> Or if your mod has no vphysics at all, you can just skip the shadow > objects and set the size directly in the entity. >
Well the problem is, using CBaseEntity::SetCollisionBounds appears to change the bounding box, (as "ent_bbox player" shows) but this box has nothing to do with collision. it can go through walls, etc. http://img110.exs.cx/img110/5110/small00068tp.jpg On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:11:45 -0800, Jay Stelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vphysics shadow objects are for objects that are controlled by the game > logic. They follow the motion that happened in the game world and cause > the corresponding physical effects. The player is a special case that > accepts feedback from vphysics. > > Anyway, you don't have to have specific bbox objects in your mod if you > don't want to. You can create them dynamically as the players change > size. It's just a little faster if you cache them so HL2 does. > > Or if your mod has no vphysics at all, you can just skip the shadow > objects and set the size directly in the entity. > > Jay > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Hasan Aljudy > > Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 2:09 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] manipulating hull / bbox > > > > Thanks. > > I wasn't trying to just changing the standing/crouhcing > > hulls, I was trying to _add_ more hulls. > > > > I think I've figured it out, it's probably not a clean way to > > do it, but I had to mess with > > CBasePlayer::SetupVPhysicsShadow and stuff like that ... but > > hey, it's working. > > Anyway, why is this stuff called shadows? like > > m_pShadowCrouch and m_pShadowStand? > > I'm thinking it's the shadow of the player's hull on the > > physics engine, or something like that. > > > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:26:59 -0800, Jay Stelly > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The box is trivially changeable from within code. Just change the > > > constants VEC_HULL_MIN or VEC_DUCK_HULL_MIN or the code > > that uses them. > > > > > > Also, turn on developer mode (run with -dev or type > > developer 1 at the > > > console) and you can see debug overlays. They do many things > > > including visualization of entity bounding volumes. Try ent_bbox > > > player at the console to see the player box in thirdperson mode. > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hasan > > > > Aljudy > > > > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 1:59 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] manipulating hull / bbox > > > > > > > > ok, I thought so. > > > > > > > > for the bbox, I'm not sure, but after several hours of > > searching I > > > > found this CBaseEntity::SetSize but I'm not sure it works > > the way I > > > > think it does. > > > > > > > > is there a coonsole command or someway to display the box > > around my > > > > "player" (assuming I'm in thirdperson mode) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:22:17 -0500, David Nelson > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > -- > > > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] no > > there isn't a > > > > > model for the player. You can type "thirdperson" while playing > > > > > the game and you won't see anything. You have to set you own. > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Date: 12/10/04 12:42:22 > > > > > To: hlcoders > > > > > Subject: [hlcoders] manipulating hull / bbox > > > > > > > > > > is it possible to change the size/dimensions of the > > > > player's bounding > > > > > box through code? > > > > > Also, does the Single Player have a model for the player? > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the > > > > list archives, > > > > > please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the > > > > list archives, please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > > archives, please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the > > list archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
