Mission Area Player Clip / Bounds & Manual Bounding Box

This resource is based on Leslie Young and Britton LaRoches work (and it should be noted that Michael Hall has a similar resource), taking those concepts it further dilutes them to a basic bounds that will block the players movement when they travel outside the mission area.

Instructions:

Make sure Torque 3D is closed.

In /server/scripts/player.cs add in the 'forcing player away' code:

function Armor::onLeaveMissionArea(%this, %obj)
{
   //echo("c4Leaving Mission Area at POS:"@ %obj.getPosition());

   // Inform the client
   %obj.client.onLeaveMissionArea();

   // Damage over time and kill the coward!
   //%obj.setDamageDt(0.2, "MissionAreaDamage");

   // Start: forcing player away code <--- THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ADDING
   %force = GlobalMissionArea.bounce;      
   %min_x = getWord(GlobalMissionArea.area, 0);  
   %min_y = getWord(GlobalMissionArea.area, 1);  
   %max_x = %min_x + getWord(GlobalMissionArea.area, 2);  
   %max_y = %min_y + getWord(GlobalMissionArea.area, 3);  
   %x = getWord(%obj.getPosition(), 0);  
   %y = getWord(%obj.getPosition(), 1);  
   %vx = 0;%vy = 0;%vz = 0;      
   if (%x&lt;(%min_x+10)) %vx = %force;  
   if (%y&lt;(%min_y+10)) %vy = %force;  
   if (%x&gt;(%max_x-10)) %vx = -%force;  
   if (%y&gt;(%max_y-10)) %vy = -%force;  
   %vec = %vx @ " " @ %vy @ " " @ %vz;  
   %obj.setVelocity(%vec);
   // End: forcing player away code <--- END OF WHAT WE'RE ADDING!
}

Save the file.

Launch T3D, now open your level and under Library/Level/Level add a Mission Area.

In the Mission Area editor place your Mission Area (you may have to reset it's coordinates to 0 0 0 512 so it shows up in the editor). Make sure your player is in the Mission Area.

Save your map and exit Torque 3D.

Open your map in Torsion or WordPad and locate "new MissionArea"

Change the following on it:

Change new MissionArea() { to new MissionArea(GlobalMissionArea) {

Add:
bounce = "5"
enabled = "1"

So it looks sorta like this:

new MissionArea(GlobalMissionArea) {
      area = "0 -40 200 512";
      flightCeiling = "2000";
      flightCeilingRange = "50";
      locked = "1";
      canSave = "1";
      canSaveDynamicFields = "1";
      bounce = "5";
      enabled = "1";
   };

Save the file and load up your map. When your player hits the Mission Area bounds they should stop cold.

You can adjust the 'bounce' factor and really push the player around if you like. I find "5" is just enough to stop the player in it's tracks.

From what I can tell this won't work on vehicles, check the referenced resources above, they talk about it a little. I'm not sure if it'll keep AI out.

On the smaller and more manually placed scale I've been using a bounding box with some success. I've uploaded it to here (right click, save) for anyone to download. You can adjust the height and length but not the width, as soon as you change the width beyond "1" then the player can walk right through it. Not an ideal solution (I would prefer a form of trigger) but it does what needs to be done.

Hope this help and let me know if I'm out to lunch on somethings and I'll adjust the resource.