Do you know by chance what the !picker traceline uses?
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Tom Edwards <t_edwa...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> You can stop them from hitting the skybox by checking the surface you
> hit...look at the HL2 rocket for how to do that. It disappears if it
> hits the skybox.
>
> As for displacements, phys objects, etc. your choice of collision group
> is almost certainly to blame. I'd use whatever the !picker traceline uses.
>
> On 15/05/2010 11:10, James K wrote:
>> I'm trying to get rain splashes to show up when they collide with the
>> ground. In a way, I've succeed. I can get splashes. The problem is
>> they're almost everywhere but where I want them. They show up even on
>> the skybox, which I don't want. They won't show up on displacements,
>> glass, or physics props, however, which isn't good.
>> Here's the code for the tracer:
>> -----------
>> if ( RandomInt( 0, 100 )< r_RainSplashPercentage.GetInt() )
>> {
>> trace_t trace;
>> UTIL_TraceLine(vOldPos, pParticle->m_Pos, MASK_ALL, NULL,
>> COLLISION_GROUP_NPC,&trace);
>> if( trace.fraction< 1 )
>> {
>> DispatchParticleEffect( "spash", trace.endpos,
>> trace.m_pEnt->GetAbsAngles() , NULL );
>> }
>> }
>> }
>> ----------
>> I've tried making a new mask and collision group, both of which didn't
>> help at all.
>>
>> Anyone better at this than I am?
>>
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