More distinct movement?
by Marcus Fernstrom · in Torque Game Engine · 04/11/2009 (9:06 am) · 5 replies
Once again I bug you nice people for help.
Here's the quesionmark of the day:
I'm wondering how to alter the way the character moves, as in I want to modify the way the character reacts to things like gravity/mass/whatever, right now I find that the movement is almost a bit too fluid for my liking, and would like a bit more distinct movement.
Do I have to dive into sourcecode? If so, where would I start looking, and what functions should I look for? (Keep in mind that I'm not a C++ coder)
Or can I affect the players movements from script?
I'm not sure what the script functions for mass, drag, maxdrag and so on does, maybe it's simple? Like stopping a bit faster then in vanilla TGE, jumping not as smooth, turning a bit more sharply, things like that.
I'm not looking for a complete overhaul of the engine, just some pointers in what direction to look at.
Here's the quesionmark of the day:
I'm wondering how to alter the way the character moves, as in I want to modify the way the character reacts to things like gravity/mass/whatever, right now I find that the movement is almost a bit too fluid for my liking, and would like a bit more distinct movement.
Do I have to dive into sourcecode? If so, where would I start looking, and what functions should I look for? (Keep in mind that I'm not a C++ coder)
Or can I affect the players movements from script?
I'm not sure what the script functions for mass, drag, maxdrag and so on does, maybe it's simple? Like stopping a bit faster then in vanilla TGE, jumping not as smooth, turning a bit more sharply, things like that.
I'm not looking for a complete overhaul of the engine, just some pointers in what direction to look at.
#2
How about jumping? Any pointers on how to make the whole action a bit "faster"? It's a bit too fluid or "soft" for my taste.
04/11/2009 (11:19 am)
Thanks Daniel, I didn't find anything called moveForce, but it did point me in the general direction I needed, I have it a bit tighter now (Not much, but really close to what I wanted :) )How about jumping? Any pointers on how to make the whole action a bit "faster"? It's a bit too fluid or "soft" for my taste.
#3
If you don't want to mod the source code, you can prototype this functionality by linking the spacebar to a server command that applies a vertical impulse to the player. That way you can see if it really is the direction of the jump force that's causing the behaviour you don't like.
04/11/2009 (1:40 pm)
Ah, sorry, runForce was what I meant. I don't know about jumping - aside from telling you to bump up jumpForce ;P. But that will give your player massive leaps, which probably isn't what you're looking for. I really don't know what you're looking for - I might suggest modifying the source code so that jump force is always applied straight up, instead of at a horizontal angle.If you don't want to mod the source code, you can prototype this functionality by linking the spacebar to a server command that applies a vertical impulse to the player. That way you can see if it really is the direction of the jump force that's causing the behaviour you don't like.
#4
Well, the basic idea is that now I want to make the jump a bit more "realistic" I'm not sure how to explain it, but to me it looks like the player slows down mid-air, both in speed and gravity. lol
I get a feeling I'm not making much sense. XD
I don't mind changing the sourcecode, it's just that I'm no good with C++ code so I don't know what anything means really :/
04/11/2009 (1:52 pm)
Hehe yeah, runForce is what I changed.Well, the basic idea is that now I want to make the jump a bit more "realistic" I'm not sure how to explain it, but to me it looks like the player slows down mid-air, both in speed and gravity. lol
I get a feeling I'm not making much sense. XD
I don't mind changing the sourcecode, it's just that I'm no good with C++ code so I don't know what anything means really :/
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