hello, if you read my previous post you know I am trying to create a teleport gun. basically i need to figure out how to make it so if i target a certain type of object in the game i switch places with it...and i need it as simple and dirty as possible.

currently i can easily teleport by changing the my.x, my.y, etc. variables, but im having issues with c_trace.

Also, i am basically building this game off of the default engine script files for the FPS game.

c_trace(my.x,target_pos.x,ignore_me);
if(you) // An entity was hit?
{
vec_set(temp.x,my.x); // Store position of the player
vec_set(my.x,you.x); // Setting player to hitten entity
vec_set(you.x,temp.x); // Setting you to the stored player position
}

The target_pos is the position you have to trace (the point the weapon has aimed).

I hope this could help you

Regards
TSGames

Thanks for your reply, but where does it send the c_trace from? Right now I put that code you just pasted on when I press my "right_mouse" and it doesn't do anything. Is there some pre-reqs I am missing? Sorry, I am a complete novice to Lite-C and GS7.

Actually i used the SCAN_TEXTURE and tex_name always show it as hitting the floor under me, do you have any idea why?

you could try to do a diffrent trace :
Code:

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var temp1[3];
var temp2[3];
temp1.x = 512; // middle x pos of screen
temp1.y = 384; // middle y pos of screen
temp1.z = 1; // scan starting 1 quant infront of camera
vec_set(temp2.x,temp1.x);
temp2.z = 10000; // trace range infront of camera
vec_for_screen(camera,temp1.x); // convert to world coords
vec_for_screen(camera,temp1.y);
c_trace(temp1.x,temp2.x,ignore_me + ignore_passable);
if(you) { vec_set(temp1.x,my.x); vec_set(my.x,you.x); vec_set(you.x,temp1.x); }

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You have to put that in your player function or in a function called by the player function. If you dont , my will become null for this code , and will give error,I think.

hmm thanks for the reply, i tried that and i get a vector expected error

Probably because I made a mistake correct this :
Code:

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vec_for_screen(camera,temp1.x); // convert to world coords
vec_for_screen(camera,temp1.y);

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With this :
Code:

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vec_for_screen(camera,temp1.x); // convert to world coords
vec_for_screen(camera,temp2.x);

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Thanks, but since I posted that I got it working. Below is the code:

function TeleportGun()
{
var theTarget;

vec_set(theTarget.x, vector(10000, 0, 0)); //shoots 10000 quants
vec_rotate(theTarget.x, camera.pan); //shoots in the direction of the player
c_trace(my.x, theTarget.x, ignore_me + scan_texture | ignore_passable | use_aabb ); // aabb works great here

if(str_cmpi(tex_name, "SQUARE.MDL") == 1) // if the entity hit is square.mdl
{
var tempX; //
var tempY; // Gonna use these later!
var tempZ; //

tempX = your.x; //
tempY = your.y; // Store old entity variables
tempZ = your.z; //

ent_create("square.mdl", my.x, null); // Create entity at player old position

my.x = tempX; //
my.y = tempY; // Move player to old entity position
my.z = tempZ; //

if (your) // if the entity hit still exists
{
ent_remove(your); // poof
}

}
}

In case someone wants to use the other script , I made another mistake , here is the solution...
PS.: I havent used vec_for_screen lately so I forgot how it worked the view has to be after the vector , not before... So , not tested , but this code should work now without errors.
Code:

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var temp1[3];
var temp2[3];
temp1.x = 512; // middle x pos of screen
temp1.y = 384; // middle y pos of screen
temp1.z = 1; // scan starting 1 quant infront of camera
vec_set(temp2.x,temp1.x);
temp2.z = 10000; // trace range infront of camera
vec_for_screen(temp1.x,camera); // convert to world coords
vec_for_screen(temp2.x,camera);
c_trace(temp1.x,temp2.x,ignore_me + ignore_passable);
if(you) { vec_set(temp1.x,my.x); vec_set(my.x,you.x); vec_set(you.x,temp1.x); }

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