Mounting a player with a specific node
by Maxime Jouin · in Torque Game Engine · 06/10/2008 (7:04 am) · 0 replies
Hello,
I would like to mount a player to another object, using a specific node on the player (kind of like mounting images). I have a node called mountPoint on the player and I want this specific node to be mounted on the mount0 node of my object. That way, I can animate the player's mountPoint to make it move relatively to the object's mount0. This may sound whacky, but it does have its uses.
The problem is that I can't offset the player correctly so that it positions its mountPoint instead of its Base on mount0. I tried adding this bit of code in the Player::updatePos to no avail:
This, theoretically, adds the inverse of the mountPoint to the player's position, thus offsetting it correctly.
What am I doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
I would like to mount a player to another object, using a specific node on the player (kind of like mounting images). I have a node called mountPoint on the player and I want this specific node to be mounted on the mount0 node of my object. That way, I can animate the player's mountPoint to make it move relatively to the object's mount0. This may sound whacky, but it does have its uses.
The problem is that I can't offset the player correctly so that it positions its mountPoint instead of its Base on mount0. I tried adding this bit of code in the Player::updatePos to no avail:
if (isMounted()) {
if( isServerObject() )
{
MatrixF NodeTransform;
S32 MountNode = mShapeInstance->getShape()->findNode("mountPoint");
if( MountNode >= 0 )
{
NodeTransform= mShapeInstance->mNodeTransforms[MountNode];
NodeTransform.inverse();
}
else
{
NodeTransform.identity();
}
setTransform(NodeTransform);
}
setMaskBits(MoveMask);
PROFILE_END();
return true;
}This, theoretically, adds the inverse of the mountPoint to the player's position, thus offsetting it correctly.
What am I doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
