun customing their own version.

[Dungeon Skank]

Hey Alienhead that looks so really fun and cool, after I saw a few thing you made, I have to ask: are you some kind of professional game maker or just incredible good inspired? Or a future professional game maker ?

[fTYPE Defender - Progress Log]

Nice effects. Is there here a tuto or tipps on how to build the shaking / trembling effects (1.25 in the video) ??

 

[The Abandoned WIP]

Really nice, May I ask to this,

- how much FPS ingame with all this?

- Are your models with shapes? 

- Which size is the map? (1024, 2048,...)?

[Decals trembling]

17 hours ago, sastahai44 said:

I mean shadows, models, cng, emitters all work fine ,but decals are trembling. I m bit disappointed, it would have built good roads effects.

Yes I don't understand that too. It gets solved with camera range. I don't understand, why did you repeat me @sastahai44 ?

 

[Release on Steam vs Website or Both?]

I see in general the release phase very problematic.

The market is today flooded with games and I have no idea how people should know about my little game I spent 10 years on and that is not 1/100 so good as Ubisoft (or whatever big studio) is able to do...

The market is so flooded that maybe someday gamers on twitch will get paid by a games studio to get their game played ? Who knows.

Like to be added to a game pass... Is this a privilege? A chance ? Who pay who to get the game in a game pass? Would you pay to get your game published in the XBOX Game Pass? Even if "normaly" XBOX should pay you for the (copy)rights of your game?

Except you do a big add campaign on youtube, but which indie is going to do this, I ask?

So to answer your question, the very first question should be before the release plattform choice, how do you want to release something without that it goes forgotten?

(sorry for being so pessimistic!)

Edit

The only real winners in the games industry are those publishing plattforms (steam, Game Pass, Epic...) and ironically those who just do nothing, except relating gamers to developpers. But gamers use those plattform because it's nice presented and there are attractive deals. IMO it ruins the games market somehow evenif I'm too a steam user.

[How Gta 5 traffic system was made?]

22 minutes ago, Vida Marcell said:

There are so many things happened here in the past decade

That's right and so much more before I joined. But I have the feeling the leadwerks community was and is one of the nicest, because never trolling anybody and cool people and so, well sadly a lot of active nice and helpful members are gone, waiting for the ultra engine, or whatever why I don't know.

[How Gta 5 traffic system was made?]

23 hours ago, Thirsty Panther said:

Not sure if it works with the current Leadwerks build but it might be worth having a look at.

Probably not working anymore, as Josh changed the physics - if I good remembered - with Update LE 4.4

And Nick Ace set the cars prefabs from Shadmar as requirement, so probably will the cars not be able to drive, except you go back to build LE 4.3 

But yes it might be worth having a look at it for how he managed the simuilation.

 

[How Gta 5 traffic system was made?]

You access to the workshop published items through the LE editor -> Marketplace -> Workshop.