T3D1.2 Cheetah

#1 Make sure you are creating the scripted version and not the static version.
After looking, it doesn't seem to be listed, so you are definitely inserting the static version.
You'll have to add the scripts to your project.

#2 HI MIke,

I guess I forgot to mention that I am using the scripted version as oppose to the static mesh. I copied the scripts from the FPS Example from both the scripts/server and the art/datablocks/vehicles and called them from criptExec.cs and datablockExec.cs. I'm pretty sure I'm using the scripted version, because when they're inserted into the game, they fall to the ground where as the meshes just float in the air.

From the example that came with Torque, I am able to mount the vehicles.
From the example that I created, the player just walks through the mesh.

I've combed through the forums, resources, and blogs searching for anything with car, cheetah, or vehicle and have come up empty.

#3 Ok, then the problem should be with the player code. Compare the player scripts. I haven't looked, (and don't have time at the moment) but I'd bet there's some collision code differences keeping you from mounting the vehicle. Sorry I can't help more. Gotta get to work.

#4 The FPS Tutorial template has PhysX enabled and vehicles do not currently support PhysX.

#5 @Mike, Thanks for the help. Actually, I just copied the player scripts from the FPS Example out of the example folder. Just in case that was the problem. It wasn't.

@Scott. In the FPS Example out of the example folder, I'm able to mount the vehicles and enter the bunker.

In the FPS Example I generate, the player simply walks through the vehicles and cannot enter the bunker. As if the bunker was surrounded by a force field and the vehicles weren't there.

#6 Note that Scott said that "The FPS Tutorial template" has PhysX enabled. The FPS Example does not. When you generate your "FPS Example," which template are you using? If it's one of the ones that says PhysX, then vehicles will behave oddly. Essentially, you should be using the "Empty" project template for what you're attempting.

Also, check your collision settings on your buildings - changing that to "visible mesh" for both fields on buildings you want to interact correctly with should help.

And double-check your onCollision() callback on your player, armor and vehicle classes in script, though if you just copied it all over it shouldn't make a difference.

#7 to mount vehicles in a physics build, you will need to:

1; disable the players physicsRep
or
2; create and enable a physicsRep for the vehicle

either way will allow vehicle mounting in a physics build.

#8 Thanks deep! Guess we could add that to the PhysX templates some time....

#9 I'm too used to torque without an external physics engine.

#10 How do you disable the players physicsRep or create and enable a physicsRep for the vehicle? Thanks.