Mounting lights on projectiles?
by Paul Jan · in Torque Game Engine · 05/24/2006 (8:16 pm) · 6 replies
I've been trying to mount lights on bullets to get a tracer effect, but mountrotation doesn't seem to work (yes i've been using the light datablock). Is this something inherant in the projectile class?
#3
For instance to rotate the light 90 degrees on the x I would use '1 0 0 90'. For an example of how this works check out the object rotation property in the mission editor.
Let me know if this helps!
05/26/2006 (11:18 am)
Make sure the values you put into the rotation are small. The coord system is the same as object rotation (accessible through the mission editor), and follows the format:'<x rotation amount> <y rotation amount> <z rotation amount> <angle>'
For instance to rotate the light 90 degrees on the x I would use '1 0 0 90'. For an example of how this works check out the object rotation property in the mission editor.
Let me know if this helps!
#4
I'm trying to make the line-like bullets that are in most games now using the corona on lights, but I didn't notice they were billboards.
05/28/2006 (4:52 am)
Ah - didn't figure out what units the rotation was in.I'm trying to make the line-like bullets that are in most games now using the corona on lights, but I didn't notice they were billboards.
#5
05/30/2006 (5:39 am)
Try mounting volume lights instead, that should give you a nice streak behind the projectile. 
Torque Owner John Kabus (BobTheCBuilder)
Are you mounting a light to each projectile that's created, or just setting the projectile's 'hasLight' property to true?