hi,

i have 2 entities, i can control the movement of one entity such as walking. but i'd like to switch the control over to the other entity. how can i do that?

can i simply do this?? thanks for any help.



entity_pointer_1 = my;

// say on_key_1

entity_pointer_2 = my;

Are you using 1 single action in your script and assigning it to both entities?

It is best to create 2 seperate actions for each entity you want to control..

ENTITY* player_1
ENTITY* player_2

Action 1
{
player_1=me;
.....
walking code
}

Action 2
{
player_2=me;
.....
walking code
}

So now you can control each entity individually, depending upon the controls that you assign to them.

Don't forget to assign the right action to the right entity in WED.

i'd like to use the same action for all entities instead of creating one for each entity.

i only want one entity to be 'active' at all time, it is like switching control from one entity to another.

from your example code, the two entities seem to move together because their pointer is assigned to 'me'. please correct me if i'm wrong.

any sample code that can be run to illustrate the case is greatly appreciated.

No, they would not move together because they have different pointers. The ME pointer is an internal engine pointer.

Me just pointers to the current entity the action is assigned to. So if you assign a different pointer to it, eg. player_1, then that entity then has pointer player_1 and not me.

You then can manipulate the entity by referencing player_1.

If you do not want to create an action for each entity then create a different pointer for each entity you want. Then use ent_create to load the model and assign it the pointer like so.

Entity* player_1;
Entity* player_2;

Action move_players
{

player_1 = ent_create("model1.mdl", vector(10,0,0), some_function);
player_2 = ent_create("model2.mdl", vector(20,0,0), some_function);

}

Then you can move each entity by referencing their pointers...

player_1.x = 0;

Finally you will want to switch controls to different entities. Use one big function for that (some_function) and control keys with different pointers.

Hope you get that, pointers aren't the easiest concept in the world, lol.