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DarkBASIC Discussion / Please help me with various programming issues

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HWT
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2005 08:40 Edited at: 8th Apr 2005 18:37
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I am making a game that resembles deus ex and half life. but, not being a real master in the language of dbc, i am having trouble doing the following.

(1) how to create a decent flashlight in dbc just like in halflife (so that point camera here and there flashes a spot to the location).
(2) how to cause an object to go a specific position passing between obstacles without hitting them
(3) how to make the cursor (at the center of the screen) act as a pointer to activate lift buttons, doors, objects etc....
EDIT: (4) how to make a decent mirror
I very much appreciate ANY help

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Posted: 4th Apr 2005 03:36
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I forgot to say PLLEEEAASEE (help)!!

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(3) POSITION OBJECT id,x,y,z
(1) You are going to want to look into the Light commands. Basically you position a spotlight in front of the camera and rotate it with the camera. Experiment with the cone angle values to get the desired effect.

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Thank you BearCDP

Do you have any idea of how to make a cursor on the screen that can activate certain objects when the player's close to them?

Or, how to make blood spurt out and onto the floor when player/enemy get's hit? Again, any help is very much appreciated (and needed!).

Thanks in advance

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with (3) i would more say:
object screen x(id)/object screen y(id)
for ex:

if object screen x(event_id)>310 and object screen x(event_id)<330
if object screen y(event_id)>230 and object screen y(event_id)<250
gosub start_event
endif
endif
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Thanks for that

But I've just being faced with another problem.

I made this small movie of the game I'm making (no textures on the objects). But there are some 'wiggly lines' at the edges. Any idea of how to remove that?

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Can anyone help with atmospheric lighting (that resembles the capacities of CS4) but without using CS4?

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How come when I create more than 10 lights in DBC I don't get any error or anything? Just curious ....

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Posted: 7th Apr 2005 04:27 Edited at: 13th Apr 2005 23:31
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My object's faces go all fuzzy - how do I correct this (please )?I've attached a movie.

EDIT: And does anybody have *any* idea of how to do that tilting motion seen in HL 1?

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