[Question about Prefabs and waypoints]

Thanks Core but I decided to work around this issue for now by giving each boxcar its own waypoint - not pretty but it works.

[Nightmare Prism]

Doesn't seem to work for me either. It tries to start but then crashes to the desktop with error message:

Lua Error: [string "C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Leadwerks Game Launcher/Game/Scripts/GUI/Panel.lua"]:52: attempt to call method 'GetStyle' (a nil value)
Process complete.

 

What resolution is the game intended to be played in? Maybe if I preset my resolution prior to starting the game might help.

[Question about Prefabs and waypoints]

Hey all,

I created a simple train prefab using the Leadwerks train and some boxcars models. I made the engine the parent and added the boxcars as children. I want the prefab train (with boxcars) to travel in a straight line to a waypoint. I attached a waypoint script to the parent (train engine) but only the engine moves and leaves the cars behind. Is there a way I can group all the elements of the prefab to move together as a unit or do I have to combine them in all in Blender first?

Thanks in advance!

-can

[Free .FBX assets with Microsoft Paint 3D/Remix3D?]

Bummer,

Well I guess if there's any caveats, Windows 10 required would be one of them.

[Free .FBX assets with Microsoft Paint 3D/Remix3D?]

Hi all

Paint 3D/Remix 3D offers tons of 3d models created by Microsoft and the Remix 3D community. They can easily be exported to .FBX files and imported into Leadwerks (you'll have to manually assign textures/materials). The quality isn't exactly high production value but seem to work well for Tournament games, demos and/or placeholder art. As far as i can ascertain there is no royalty or copyright restrictions for the provided art.

Has anyone else used this before?

https://www.remix3d.com/discover?section=34b78f58881242e4ab611e4ab5ffaa78

[Concentration Game]

Thanks AggrorJorn

That's exactly what I was looking for!

[Concentration Game]

Hey all,

I thought I'd try my hand out at another Leadwerks Tournament game. I wanted to make a Concentration type game where you select 2 crates and compare them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used a modified version of the Spectator.lua script where I locked the camera in place, disabled movement and enabled the onscreen mouse.

The player will click Mouse Button 1 to select 2 crates and then the crates are compared. The problem I'm having is detecting where the cursor (MousePosition) is in relation to the world (what its hovering over) in order to determine which crate was clicked. Is there a way to convert mouse position to a world position?

I was thinking I could do something as seen below in order to Pick() objects below the cursor/MousePosition (pseudo code):

If MouseDown(1)

     If world:Pick(MousePositionVector, WorldPositionVector, pickinfo, 0, true, 1) then

         IsValidCrate() --Determine if a crate was clicked

         CompareCrate() --Compare crate

         DoStuff() --Despawn crates, tally score, fanfare, etc..

      End

End

Perhaps there's a better way?

Thanks in advance for any input!

-can

[Free Look Not working in LE4]

An unusual solution but a system reboot fixed it - thanks!

[Free Look Not working in LE4]

Hello,

I loaded the old Marble Game project to look at some code samples and it seems that I can no longer Free Look or rotate the camera in the Perspective View in any of my projects. Is there an option the needs to be checked or some such?

 

Thanks

[NASA/USGS Data Planetary Heightmaps]

Making a space game? Well these Heightmaps are 'Out of this World'!

 

http://www.mapaplanet.org/explorer/help/data_set.html#mars_mgs_mola_topo (old site)

 

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/tools/map (new site)

 

It's not exactly organized for game designers, so you might have to fish around a bit for usable data.

[Nifty Steam tool if sharing Standalong games]

Hi all,

 

If you have friends running into problems trying to play your standalone game, Driver Booster 3 for Steam will update/install OpenAL, DirectX, PhysX and update ALL drivers on their PC.

 

http://store.steampowered.com/app/403040/ - Its FREE!!!

 

Some friends were missing OpenAL or were using ancient drivers causing one issue or another, but this App seemed to cure most if their problems.

 

Cheers!

[Little Dagon - Summer Games 2016]

Wow, this game has great production value - everything looks, sounds and plays great! The character designs and animations were pretty solid and I also liked the visuals when blowing up the chests. The first jump is a doozy. I died a bunch of times before I got a hang of the glide mechanic. Perhaps introduce the player to the glide mechanic with non-lethal jumps initially?

 

A great little game overall!

