Hi!

I have learned only the basics of WED, the level editor. But I understand there must be some sort of 'dos and donts' for level creation, as I'm having a lot of problems trying to make a simple physics objects.

It's really very simple things! Everything should work without problems... there's something (or something missing) in the level creation phase that is stopping physics from happening.

Also, I have problems adjusting the light of the scene.

Lights are always a problem for me, so Im no help there.

But physics failure is "usually" due to people missing the required
"hollow box" around the ENTIRE level (even if its set invisible).

Thanks for the reply EvilSOB :]



Do you know of any other details that could cause physics failure? I have a hollow box already.

I think Ive tracked down the problem.. Not that I understand why it doesn't work! But when I take a character model off the level, everything starts functioning perfectly! Even if no action was assigned to him (I was suspecting something in his action was bogus)

So, basically, I have a level with a big hollow box, a ball (with physics). When I add this model, (even with no action assigned to him) nothing works, without it, everything works!

What am I missing here?

Dunno, Im a physics newbie myself.
Best guess is maybe the entity need an action, or needs 'some' physics attached,
or needs 'some' action to validate him, or needs 'fully' closed meshes (unlikely).
Or maybe the model is just mangled...

I tried before with and without action. Makes no difference.

Maybe the closed mesh thing isn't so unlikely! I don't know what's so special about this particular model.. it's the one from the 'kingdon something' tutorial.

Since the problem is the model, not the level, I'll start a new thread with an apropriate title. Maybe someone had this problem before!

Question: Every entity in the map needs to be a physical object?

No. In fact, I wouldn't even code my player as a physical entity - this can lead to many problems.

Just an update on this issue: Apparently, the problem occur only when the entity is added previously in the level creation. That is, if I create an entity in the script (with a animated model, doesn't matter) there isn't any error!

Not sure why, but at least I can continue working.