[disable gravity for select objects]

I have a sphere brush object that I am using needs to use entity navigation (be a character controller) but also needs to float. When i set gravity mode to false, it hovers but it doesn't move. When gravity mode is default, it falls to the floor but then navigates.

 

You also have the choice of adding the script to a pivot, and the sphere to the pivot at the height you want. This will let it appear as if it's floating while the character controller is actually on the ground.

[disable gravity for select objects]

You would need to use add force to use physics to push your controller where you want. I'll have a go at adding a jetpack to the default fps controller tomorrow.

 

---Edit--

 

So it seems that with the 'Character Physics' mode Leadwerks applies different rules to the entity. Thusly this means that you can not reliably nullify the falling of the Character controller with proper math.

 

I'm still working on getting the Jetpack to work no matter the mass or gravity with the character controller. Cross your fingers.

[Amnesia Notes]

Find the exe folder. In an empty area of the window hold shift and right click. Click start command prompt her. Type your games exe name.

 

Also make sure your app/main.lua file is actually loading the right map. By default it's start.map

[Daz Studio 4.9?]

Doesn't daz have another product specifically for games now?

[navigation functions]

I just re-checked, you are right macklebee. If it is reachable it will move to that point regardless of how it is called. Honestly I think it should not move if you have it in an if then statement, but that's another matter.

[navigation functions]

if player:GoToPoint(x,y,z) then

end

 

This means can the player reach the point, yes or no. It doesn't tell the player to actually go there though.

[disable gravity for select objects]

Does this help? http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/13488-simple-per-entity-no-gravity

[navigation functions]

The gotopoint function returns weather or not you can reach the point, so you have to actually call the command again to start moving

[object deformations....and other problems..]

5. You can create filters/folders. In the entity list right click on a folder and select 'New Filter' and stick them all in the folder

[Anyone else have problems getting models from Arteria3D?]

Yeah it takes a while, I bought some stuff yesterday night and it took a few hours.

[navigation functions]

Can we see the code that you used to make this happen?

[Shifting textures]

Well I jsut pressed ctrl+a, choosed face instrument and pressed C on the right side of screen.

 

I wouldn't trust it too much, there are bugs that make it completely unrecoverable. Rotating a prefab is one of the almost unrecoverable bugs.

[How to use the SSLR shader?]

For people who are looking for the above link, it was moved here: https://www.gametextures.com/putting-your-texture-in-an-alpha-channel-using-photoshop/

[SSLR Shader?]

You can use Gimp, Krita, Paint.net, Fire Alpaca and many, many, more free and or open source tools to add an alpha texture. It should be similar to the photoshop method but there are some program specific terms. Photoshop is just a generic term/tool now, the same way Xerox is.

[Creating a set of rules that remain persistent for all maps/levels.]

Are you trying to save some settings so it will be the same the next time they start the game, or just do you just want it to save just for that 1 game?

[Need help with LookAt function]

I've been staring at this code for way too long and now I need different brains to look at it. This is the beginnings of a 3rd person character controller. I am now working at adding mouse look features but there seems to be a bug when the camera is at specific angles, notable y45 and y270. At those specific locations the camera glitches out.

 

I will give it another try tomorrow, and no I don't want to create a pivot and anchor the camera to it and spin that

 

 

--[[

Title: Third Person Controller

Author: Einlander

Start Date: 1-30-2016

Version: .01

Description: Script to control Player in 3rd person with keyboard and mouse

Notes:

This script is designed to mimic classical 3rd person game controls:

*Look with mouse

*Move with WASD

*Follow Player as they move

]]--

 

Script.Cam =nil --entity "Camera"

 

Script.moveSpeed = 2.5 --float "Move Speed"

Script.speedMultiplier = 1.5 --float "Run Multiplier"

Script.strafeSpeed = 4 --float "Strafe Speed"

Script.jumpForce = 8 --float "Jump Force"

 

function Script:Start()

self.input={}

self.unitangle = Vec3()

self.anglemagnitude = nil

end

 

 

--[[

function Script:UpdateWorld()

 

end

--]]

 

function Script:UpdatePhysics()

local movex=0

local movez=0

self.input[0]=0

self.input[1]=0

local playerMovement = Vec3()

-- I learned the boolean shortcuts from my years programming on a Casio Graphing Calculator

self.input[1] = self.input[1] + ((window:KeyDown(Key.W) and 1 or 0) - (window:KeyDown(Key.S) and 1 or 0))

self.input[0] = self.input[0] - ((window:KeyDown(Key.A) and 1 or 0) - (window:KeyDown(Key.D) and 1 or 0))

playerMovement.z = self.input[1] * self.moveSpeed

-- Strafing

playerMovement.x = self.input[0] * self.moveSpeed

if self.carryingEntity == nil and window:KeyDown(Key.Shift) then

playerMovement.z = playerMovement.z * self.speedMultiplier

-- Run while Strafed

-- playerMovement.x = playerMovement.x * self.speedMultiplier

end

 

local jump = 0

if window:KeyHit(Key.Space) and self:IsAirborne() == 0 then

jump = self.jumpForce

playerMovement = playerMovement * 1.6

end

 

self.entity:SetInput(0, playerMovement.z, playerMovement.x, jump , false, 1.0, 0.5, true)

