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Nic
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I am having big problems with .3ds file collision. I have made a simple character model and a simple level model. the level is all one model and is of varying heights, both models are .3ds format. But for some reason the character model is colliding with the level model but sinking half way down. So you only see the torso and head of the character and not the legs, PLEASE HELP many hourse have been spent on trying to get them to even collide !
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dj BlackDragon
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well sry if this doesnt help but for the sinking, what you could do is position the player or character just a little above the model so he doesnt sink but for the collisions there are other threads that might help
P.S.a thread like mine for instance

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Nic
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Thanks, although i am not sure how to do that , i am using the method of
I hope you understand 'coz i sure dont.
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dj BlackDragon
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that wont work because posy=old posy would then be moving something.but again i am not sure.sorry.oh and one q. does it work?if not(which evidently it doesnt) then i dunno.but check either the code base or other threads like the one i made which helped oh and ill do a search in my prog file on my computer for some.
bye,
Ian

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Doom weaver
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from what i understand, it is possible that your 3ds file is centred instead of positioned above Y0, so that its legs in the Y axis are in the negatives. Either edit the model so its feet are at 0 or in your code whenever teh object is repositioned add half the objects hieght to its current height.
I have had problems that sound similar to yours myself. Tell me if i helped...
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Nic
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Thanks to both of you but i have tried that appraoch.However i tried it with the built in shapes in darkbsic and i still get the same problem, the sphere sinks halfwy through the cube. I am trying to put gravity on, i have made a constant force pushing the models y co-ord downwards maybe thats the problem? But i cant see how i can get the model to follow the uneaven path of the singualr level model without it.
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the built in shapes are probably centred too... in most of my programs I have found I need a Y offset for my objects. Try playing around with the position of your model in the actual file, and if that doesn't work try offsetting it in code.
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Quote: "if object hit(1,2)>0 then posy=old posy"
is old posy sposed to be 2 words or is it just a typeo (could be the problem).

King of the asked question
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Nic
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Oh, Sorry about that it was a typo yes. could you tell me how to offset on the yaxis please.thanks
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nuclear glory
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You could use our collision plugin for DBC. It's designed for complex collision against externally loaded models.

Site at:
http://www.nuclearglory.com/ngc.php

Lead Programmer/Director
Powerful Collision DLL for DBPro and DBC: http://www.nuclearglory.com
Lightwave Scene Exporter to .X also at: http://www.nuclearglory.com
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Gowmars
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I would also recommend that collision plugin. I use it and it works great. Like you I created a .3ds char model and a .3ds level. I used the plug in and it took care of all my collisions for me.
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