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Newcomers DBPro Corner / How do you send a ray from point A to point B???

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Omikronian
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Posted: 13th Feb 2003 07:51
How can someone send out a ray from say, the cameras position
straight out in front of it? My idea is to use this "ray" to detect other objects within a level and highlight it whenever users press the left mouse button. I just do not know how to implement the ray itself.

Thanks in advance
Shadow
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Posted: 13th Feb 2003 11:28
you could just use a long invisible cylinder positioned at the camera's current position
Richard Davey
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Posted: 13th Feb 2003 12:46
Look at the "static line of sight" commands - that is what they're designed for.

Cheers,

Rich

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Omikronian
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Posted: 14th Feb 2003 00:40
Ok, where are those "static line of sight" commands listed in darkbasic pro? :\

Omikronian
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Posted: 14th Feb 2003 01:35
Never mind, I found where the commands are. Alright, I don't see how the static line of sight commands can help me. I want to be able to select an object using left mouse button and then need to return the selected objects position(xyz). Could someone please help me with this?

Thanks in advance

Richard Davey
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Posted: 14th Feb 2003 02:20
Erm, you didn't ask how to select an object in your original post - you asked how to cast a ray into the scene and detect if it had hit anything! That's why I suggested what I did and it will work with a little application.

Cheers,

Rich

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kfoong
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Posted: 16th Feb 2003 05:20
well rich he did say something about left mouse clicking and the target highlighting

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Dmitry K
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Posted: 16th Feb 2003 16:05
Try it.
NOTE: Works only with Patch 3.1



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