Fast projectiles dont draw..

#1 I'd suggest rewriting the laser projectile. ;)

#2 Well i dont think that will help because ANY projectile does this and i'd like to fix this while im at it.. However i prolly will end up making it just instantly trace a line, but still i'd like to know how to fix this problem..

#3 Just take a look at that game called "Legends".
I think they got a beam weapon sniper rifle
http://hosted.tribalwar.com/legends/

#4 Jacob - that's my point. The flaw is systemic to using a ballistic projectile to approximate the action of a beam. You need to rewrite it to use a raycast so you can avoid the problem entirely.

As for the light issue, you'll have to tell me what type of light exactly it is before I can really help you there - there are many codepaths in the engine regarding lights, and some of them had this error and were later fixed. Are you running the latest HEAD?

#5 I believe so. The light is done in the script projectile code.. Looks like this:hasLight = true;
lightRadius = 14.0;
lightColor = "0 0.5 0.5";

I noticed this with the crossbow too, the light. And this raycast you mention, whats that do exactly? Sorry for the noob-ness, but im totally new to here. Only other engine i've worked with was quake 1. They had somethin called traceline which, well, traced a line from one specifed vector to another. Very handy cause then u could draw a model beam off the lines coordinates.

#6 Make sure you're running the latest HEAD - I thought I fixed this problem. :)

Container::castRay() is the method you want to work with. It lets you cast a ray from one point to another, specifying masks of objects to check against, this sort of thing. A very powerful tool.

#7 Ohh.. so its like, exactly wot im lookin for, a traceline tool? cool! thanks, i'll go try somethin with it! =D

#8 Have fun with it. May all your lasers be straight and deadly.

You're on your own figuring out how to make the whole laser glow tho ;)

#9 Oh, i got an idea for it.. :D I did this for quake 1. It will probably have to be engine side tho, which i never like too much, but what i have to do is somewhere around model drawing check for a specific model name that makes up the beam, and create light on that model. Also used for particles too. Might take soem time tho..

#10 Oh ya, sorry, one thing i forgot to mention. If i dont have the latest head would i be able to update without losing my changes or anything?

#11 Yes. CVS will try not to change anything you changed. If you change something that changed in HEAD, your CVS client should give you the opportunity to resolve the conflict.