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Newcomers DBPro Corner / How can i stop something from walking through walls?

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Cairne
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Posted: 14th Jul 2004 13:48
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Im trying to make a first person shooter, and need help keeping the camera from walking through walls. Also, can anyone tell me an easier way to make walls? My code is a sloppy mess of "Make Box.." codes that take up a lot of space.
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Xander
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Posted: 14th Jul 2004 14:35
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Is this in DB Classic or Pro?

If it is DB Classic, you can use static collision boxes where all of the walls are, then use sliding collision on the camera, there is even automatic sliding collision built in.

However, I don't have very much experience in DB Pro. Object collision seems like it would be too slow...

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Cairne
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Posted: 14th Jul 2004 14:41
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I use DB classic, and thanks for the tip.
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Yay, DB Classic, now I can help you.

When you create a box for a wall, use the make static collision box command to create an invisible collision box in the exact position as the wall. Do you have experience with sliding collision? If you don't, I can give you an example. If you do, then you should be able to figure it out. There are sliding collision examples that come with DB, take a look at those to figure it out.

Good Luck

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nuclear glory
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Posted: 14th Jul 2004 16:30 Edited at: 14th Jul 2004 16:31
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A simple sliding collision solution would be to use our collision plugin for DBC. No need to re-invent the wheel as they say

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

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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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Cairne
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Posted: 14th Jul 2004 17:06
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i cant find anything about static collision on my version of darkbasic, and static collision boxes dont seem to do anything.
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Posted: 15th Jul 2004 11:35 Edited at: 15th Jul 2004 11:37
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Collision is cool. There are just so many ways to do it. And the results are great to watch. Here are two simple examples that use sliding collision. They should serve to get you started.
http://www.geocities.com/hifin2003/sliding-collision.html
http://www.geocities.com/hifin2003/jump.html
You can copy and paste the code. There no media files necessary.
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