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culmor30

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Posted: 30th Mar 2008 03:22

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Hey, I want to add a gun to my player object as a limb. The player object will still need to be updated every loop with movement commands, and I want my gun to rotate and reposition accordingly. Here's where I create my player:

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`=====Create player object=====
PlayerObject = NextIDNumber()
make object cube PlayerObject,2
scale object PlayerObject,2,5,2
position object PlayerObject,10,2.5,0
move object PlayerObject,-25
sc_setupobject PlayerObject,0,2
hide object PlayerObject
`=====Create player object=====

And then I want to add my limb:

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lazerobject=NextIDNumber()
load object "gunmodelrev1.x",lazerobject
position object lazerobject,pbpx#,pbpy#,pbpz#
make mesh from object 456,PlayerObject
add limb lazerobject,123,456
offset limb PlayerObject,lazeraslimb,5,2,2

That just tells me that I need to LINK LIMB on the line where I ADD LIMB. I've never used these commands before, and the help files aren't very helpful in this case, for me at least. If someone could explain to me how I would do this, it'd be great.

Thanks.

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HowDo

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Location: United Kingdom

Posted: 30th Mar 2008 10:09

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nice command to get your head around.

link limb works like this, when you have made your meahes and add limbs, you move to link limbs. (note some times linking limbs reset the position of the limbs)

take
link limb 2,1,2
link limb 2,2,3

whats it saying is object 2, link limb 2 to limb 1 then link limb 3 to limb 2

so
object 2 - 1Limb <-2Limb <- 3Limb

if the above had been
link limb 2,1,3
link limb 2,3,2
object 2 - 1Limb <- 3Limb <- 2Limb

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Rem ***** Main Source File *****
Rem Project: chessPuzzle1
Rem Created: 27/03/2008 08:23:49

Rem ***** Main Source File *****
sync on
sync rate 60
autocam off
position camera 0,0,0,-50


make object box 1, 10,10,5
make object sphere 2,10
make object cone 3,5

make mesh from object 1,1
make mesh from object 2,2
make mesh from object 3,3

rem make object one
add limb 1,1,1
add limb 1,2,1
add limb 1,3,3

rem make object two
add limb 2,1,2
add limb 2,2,1
add limb 2,3,3

rem delete and hide some limbs
delete object 3
hide limb 1,0
hide limb 2,0

color object 1,rgb(255,0,0)

do

if x#>360 then x#=0.0
rotate object 1,x#,0,0
rotate object 2,0,x#,0
inc x#,.5

if inkey$()="l"
rem LINK LIMB Object Number, Limb Parent, Limb Child
   link limb 2,1,2
   link limb 2,2,3

   link limb 1,1,2
link limb 1,2,3
endif
if inkey$()="o"
   offset limb 2,1,10,10,0
   offset limb 2,3,15,10,0
   offset limb 1,1,5,10,0
   offset limb 1,3,10,0,5
endif

sync
loop

hope this helps

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culmor30

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Posted: 30th Mar 2008 10:25

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That will help, thanks much.

If I run into any other problems I'll post again.

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HowDo

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Posted: 30th Mar 2008 10:37

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add this to the code.

1. makes a new mesh of object 2 or object you are adding
2. add it as a new limb to object 1
3. links it to objects 1 limb 3

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if inkey$()="k" and click<>1
perform checklist for object limbs 1
for c=1 to checklist quantity()
 print checklist string$(c)
next c
sync
make mesh from object 100,2
add limb 1,4,100
wait 1000
   link limb 1,3,4
click=1
   endif

once you get the idea on how it all works write it down as it took me some time to remember how I use to do this.

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