 

local startpos = Vec3( self.entity:GetPosition(true).x, self.entity:GetPosition(true).y + 5 , self.entity:GetPosition(true).z -5 ) -- y distance to get above players head, z - distance we want from player

local endpos = Vec3()

 

-- rotate the starting position (where the camera is at) around the player position

 

if self.rot == nil then self.rot = 0 end

self.rot = self.rot+.5

 

local finalpos = Vec3()

finalpos = self:rotateX3D({startpos},self.entity:GetPosition(true) , 0)[1]

 

 

finalpos = self:rotatePointY({finalpos},self.entity:GetPosition(true) , self.rot)[1] -- when self.rot ~ 45 or 270 it flips just for that 1 angle

 

 

-- set camera at the final rotated positon

self.Cam:SetPosition(finalpos)

 

 

-- make camera look at player

local lookAt = self:LookAt(self.entity:GetPosition(true))

lookAt.z = 0 -- THIS LINE IS IMPORTANT. DO NOT REMOVE IT, IF YOU DO IT WILL CAUSE A JUMP WHEN THE Z ANGLE CHANGES FROM NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE OR VICE VERSA

self.Cam:SetRotation(lookAt,true)

end

 

function Script:IsAirborne()

return self.entity:GetAirborne() and 1 or 0

end

 

function Script:LookAt(lookAt)

--http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/10191-short-example-of-mathatan2/page__hl__lookat

--http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1251828/calculate-rotations-to-look-at-a-3d-point

--http://leadwerks.wikidot.com/wiki:face-entity

 

--// Calculate angle from point A towards point B

local tv = lookAt - self.Cam:GetPosition(true)

 

local tRoty = Math:ATan2(tv.x, tv.z)

local tRotx = 0

if lookAt.z >= self.Cam:GetPosition(true).z then

tRotx = -Math:ATan2(tv.y* Math:Cos(tRoty), tv.z)

else

tRotx = Math:ATan2(tv.y* Math:Cos(tRoty), -tv.z)

end

tRotz = Math:ATan2( Math:Cos(tRotx), Math:Sin(tRotx) * Math:Sin(tRoty) )

return Vec3(tRotx,tRoty,tRotz-90)

end

 

 

function Script:Get3dDistance(pointa --[[as vec3--]], pointb--[[as vec3--]]) --[[as float--]]

return math.sqrt((pointb.x - pointa.x)^2+ (pointb.y - pointa.y)^2+ (pointb.z - pointa.z)^2)

end

 

function Script:Get3dMagnitude(pointa --[[as vec3--]]) --[[as float--]]

--http://www.fundza.com/vectors/normalize/

return math.abs(math.sqrt((pointa.x * pointa.x)+ (pointa.y * pointa.y)+ (pointa.z * pointa.z)))

end

 

function Script:NormalizeVector(pointa--[[as vec3--]], length--[[as float--]])--[[as vec3--]]

--Yes I know leadwerks has these functions built in somewhere, but sometimes you just need to learn what it is you are exactly doing

--http://www.fundza.com/vectors/normalize/

pointa.x = pointa.x / math.abs(length)

pointa.y = pointa.y / math.abs(length)

pointa.z = pointa.z / math.abs(length)

return pointa

end

 

toRadians = function(degrees) return degrees / 180 * math.pi end

 

function Script:rotatePointY(points, origin, degrees)

local pointsout = {}

for i = 1, #points do

local point = Vec3(points.x,points.y,points.z)

local x = origin.x + ( math.cos(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.x - origin.x) - math.sin(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.z - origin.z) )

local z = origin.z + ( math.sin(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.x - origin.x) + math.cos(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.z - origin.z) )

point.x = x

point.z = z

table.insert(pointsout, point)

end

return pointsout

 

end

 

 

function Script:rotatePointZ(points, origin, degrees)

local pointsout = {}

for i = 1, #points do

local point = Vec3(points.x,points.y,points.z)

local x = origin.x + ( math.cos(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.x - origin.x) - math.sin(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.y - origin.y) )

local y = origin.y + ( math.sin(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.x - origin.x) + math.cos(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.y - origin.y) )

point.x = x

point.y = y

table.insert(pointsout, point)

end

return pointsout

end

 

function Script:rotatePointX(points, origin, degrees)

local pointsout = {}

for i = 1, #points do

local point = Vec3(points.x,points.y,points.z)

local y = origin.y + ( math.cos(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.y - origin.y) - math.sin(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.z - origin.z) )

