I spent the weekend digging through the HL2 vehicle code and experimented with steering and throttle a little. Now I noticed one big problem with the airboat:
m_VehiclePhysics.SetSteeringDegrees() - no matter how big or low I set these degrees the boat always turns at the same speed, only difference is noticeable when the degrees get negative then the steering is reversed, steering left makes the boat go right.
m_VehiclePhysics.SetSteering( 1, flSteeringRate ); - is called when the command to turn right or left (-1) executed Again I noticed that the steering value (here 1) is not considered for how fast the airboat turns when you are steering, if the value is below around 0.5 the airboat doesn't steer at all and any value above will result in a full left/right movement circle.
I tried to find the underlying system that actually translates the steering / movement values into the entities resulting angles/origin.
Is this code capsuled in the engine? Do we have control over a vehicle's movement behavior (bar teleporting it) or did I just not manage to find the according functions in the sdk?
Is it possible to make the airboat "ride" on waves in the water by applying a simple up/down sin(gpGlobals->curtime) to the boats pitch
Regards Black Panther
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