Thank you very much Jay for the fix! I have been side steping the use of elevators in my levels, becuase of this issue
Now i got a reason to compile a fresh DLL for my play mod (not nightfall). Adam --- Jay Stelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you say, "In hl2dm, it's smooth regardless of > the "smoothstairs" > setting." It sounds like you misunderstand what I'm > trying to say. > > HL2DM is running the code from episode 1 that I > pasted below. > smoothstairs is already disabled when you're on an > elevator in HL2DM - > so testing HL2DM isn't going to prove whether this > change is the fix or > not - you have to test a mod based on the current > SDK code release. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > > Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald > > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:07 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Jerky Movement when player > is on > > moving lift/elevator. > > > > That only masks the problem apparently. In hl2dm, > it's smooth > > regardless of the "smoothstairs" setting. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jay Stelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Jerky Movement when player > is on > > moving lift/elevator. > > > > I'm not sure if it's the issue or not, but I > remember a bug > > like this in episode 1. If it's the same issue, > then setting > > smoothstairs to zero will fix it (but cause other > problems). > > If that's the case then you need to add some logic > to disable > > stair smoothing when the player is on an elevator. > > > > Here's the code from ep1 > > baseplayer_shared.cpp: > > > > static ConVar smoothstairs( "smoothstairs", "1", > > FCVAR_REPLICATED, "Smooth player eye z coordinate > when > > traversing stairs." ); > > > > > //------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ------- > > // Handle view smoothing when going up or down > stairs > > > //------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- > > ------- > > void CBasePlayer::SmoothViewOnStairs( Vector& > eyeOrigin ) { > > CBaseEntity *pGroundEntity = GetGroundEntity(); > > float flCurrentPlayerZ = GetLocalOrigin().z; > > float flCurrentPlayerViewOffsetZ = > GetViewOffset().z; > > > > // Smooth out stair step ups > > // NOTE: Don't want to do this when the ground > entity > > is moving the player > > if ( ( pGroundEntity != NULL && > > pGroundEntity->GetMoveType() == MOVETYPE_NONE ) && > ( > > flCurrentPlayerZ != m_flOldPlayerZ ) && > > smoothstairs.GetBool() && > > m_flOldPlayerViewOffsetZ == > flCurrentPlayerViewOffsetZ > > ) > > { > > int dir = ( flCurrentPlayerZ > m_flOldPlayerZ ) > ? 1 : > > -1; > > > > float steptime = gpGlobals->frametime; > > if (steptime < 0) > > { > > steptime = 0; > > } > > > > m_flOldPlayerZ += steptime * 150 * dir; > > > > const float stepSize = 18.0f; > > > > if ( dir > 0 ) > > { > > if (m_flOldPlayerZ > flCurrentPlayerZ) > > { > > m_flOldPlayerZ = flCurrentPlayerZ; > > } > > if (flCurrentPlayerZ - m_flOldPlayerZ > > > stepSize) > > { > > m_flOldPlayerZ = flCurrentPlayerZ - > > stepSize; > > } > > } > > else > > { > > if (m_flOldPlayerZ < flCurrentPlayerZ) > > { > > m_flOldPlayerZ = flCurrentPlayerZ; > > } > > if (flCurrentPlayerZ - m_flOldPlayerZ < > > -stepSize) > > { > > m_flOldPlayerZ = flCurrentPlayerZ + > > stepSize; > > } > > } > > > > eyeOrigin[2] += m_flOldPlayerZ - > flCurrentPlayerZ; > > } > > else > > { > > m_flOldPlayerZ = flCurrentPlayerZ; > > m_flOldPlayerViewOffsetZ = > flCurrentPlayerViewOffsetZ; > > } > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Teddy > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:11 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Jerky Movement when > player is on moving > > > lift/elevator. > > > > > > No, but i would give up my first born for it. > > > > > > Seriously, i've been trying to fix this for a > while now, very > > > frustrating > > > > > > On 6/28/06, Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > > -- > > > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative > ] Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is apparently a bug with the SDK, that > when you are > > > on say, a lift or > > > > an elevator, your movement becomes jerky when > the lift is > > in motion. > > > > At first I thought it was a problem with some > custom > > > movement code, so I got > > > > the base SDK and tried the same map with a > lift. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But no dice, same weird jerky movement issue. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I fired up HL2DM, same map with a lift, > smooth as a > > > babies bottom, I > > > > then got the base HL2DM code, tried it, same > jerky movement, > > > > > > > > and then CS:S, same jerky movement. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So it appears that valve has applied some > fixes to the > > > HL2DM code, which I > > > > have missed out on. Does anyone know how to > fix this > > jerky movement? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - voogru. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > -------- My Website http://www.ammahls.com Lead Programer NightFall http://www.nightfallmod.net Developer of CST and ZHLT 3.0 http://www.zhlt.info Team Lead - Prime - http://www.nigredostudios.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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