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Vehicle not moving

by Randy Hearn - Magnum · in Torque Game Engine · 01/10/2006 (7:57 pm) · 8 replies

OK,

I have set my FPS game up to have a buggy included and my player can mount it with the "E".. Used most of the resources and I can drive the buggy just fine once I mount it.

Si, I went to milkshape and exported a Dodge Ram pickup I had. Of course I had mount0 as well as hub0,hub1,hub2,hub3 defined.

But, when i use the dts from the truck. It will not move. I have place the truck and it does not appear to be stuck. Although it's size is large compared to the original buggy - not sure that matters.

Anything I am missing? I figured a new model would at least move as long as it had wheels. May not have animation ect...
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    Torque Owner Ben R Vesco
    #1
    01/11/2006 (9:30 am)
    Perhaps you haven't set the control object to the car? I have the following code which activates control of the car in my current prototype:

    function GameConnection::createCar(%this, %spawnPoint)
{
    .
    .
    .
    %this.setControlObject(%car);
    .
    .
    .
}

    Torque Owner Randy Hearn - Magnum
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    #2
    01/11/2006 (4:11 pm)
    @Ben thanks....

    I think the car has control, as the only thing I am doing is swapping DTS files.

    My guess is I have something not right in the model. I am assuming I set the coordinates correctly.


    I am thinking this is a DTS model setup problem and either a missing mount point or something.

    Torque Owner Randy Hearn - Magnum
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    #3
    01/11/2006 (6:34 pm)
    I did find this in the console, This is from a resource so if I don't get a response here I will try the resource link.

    function Armor::onMount(%this,%obj,%vehicle,%node)
    {
    if (%node == 0) {
    %obj.setTransform("0 0 0 0 0 1 0");
    %obj.setActionThread(%vehicle.getDatablock().mountPose[%node],true,true);
    %obj.lastWeapon = %obj.getMountedImage($WeaponSlot);

    %obj.unmountImage($WeaponSlot);
    %obj.setControlObject(%vehicle);
    %obj.client.setObjectActiveImage(%vehicle, 2);
    }
    }


    I get the error setObjectActiveImage unknown command..

    However, I do get this with both models, so it may be unrelated, but this is the only error in the console.

    Torque Owner Westy
    #4
    01/11/2006 (6:49 pm)
    Make sure the wheels are not intersecting the collision mesh for the car (i.e the wheels touching the wheel arches).

    Torque Owner Randy Hearn - Magnum
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    #5
    01/12/2006 (4:13 am)
    @Westy

    I will check that tonight. I actually have moved the wheels way behind the body of the vehicle. Almost comical to no effect, I figured it might have something to do with the wheels as well.

    Thanks

    Torque Owner Randy Hearn - Magnum
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    #6
    01/12/2006 (4:14 pm)
    OK figured it out. exported vehicle with a visible collisoin box and found out the box was actually touching the ground under the model. That is what it was hangining on. I simply moved the hub? mounts down some and it started moving.

    Oh well, sometimes it's the simple things...

    Torque Owner Niall
    #7
    01/13/2006 (6:15 am)
    Glad you got it sorted!

    Torque Owner Randy Hearn - Magnum
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    #8
    01/13/2006 (3:48 pm)
    Yea.. Now to figure out why it doesn't turn :)