How do I get all objects within a defined space?
by ChrisG · in Torque Game Engine · 06/06/2007 (3:37 pm) · 3 replies
How can I find all the objects within a defined space (ie. a cube or a zoned area)?
I thought that I could loop through all objects and test their position (or bounding box) but I was wondering if there is already a function that does something like this?
What want to do is put an elevator into my game. I would prefer to do this using TorqueScript. It doesn't really need a moving platform as once the elevator door closes I could 'teleport' all objects within the elevator to a duplicate elevator on the destination floor.
I thought that I could loop through all objects and test their position (or bounding box) but I was wondering if there is already a function that does something like this?
What want to do is put an elevator into my game. I would prefer to do this using TorqueScript. It doesn't really need a moving platform as once the elevator door closes I could 'teleport' all objects within the elevator to a duplicate elevator on the destination floor.
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#2
The radius of the search will contain the entire elevator and then some. I'll then do a second search through the found objects just to make sure they are actually within the elevator (a cube).
The trigger will be when the player presses a button to summon the elevator or presses a floor button inside the elevator. Since this is a single player game I don't need to worry about the elevator being used by more than one person at a time.
06/11/2007 (7:11 pm)
@Lee I did a little research over the weekend and came to the same conclusion. The radius of the search will contain the entire elevator and then some. I'll then do a second search through the found objects just to make sure they are actually within the elevator (a cube).
The trigger will be when the player presses a button to summon the elevator or presses a floor button inside the elevator. Since this is a single player game I don't need to worry about the elevator being used by more than one person at a time.
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06/11/2007 (7:15 pm)
Interesting. Thanks for sharing your findings. 
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I'm guessing that you plan to periodically search the elevator area to see if someone's in there? If that's the case, might be simpler to use a trigger in the elevator.