[Not able to upload standalone game]

Heyas,

I guess, I should have mentioned this earlier but I decided to go with Gamecreator's suggestion and uploaded my game successfully to Google drive.

 

You can play it here!

STANDALONE GAME: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxILKB4ssuAIUXhpMHFzWGtfdXM

 

It's also in the Leadwerks Launcher, but that doesn't always render properly when played through Steam. I tried to remove the Steamworks Overlay, but like a stalking ex, it just doesn't go away.

[Check For Any Key Pressed / Alt Key Mapping]

Forgive the pseudo-code but would something like this work?

 

If not KeyHit("Escape") then

ContinueGame()

Else

ExitGame()

End

[Standalone game: Bankstream overrun error]

@Marty

Here's the audio file conversions I made:

 

Original file 7.8mb .mp3 -> 33.8mb 16bit stereo .wav (44.100kHz)

 

then

 

33.8mb 16bit stereo wav -> 8.3mb 8bit mono .wav (44.100kHz)

 

Original data zip file was around 397mb before conversion

[Not able to upload standalone game]

Thanks - I've considered alternative websites as well, but either way I still have deal with laughably slow satellite internet upload speeds and potential timeouts.

 

Hopefully tonight is a quiet night and I won't have to spend all day clearing out and resetting the bear traps. If there's ample daylight, I'll drive into civilization where they have 'fast' internet and try to upload the file at the least seedy internet cafe I know of. I'm sure it'll still take some time to upload so in the meantime, I'll barter with the locals for the usual diesel, shells, spare parts and TP. If all goes well, I'll be home and secure before nightfall. If that fails, I'll make my way to the highest ground possible and attempt to deliver the file via Morse code using a clever combination of smoke signals and flickering mirrors.Carrier pigeons are not an option unfortunately, as anything with feathers and flying is met with a hail of buckshot, roasted on an open fire and eaten - message and all...

[Not able to upload standalone game]

Seems, I'm still not able to upload my standalone game without generating an error message.

Can I snail mail you a CD? It'll be a first -lol!

 

No but seriously

[Not able to upload standalone game]

Please see PM - thanks

[Not able to upload standalone game]

Hey all,

 

I'm trying to upload my Summer game as a standalone game to this website but, I get the error message - "You don't have permission to do that." after about an hour or so. I'm uploading a 327mb file over a slow satellite connection so it takes about 6 hours to upload anything.

 

Is it because my session is timing out? If so, can I increase my timeout value?

 

The game doesn't launch properly in the Leadwerks Launcher for some reason, so I've resorted to the standalone game.

[Standalone game: Bankstream overrun error]

Alrighty thanks,

 

I will post the game in a day or two, but I will settle for the 8-bit music for now. The 16-bit music will crash the game upon launch and I don't want to release a known unplayable game. I've got standards

[Standalone game: Bankstream overrun error]

I think I found a solution - I converted one of my music files from 16 bit stereo to 8 bit mono and the standalone game no longer crashes. Not exactly the greatest solution because the music sounds kind of washed. Sorry, I haven't tried running it in release mode - not sure where that option is set (first game I tried publishing).

[Standalone game: Bankstream overrun error]

Hi all,

 

I was trying to run my Summer game outside of LE as a Standalone game and encountered this error message.

 

Error: Bankstream overrun error.

 

Anyone know what that message is in regards to?

 

The game runs fine in the editor but never starts when run as Standalone.

 

Thanks

[GUI Update]

Nice!

Maybe you're not at this point, but do you have any documentation of all your GUI updates so far? I'd like to experiment with them a bit.

Thanks!

[Random mouse hide problem after lastest beta update...]

I've been encountering this problem in Beta as well.

 

I have some reproductions steps that work about 80% of the time for me.

 

Steps

1. Open a fairly large project
    
   
2. Run the project
    
   
3. While its loading move the mouse out of the game window
    
   
4. Wait to the mouse to be automatically centered back into the game window
    
   
5. Click on the game window a few times - Note the Windows loading circle
    
   
6. Leave the mouse in the game window
    
   
7. When the game finishes loading the mouse remains un-hidden in the game window.
   

 

To avoid the problem altogether, I don't move the mouse out of the game window while its loading.

 

Hope that helps

[Max cameras per map? GL_FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_ATTACHMENT]

Alrighty I will go with the single camera solution as suggested by Rick. Thank you sirs for your help and input.