[Head bobbing problem]

Ive been trying to figure out why my headbobbing only really works when moving in a certain direction; east to west.

Heres a video of the problem. Notice that when I move in the direction of the crawler that it is working fine, but when I turn 90 degrees either way it stops working correctly.

 

 

here is my code

function Script:Headbob()
local bob = 0;
local jumpbob = 0
local speed = math.max(1,self.entity:GetVelocity():xz():Length())
if self.entity:GetAirborne() then speed = 0.1 end
self.swayspeed = Math:Curve(speed,self.swayspeed,10)
self.swayspeed = math.max(0.5,self.swayspeed)
self.amplitude = math.max(2,Math:Curve(speed,self.amplitude,20))
self.timeunits = self.timeunits + self.swayspeed*4*Time:GetSpeed()
local sway = math.sin(self.timeunits/120.0) * self.maxswayamplitude * self.amplitude
bob = (1-math.cos(self.timeunits/60.0)) * self.maxswayamplitude * 0.1 * self.amplitude
local campos = self.camera:GetPosition(true)

self.smoothedposition.x = campos.x
self.smoothedposition.y = Math:Curve(campos.y,self.smoothedposition.y,2)
self.smoothedposition.z = campos.z

self.camera:SetPosition(self.entity:GetPosition(true)+Vec3(sway*self.entity.scale.x,self.eyeheight + bob * 0.1,0))
self.entity:Translate(self.offset.x,self.offset.y,self.offset.z)

end

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That sounds awesome, how do you load and save though? Just hitting a button like F6 and F7? And I agree, I wish more tutorials would explain what everything is doing in detail, I don't like simple copy and paste scripts.

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Here is a simple tutorial for a crouch function. I wouldn't say its very good, but at least its a start for someone.

 

Open up FPSPlayer.lua from your assets folder and navigate to the function UpdateWorld around line 230. Right after the end of

if window:KeyHit(Key.E)

add another window.KeyHit for the crouch button (In this case I used C)

if window:KeyDown(Key.C) then
end

 

This checks to see if a key ( the C button) is pressed down within the window. In that add the following code

self.camera:SetPosition(self.entity:GetPosition(true)+Vec3(0,self.eyeheight * 0.5,0))

 

That sets the current cameras position to half the height of the players eye height.

Just under that add

self.moveSpeed = 2

 

This sets the current move speed to 2 (your speed may differ) so you don't walk as fast as you would standing up.

 

Now to check when the key isn't being pressed so you can continue walking at a normal speed.

if not window:KeyDown(Key.C) then
self.moveSpeed = 4
end

 

That almost looks like the code above, except for the addition of not before the window:KeyDown. This checks to see when the key is not pressed down, and sets the speed back to the normal walking speed.

 

Also, can anyone help me figure out a simple viewbobbing? I dont really know where to begin.

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Id be interested in finding a way to get that to work too.

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Ive been trying to figure out the headbobbing in the last few days, but cant get anything to work.

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Id like to learn more about the player movement, like how to add crouch, headbobing and ect.

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I have 70gb on dropbox,

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That's exactly my problem. I don't recall it not being like that though.

 

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Are there any tutorials or references I can use to figure out how to change the viewmodel of the gun?

 

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Thats kind of confusing, basically Im assuming one file is ran before the other, and so the vignette is displayed above. I cant use the ammo variables defined in fpsweapon.lua in fpsplayer.lua, if I could, then I would know how to fix the problem.

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Here is what Im talking about. How do I get my ammo to display above the vignette layer?

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Editing App.lua works for me too, but I want to edit the fpsweapon.lua to be able to display an ammo counter.

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Thanks for the response, but that doesn't seem to do anything. I added a simple print ("Test") to the loop function, but it appears that the whole function isn't even called.