Default Player

#1 1. Create 3D model or purchase a sufficient model with the animations you need.
2. Convert it to DTS. This requires a 3D application with a DTS exporter.
3. Change the datablock for the player to point to your model.

#2 Okay, but how can I use certain models for different missions?

#3 Just instantiate a different player object for each mission that loads. Or, alternately, use a mission property, and point the player datablock reference at a datablock based on that mission property.

#4 I don't mean to be a pest, but I am new at this. How to you instantiate a different player object?

#5 Look in game.cs

// Create the player object
   %player = new Player() {
      dataBlock = PlayerBody;
      client = %this;
   };

#6 Ok. I changed PlayerBody to my datablock name. The name of my datablock is, BoxCar. Here is the code:


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



When I put this in and start the game, the loading bar stops when it gets to the end of loading the objects, and then when I look in the console it says,"Object 'BoxCar' is not a member of the 'GameBaseData' data block class". What is going on?

#7 Not sure if you are aware of this or not, but the model requirements for 'vehicles' and 'players' is different. You can't just swap a dts model designed for a player to a dts model designed for a vehicle. The required nodes are different.

http://tdn.garagegames.com/wiki/DTS/Getting_Started

Try starting with the racing game example for the racing game, not the fps example.

#8 Quentin you just need to define a player datablock called "BoxCar".

#9 The best looking way would be to:

%player = BoxCar.create();