TypeMasks and Raycast
by DMT · in Torque 3D Beginner · 06/11/2010 (2:04 pm) · 4 replies
I am trying to catch a StaticShape in a raycast. I believe the typemask of a staticshape to be one of the following :
ShapeBaseObjectType
StaticObjectType
StaticRenderedObjectType
StaticShapeObjectType
I am not sure which to use so I used them all. I still did not manage to get any hits from the raycast when clicking the staticshape object.
The object is defined in the following datablock :
datablock StaticShapeData(Door)
{
shapeFile="art/shapes/door/door.dts";
category="Door";
};
So my questions are as follows :
1. What is the correct type mask of staticshape?
2. Am I supposed to define a form of collision for my shape?
3. Is this not working for some other reason?
Thanks.
ShapeBaseObjectType
StaticObjectType
StaticRenderedObjectType
StaticShapeObjectType
I am not sure which to use so I used them all. I still did not manage to get any hits from the raycast when clicking the staticshape object.
The object is defined in the following datablock :
datablock StaticShapeData(Door)
{
shapeFile="art/shapes/door/door.dts";
category="Door";
};
So my questions are as follows :
1. What is the correct type mask of staticshape?
2. Am I supposed to define a form of collision for my shape?
3. Is this not working for some other reason?
Thanks.
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#2
2. Yes. No collision mesh = nothing for a ray to collide with.
Read up on setting up the heirarchy for models in the Support ->Documentation ->Artists section of this website.
06/30/2010 (12:01 pm)
1. StaticShapeObjectType, which is also part of ShapeBaseObjectType2. Yes. No collision mesh = nothing for a ray to collide with.
Read up on setting up the heirarchy for models in the Support ->Documentation ->Artists section of this website.
#4
To clarify : Can I set the StaticShape object to collide on it's visible mesh?
Another question on the same topic :
I made an Item and I want to have that hit by a raycast. I have set it to collidable in the world editor but I have had no luck in getting it to respond. I am currently using the ItemObjectType(as well as the ones mentioned above) to find it, I am not even sure if this is a real type.
07/02/2010 (2:14 pm)
(I only just became aware of the differences in the type of possible collision. Pardon my ignorance.)To clarify : Can I set the StaticShape object to collide on it's visible mesh?
Another question on the same topic :
I made an Item and I want to have that hit by a raycast. I have set it to collidable in the world editor but I have had no luck in getting it to respond. I am currently using the ItemObjectType(as well as the ones mentioned above) to find it, I am not even sure if this is a real type.
DMT