[Its Snowing in the Editor]

Yes and surprising well too. It runs at a solid 15FPS with a terrain without textures inside of the Editor. With occlusion culling set to one in the engine, I have about ten thousand polys on screen with textures and ten thousand particles and it runs at 15-20 FPS.

[Its Snowing in the Editor]

Yes, I have the same problem with my Intel Graphics Card.

[On/Off Switch]

Don't pray to gods because from what I have learned in programming so far, you are the god. You make everything in your world how you like. Gods are more than likely wise deities, and professional programmers are the smartest people I have come across. In this case, you are just a smart god that has to make worlds out of what other gods have made before you... If that makes any sense...

[On/Off Switch]

I suppose I will work in C++ for I have wanted to do that for a while. There are still things about C++ that I do not understand, but I have a few friends that program in C++, so I could always get their help... plus there are plenty of examples on Leadwerks Wiki.

[On/Off Switch]

i don't even consider myself a programmer, but i spend a lot of time going back and cleaning up code for no other reason other than being very anal about having condensed/pretty code

 

It's a good thing you do what you do because I'd be pretty helpless without your help haha

[On/Off Switch]

Ah thank you. I never would have known that there would be so many ways to do one task. I like it.

[On/Off Switch]

I believe this is C++. I'm using Lua because I'm an absolute noob... sorry

[On/Off Switch]

I find it a little easier doing:

 

--debug physics
if KeyHit(KEY_Z)==1 then
 if debug== 1 then
  DebugPhysics(0)
  debug = 0
else
  DebugPhysics(1)
  debug = 1
 end
end

[On/Off Switch]

Ah, thank you. I was having trouble understanding that.

[On/Off Switch]

Thank you, I was trying to toggle it on and off. Would it be too much trouble if you explained why when I use the same script for pausing emitters, I can toggle on and off, but using that script for debugging does not work? This is what I used for emitters...

 

if KeyHit(KEY_E)==1 then
 if play== 1 then
  PauseEmitter(particleBlack)
  PauseEmitter(particleRed)
  play = 0
else
  ResumeEmitter(particleBlack)
  ResumeEmitter(particleRed)
  play = 1
 end
end

[On/Off Switch]

shouldn't this turn DebugPhysics on and off? It's essentially the same script that I have for turning emitters on and off...

 

 

if KeyDown(KEY_Z)==1 then
 if debug==1 then
  DebugPhysics(1)
  debug = 1
else
  DebugPhysics(0)
  debug = 0
 end
end

[Two Questions...]

Wow, I can't believe I missed this. Thank you, Aggror! I do believe it is caused by my craptop's graphics card, but when ever I use the terrain, it spikes up really high. I'll test it as soon as I make a new computer.

[My First Game Path]

@DaDoink: I added ShowMouse() simply because in the "driver" lua file, shows mouse is at the end, so I suspected that I needed that in order to have the mouse back in the editor.

 

Thank you for all the responses thgough! For now, I think I will stick with the stand alone Lua script simply because I am VERY new to programming and so far, it is the easiest in my opinion to use. I have heavily considered learning C++ even though it confused the hell out of me. I really want to learn C++ but for now, I think I will stick with Lua until I perfect it.

[My First Game Path]

Didn't see that, thanks for pointing it out. Everything works fine other than the fact that when I press escape, it comes up with a message saying "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" and then the Editor closes.

[My First Game Path]

Nevermind everything I just said... except the "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" part. Every time I press escape, it pulls up that message and leaves the Editor.... this is my script...

 

 

require("Scripts/math/math")
controller = CreateController(1.8,0.45,0.25,45)
controller:SetCollisionType(COLLISION_CHARACTER)
controller:SetMass(10)
controller:Move(Vec3(0,1,0))
character = LoadModel("abstract::steampunk.gmf")
character:SetParent(controller)
character:SetRotation(Vec3(0,180,0))
pivot = CreatePivot(steampunk)
pivot:SetParent(controller)
camera = fw.main.camera
camera:SetPosition(Vec3(3,2,-10))
camera:SetParent(pivot)
move = 0
strafe = 0