local z = origin.z + ( math.sin(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.y - origin.y) + math.cos(toRadians(degrees)) * (point.z - origin.z) )

point.y = y

point.z = z

table.insert(pointsout, point)

end

return pointsout

 

end

 

function Script:rotateX3D (points, origin, degrees)

local pointsout = {}

 

for i = 1, #points do

local point = Vec3(points.x,points.y,points.z)

local y = point.y;

local z = point.z;

point.y = origin.y + (y- origin.y) * math.cos(toRadians(degrees)) - (z - origin.z) * math.sin(toRadians(degrees));

point.z = origin.z + (z- origin.z) * math.cos(toRadians(degrees)) + (y - origin.y) * math.sin(toRadians(degrees));

table.insert(pointsout, point)

end

return pointsout

end

 

 

function Script:WrapAngle(angle)

local currentrotation = angle

if currentrotation.x < 0 then

currentrotation.x = 359 - math.mod(currentrotation.x , 359)

end

 

if currentrotation.y < 0 then

currentrotation.y = math.mod(currentrotation.y , 359)

currentrotation.y = 359 - math.abs(currentrotation.y)

end

 

if currentrotation.z < 0 then

currentrotation.z = 359 - math.mod(currentrotation.z , 359)

end

 

currentrotation.x = math.mod(currentrotation.x , 359)

currentrotation.y = math.mod(currentrotation.y , 359)

currentrotation.z = math.mod(currentrotation.z , 359)

return currentrotation

end

 

--[[

function Script:Collision(entity, position, normal, speed)

 

end

--]]

 

--[[

function Script:Draw()

 

end

--]]

 

--[[

function Script:DrawEach(camera)

 

end

--]]

 

 

--This function will be called after the world is rendered, before the screen is refreshed.

--Use this to perform any 2D drawing you want the entity to display.

function Script:PostRender(context)

context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Alpha)

local pos = self.Cam:GetRotation(true)

local outText = "Actual angle" .. pos.x .. "|" ..pos.y .."|" ..pos.z

 

--local outText = self:FaceEntity(self.Cam:GetPosition(true),self.entity:GetPosition(true)).x .."|" ..

--self:FaceEntity(self.Cam:GetPosition(true),self.entity:GetPosition(true)).y .."|" ..

--self:FaceEntity(self.Cam:GetPosition(true),self.entity:GetPosition(true)).z

context:DrawText(outText,0,150)

context:DrawText("Distance:" .. self:Get3dDistance(self.Cam:GetPosition(true) , self.entity:GetPosition(true)),0,165)

 

 

pos = self.unitangle

local outText = "unit angle" .. pos.x .. "|" ..pos.y .."|" ..pos.z

context:DrawText(outText,0,180)

 

pos = self.Cam:GetPosition(true)

local outText = "Cam Position" .. pos.x .. "|" ..pos.y .."|" ..pos.z

context:DrawText(outText,0,195)

 

pos = self.entity:GetPosition(true)

local outText = "Player Position" .. pos.x .. "|" ..pos.y .."|" ..pos.z

context:DrawText(outText,0,210)

end

 

 

--[[

--This function will be called when the entity is deleted.

function Script:Detach()

 

end

--]]

 

--[[

--This function will be called when the last instance of this script is deleted.

function Script:Cleanup()

 

end

--]]

 

[SSLR Shader?]

Doesn't work on AMD cards

[Programs to use for model making]

No rigging or animation. The hard surface modeling is good, if you have the skills, which I don't. I use it mostly for painting.

[Programs to use for model making]

I have a professional version of 3d-coat, tax returns make you reckless....

[Programs to use for model making]

Take a look at this thread.

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/10046-what-3d-modeling-tools-do-you-use-what-do-you-recommend/

 

These days I use Shade 3d. Though i don't use blender I still tell people to give it a try. Also not on The list is Sweet Home 3d. It is a opensource simple 3d architecture program.

[Bit of trouble with Prefabs]

Welcome to the prefab bug club!

 

Sounds like this problem.

 

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/14094-prefab-textures-bug/

 

This one too.

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/10208-initial-move-of-a-texture-locked-prefab-shifts-texture/

[Foundations of Game Engine Development Indiegogo]

From what I heard he rage quit his engine and opengex format.

[Terrain normals don't scale with diffuse, and texture is backwards]

setting #define TERRAIN_LOW_FREQUENCY_BLEND to 1.0 seems to fix it, setting it to 0.0 mad it have a red tint to it.

 

How would I go about reversing the texture on the y axis?

[AutoCAD FBX models quickimporting?]

Leadwerks uses cm.

[Terrain normals don't scale with diffuse, and texture is backwards]

But at the default height of the fps controller, I should not see the texture fade. What if I was painting snow, as I will be. It will draw a second ~*8 scale texture on top which may cause unintended visuals. What if it introduces an additional displacement?

 

Shadmar, I'll try that when I get home.