I don't want to use a third-party tool to do this. I want to change the actual
game code so it'll always work.
Best regards,
Tobias
edman747 <edman...@gmail.com> hat am 25. August 2012 um 05:49 geschrieben:
> I put that in the entity file for the map. Then used ripent -import
>
> the entity
> "classname" "monster_generic"
>
> On 8/24/12, m...@tobiasbaumann.net <m...@tobiasbaumann.net> wrote:
> > Care to elaborate on where you put that code?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Tobias
> >
> > edman747 <edman...@gmail.com> hat am 24. August 2012 um 02:09 geschrieben:
> >> had a similar problem with a model on one map.
> >>
> >> "minhullsize" "-16.5 -16.5 -37"
> >> "maxhullsize" "16.5 16.5 37"
> >> "origin" "-1196 1080 -208"
> >> "model" "models/holo.mdl"
> >>
> >> On 8/23/12, m...@tobiasbaumann.net <m...@tobiasbaumann.net> wrote:
> >> > Hi everyone,
> >> >
> >> > over the last couple of days I've been trying to fix a problem I'm
> >> > having.
> >> > Something I thought would be quite easy to fix but alas as everything
> >> > in
> >> > game
> >> > development turned out to be really complicated. :(
> >> >
> >> > So here is what I'm trying to do and what the reason is for it not
> >> > working.
> >> > In
> >> > my Mod the mappers can define a custom player model. This model can
> >> > basically be
> >> > anything. Like lets say a couch, a chair or whatever. Now this works
> >> > fine
> >> > but no
> >> > matter what model it gets positioned into the ground by half its
> >> > height.
> >> >
> >> > Now I did some research and I think this is because the collision
> >> > boundary
> >> > of
> >> > the player gets calculated using the $origin value defined in the QC
> >> > file
> >> > when
> >> > compiling the model. Now this is fine for player models where the origin
> >> > is
> >> > at
> >> > the bottom. But what I found out is that most other props have their
> >> > $origin
> >> > centered in the middle of the model. Which explains the offset by 50%
> >> > of
> >> > the
> >> > height. Am I correct with this assumption?
> >> >
> >> > What I tried to was change the predefined player hull values in
> >> > HL2MPViewVectors
> >> > g_HL2MPViewVectors but this had an effect on viewports and player
> >> > collisions
> >> > but
> >> > none on the actual positioning of the model in the world.
> >> >
> >> > I've also tried to modify the origin values using SetLocalOrigin. But
> >> > again
> >> > this
> >> > didn't seem to have any effect whatsoever.
> >> >
> >> > Could anyone of you more experienced developers help me out here?
> >> >
> >> > How can I set an offset to the model before its collisions boxes get
> >> > compiled?
> >> > Is it even possible to change the $origin value before it gets accessed
> >> > everywhere else in the code?
> >> > Is that value even accessed or do I have to approach this some other
> >> > way?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thank you for any light on this and best regards,
> >> > Tobias
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