MoveMouse(GraphicsWidth()/2,GraphicsHeight()/2)
camRotation = Vec3(0)
dx = 0.0
dy = 0.0
HideMouse()
while KeyHit (KEY_ESCAPE)==0 do
if KeyDown(KEY_LSHIFT)==1 then
 camera:SetPosition(Vec3(.5,1.35,-1))
 controller:Crouch(1)
 cameraHeight = 0.3
 moveSpeed = 3
 strafeSpeed = 3
else
 camera:SetPosition(Vec3(0,1.35,-2))
 controller:Crouch(0)
 cameraHeight = .5
 moveSpeed = 1
 strafeSpeed = 1
end
mx=Curve(MouseX()- GraphicsWidth()/2,3.0/AppSpeed())
my=Curve(MouseY()- GraphicsHeight()/2,3.0/AppSpeed())
MoveMouse(GraphicsWidth()/2,GraphicsHeight()/2)
camRotation.x = camRotation.x + my / 8
camRotation.y = camRotation.y - mx / 8
camRotation.x = math.min(camRotation.x, 45)
camRotation.x = math.max(camRotation.x, -15)
move = Curve( (KeyDown(KEY_W)-KeyDown(KEY_S)) * 5, move , 3 )
strafe = Curve( (KeyDown(KEY_D)-KeyDown(KEY_A)) * 5, strafe , 3 )
controller:Update(camRotation.y, move * moveSpeed, strafe * strafeSpeed, jump, 25, 10, KeyDown(KEY_LSHIFT))
fw:Update()
 pivot:SetRotation(camRotation,1)
fw:Render()
Flip(0)
end
ShowMouse()

[My First Game Path]

ok, so I was wrong, I do need to load the character, but I still don't understand why I can't move and why my camera is not rotating around the controller.

[My First Game Path]

ok, so forgive me if this is the ****tiest script you have ever witnessed, but this is my first time scripting within the Editor and I am very ****ing confused. So what I am trying to do is make a simple third person camera around my character, "steamPunk". I am putting this script in the GameScript Path and I get a message "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" and then the Editor closes. If this is completely off, it's most likely because I don't understand the "class.lua" file worth ****. If it has nothing to do with the class.lua" file, please explain what I am doing wrong here.

 

 

controller = CreateController(1.8,0.45,0.25,45)
controller:SetCollisionType(COLLISION_CHARACTER)
controller:SetMass(10)
controller:Move(Vec3(0,1,0))

pivot = CreatePivot(steampunk)

camera = fw.main.camera
camera:SetPosition(Vec3(3,2,-10))
camera:SetParent(pivot)

HideMouse()

while KeyHit (KEY_ESCAPE)==0 do
         MoveMouse(GraphicsWidth()/2,GraphicsHeight()/2)
         camRotation = Vec3(0)
         dx = 0.0
         dy = 0.0

         mx=Curve(MouseX()- GraphicsWidth()/2,3.0/AppSpeed())
         my=Curve(MouseY()- GraphicsHeight()/2,3.0/AppSpeed())
         MoveMouse(GraphicsWidth()/2,GraphicsHeight()/2)
         camRotation.x = camRotation.x + my / 8
         camRotation.y = camRotation.y - mx / 8
         camRotation.x = math.min(camRotation.x, 45)
         camRotation.x = math.max(camRotation.x, -15)

         move = Curve( (KeyDown(KEY_W)-KeyDown(KEY_S)) * 5, move , 3 )
         strafe = Curve( (KeyDown(KEY_D)-KeyDown(KEY_A)) * 5, strafe , 3 )

fw:Update()
 pivot:SetRotation(camRotation,1)
fw:Render()

Flip(0)

end

ShowMouse()

 

oh, and so far, it does create a controller, but the camera stays stationary and the character is not loaded... or do I need to load the character? I already have it loaded in the editor, so I suspected that it would automatically rotate along the character...

[My First Menue]

Oh sorry, Dead Space 2. You know how the holographs kind of hang to the side and what not? I'm hoping to kind of offset it from my character to make it look like she pulled it up on a little projector and then zoom in to full screen... kinda hard to describe, but it will make sense when it is finished. My goal for this week is to make a light house ( just need a few more textures ) and make a menu layout.

[Two Questions...]

Found it! Thanks! I knew I heard something about .gmf scaling floating around the forums.

[Two Questions...]

Ahhh thank you. I have been going into my modeling program to scale things, but I don't like doing that because you have to close and open programs too often.

[Two Questions...]

First one is: Is there any .gmf scaling tool? I know I could easily do it in Blender or what ever editor I use, but I just want to know if I'm missing out on something... I've also SetScale on some objects but their collision bounds got all screwed up

 

Second one is: How do you sculpt downwards when you use the terrain sculpt tool?... or any terrain tool... it just won't go down... that's what she said...

[My First Menue]

Yes, as soon as I get a chance, I will post it on the finished menu on the gallery. I will most likely be done by the end of this week. If you are familiar with the Dead Space games, Star Wars or holographs in general, you can get a feel for what the menu looks like.

 

... also, I was copy/pasting an incorrectly spelled "menue" through my entire program and I just noticed haha, sorry about that...

[My First Menue]

Thank you very much. I really like how this can be organised, but I think I am going to use a plane with a texture instead so that I can achieve more of a Dead Space holograph effect.

[Couple questions/issues with model import....]

I had the same problem only to find that it was because of my graphics card. Are you using an Intel Graphics card?

[My First Menue]

for some reason, I was thinking the values for X and Y would be relative to the Graphics Width and Height with 1 being the size of the entire screen. I think I'll just use a plane and put a texture on it...