Mount point question

#1 Mount points can be used for a variety of things really its all what you tell to mount to the location. You could even bind an object to a bone if you really dug deep enough into the code and wanted that.

I hope that helps, just let us know if you need more info.

#2 Thanks for the quick replie, im sure i'll have more questions..lol... but i need to look into the dts exporter for gamespace some more to make sure i'm understanding every thing correctly ..

Thanks again

Casey

#3 It's not that hard to use them.

In your model, create nodes called mount0,...mount9.

When mounting an image or an object, you just need to specify the node number ( 0...9)

#4 Here are some more detailed explanations that may help you quite a bit. Be sure and read to the end because some of the info has changed and been updated towards the end.

www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=20978

#5 Thanks for all the input every one, i'll take a look at that link

Casey

#6 Casey,

You got some of this info, but I'm spewing anyways:

A shapeBase Derived object can have up to 32 mountpoints (not some may be off-limits or specialized, I'm looking into this now). They are represented by the a joint/node named mount0, mount1, ... mount31

If you wish to mount an image or a shape to mount point on another shape, the object to be mounted must have a node named: mountpoint.

Mounting images:

Images must specify which node they will mount to in the datablock ->

datablock shapeBaseImageData(myNewDatablockName) {
    shapefile = "xyz...";
...
    mountPoint = 0; // Mount me on mount0, etc.
}

Then to mount, assuming %obj is a handle to some shapeBase object you wish to mount to, you would type:

// The first argument is the image datablock ID or in this case the name
// The second argument is a slot (not a mountpoint), of which you have eight per shape
%obj.mountImage(myNewDatablockName, 0);

To mount a shape on a shape, assuming %obj is the shape to mount on and %obj2 is the shape be mounted:

// First argument is the shape to mount onto %obj
// Second argument is the MOUNT POINT (in this case mount0)
%obj.mountObject(%obj2,0);

Hope this helps!

Note: This will be covered as well as many other samples in EGTGE when it comes out.

[HOW]EdM|EGTGE

#7 Thanks Edward, That was helpful you explained it alittle more clear.

Casey

#8 Hi All,
I am having a little problema with mount point,
I did a test with a character (player) - creating a mountpoint in dts player and dts obj...
Test in TorqueShowToolPro and its work fine but when I test in the game the mount point looks a little diference in the position (a little offset)

Here is my script test to do that:

datablock StaticShapeData(ObjTest)
{
catagory = "Misc";
shapeFile = "./obj.dts";
emap = true;
mountPoint = 0;
//eyeOffset = "0.0 1 0.0";
};


%player = new Player() {
dataBlock = PlayerBody;
client = %this;
};

%obj = new StaticShape() {
canSaveDynamicFields = "1";
datablock = "ObjTest";
receiveSunLight = "1";
receiveLMLighting = "1";
useAdaptiveSelfIllumination = "0";
useCustomAmbientLighting = "0";
customAmbientSelfIllumination = "0";
customAmbientLighting = "0 0 0 1";
useLightingOcclusion = "1";
};

%player.mountObject(%obj,0);


There is any tip to do that? Its correct?