Rotary Phone implementation
by Paul Z · in Torque Game Engine · 01/28/2005 (6:54 am) · 4 replies
Folks,
I would like to ask for some advice implementing a rotary phone in TGE. Basically, I want the Player (in First Person Perspective) to be able to walk up to the phone, pick up the hand set and dial a number. No problem with picking up a hand set, I use weapon mount functionality. But I have a hard time conceptualizing the implementation of the rotary dialer. A current though is to create a DTS object with a number of animations, corresponding to dialing numbers 0 through 9. But how would I figure out which animation to play (i.e. which number the player decided to dial)? By adding a separate collision box for every number? The player will use mouse to selct numbers on the rotary
Another thought is to solve this problem by adding a special GUI element, which will pop up on screen when the player picks up the handset, and that would allow player to enter a number via keyboard. I would prefer to have first idea implemented.
Any thought/suggestions would be much appreciated.
I would like to ask for some advice implementing a rotary phone in TGE. Basically, I want the Player (in First Person Perspective) to be able to walk up to the phone, pick up the hand set and dial a number. No problem with picking up a hand set, I use weapon mount functionality. But I have a hard time conceptualizing the implementation of the rotary dialer. A current though is to create a DTS object with a number of animations, corresponding to dialing numbers 0 through 9. But how would I figure out which animation to play (i.e. which number the player decided to dial)? By adding a separate collision box for every number? The player will use mouse to selct numbers on the rotary
Another thought is to solve this problem by adding a special GUI element, which will pop up on screen when the player picks up the handset, and that would allow player to enter a number via keyboard. I would prefer to have first idea implemented.
Any thought/suggestions would be much appreciated.
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#2
01/29/2005 (9:51 am)
I would go with the GUI approach, like show the face of the rotary phone, they click a number, and then you can see the rotor on the DTS spin, it wouldnt need seperate animations, just a spinning face, unless the camera was up really close to the phone. 
#3
01/29/2005 (10:14 am)
And if you separated the rotary dial from the phone itself, all you're have to do is rotate the dial a certain distance depending on the number they touch. 
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