Hey guys,

I'm having troubles with creating gravity. I'm trying to use c_move, but it doesnt work. So what should I do when I want gravity to be like so...

action char {
my.x += .....;
}

AKA: What should I fill in the dotted lines?

Thanks a ton,
-Harb

First, find the distance you need to travel. The formula for calculating distance travelled with a given constant acceleration rate is this, only without the absolute value bars:



In simple terms, just find the average speed of travel (by adding the old speed with the new speed, the vertical speed) and multiply by the time you spend at this average speed and you have a simple form of acceleration (without drag). It's mainly just the matter of converting between units, mainly quants to feet (or meters), and seconds to ticks (16 ticks make one second).

This'll get you started.

Thanks for that, but this is just a simple problem of syntax. I just want to know what code I put in the dotted lines to make sure my player moves down, lets say, 5 quants per frame unless it hits a block (don't worry about different modes).

c_move(my, vector(5,0,0), nullvector, glide); // relative direction

or

c_move(my, nullvector, vector(5,0,0), glide); // absolute direction.