Making a Player Fly

#61 So to toggle flying in script we can either use %player.toggleFlying(); to toggle it or %player.toggleFlying(true or false); to set it.

The method I used was...

In client/config.cs add

moveMap.bindCmd(keyboard, "t", "commandToServer(\'toggleFly\');", "");

in server/scripts/commands.cs add

function serverCmdtoggleFly(%client)
{
   if (isObject(%client.player))
      %client.player.toggleFlying();
}

Using this code 't' will toggle flight of course you can change that to anything you want.

By default the player starts not flying since I figured most of the time that's how people would want it, but you could change it right as the player spawns if you want.

#62 Wow thanks! this will be awsome!

#63 Let me know how it works for you.

#64 I don't seem to have commands.cs or that other file you said (probally because I'm using a mac). Although I did put the moveMap.bindCmd(keyboard, "t", "commandToServer(\'toggleFly\');", ""); part in client/default.bind.cs (all my other controls are there. I also made a file called commands.cs and put that function there (yes I did put the exec in the game.cs it doesn't seem to work though, any idea?

#65 Are you sure you don't have a config.cs? It takes priority over default.bind. If you delete config.cs then it will be recreated with the updated information from default.bind next time you open and close torque. Check in the console as well, if the command is firing then you will probably get errors. If there are no errors it is probably not registering your input.

#66 I don't think Macs get config.cs, I even got a fresh DL and it is not there, I ran a search and I found it in starter.fps and demo. No there are no errors, if it is not registering my input then what should I do?

#67 I just tried typing "%player.toggleFlying" in the console... No luck

EDIT: I found an error, client/default.bind.cs Line: 1 - syntax error.

I don't know why it's on line 1 since it is just a comment. any idea?

#68 Well it seems to work in starter.fps, but it won't work in tutorial.base... I think maybe that was the problem.

#69 Config.cs isn't created until torque runs and exits at least once, so it isn't in a fresh DL. It isn't in the same folder as default.bind, it's in the one before it. If indeed there is no config.cs then I have no idea what to do. So if you can't find it this last test will check if it exists somewhere. You need to do this on a copy of torque that has run at least once.

in default.bind.cs find

moveMap.bind( keyboard, a, moveleft );
moveMap.bind( keyboard, d, moveright );
moveMap.bind( keyboard, w, moveforward );
moveMap.bind( keyboard, s, movebackward );
moveMap.bind( keyboard, space, jump );
moveMap.bind( mouse, xaxis, yaw );
moveMap.bind( mouse, yaxis, pitch );

change all that to

[code]/*
moveMap.bind( keyboard, a, moveleft );
moveMap.bind( keyboard, d, moveright );
moveMap.bind( keyboard, w, moveforward );
moveMap.bind( keyboard, s, movebackward );
moveMap.bind( keyboard, space, jump );
moveMap.bind( mouse, xaxis, yaw );
moveMap.bind( mouse, yaxis, pitch );
*/[code]

If you can still move in your game after doing that then there is something equivalent to config.cs somewhere, if not then you should be getting errors in your console every time you press 't'.

#70 Oh I didn't see your latest posts while I was typing let me see what I can do in tutorial.base

#71 Yah... Sorry I forgot to tell you about it.

EDIT: Well I'm flying in starter.fps but I am thinking I forgot to put in that shaking fix issue.

#72 Okay got it

in default.bind.cs add

GlobalActionMap.bindCmd(keyboard, "t", "commandToServer(\'toggleFly\');", "");

apparently it wanted GlobalActionMap in tutorial.base and not movemap

#73 Thanks. I can't seem to get Tom's non shaking issue to stop, I added the 2 lines of code he said but now my engine crashes when it loads the level. Am I missing something?

#74 Did you also add

Quote:I figured out what I did wrong: I used Tom Spilman's fix to smooth flight, but I missed his note about adding lines in Player::readPacketData(). For fellow code box scanners out there, you need to add the following lines to player.cc (add the lines denoted with plus signs):


void Player::readPacketData(GameConnection *connection, BitStream *stream)
{

...

stream->read(&mHead.x);
stream->read(&mHead.z);
stream->read(&rot.z);
+ stream->read(&rot.x);
+ stream->read(&rot.y);
rot.x = rot.y = 0;
setPosition(pos,rot);

#75 Also? Isn't that the only thing to do?

#76 Oops I quoted the wrong deal I updated it.

#77 Oops, lemme get that.

#78 Nope, still shaking. And the thing for tutorial.base isn't working.

#79 I put

stream->read(&rot.x);
 stream->read(&rot.y);

in the readPacketData function and the

stream->write(&rot.x);
 stream->write(&rot.y);

in the writePacketData function, but still shaking.

#80 Your read is fine but your write should look like this

stream->write(mRot.x);
   stream->write(mRot.y);