I am trying to attach a seperate scarf entity onto my model. The scarf works, but I need it to look somewhat real. I need it to be sort of like the scarf from the PS2 game, Shinobi. I will post a pic to show you what I mean.





Now you know what I am looking for. Please help.

A scarf will behave most of the times like a smoke trail: it stretches behind the "actor" in a projection of its trajectory. One way of implementing it would be the store 'n' ('n' being equal to the number of nodes in the scarf) last "actor" positions and assign each position to one of the scarf nodes. Later you add vertical acceletarion to the nodes to make them fall and also some random spatial variation to account for the "wind" effect.

I see, so I am adding a node to each section of the scarf? Would the same principal apply for bones, where I use a ragdoll physics and apply boned to every vertex and apply the ragdoll physics with collision detection? However, that may cause some slow down in the game.

It would certainly slow down the game doing it by physics so instead you'll have to simulate it by moving the first node to the position last occupied by the player plus some vertical descent to account for gravity, then the following nodes to the positions last occupied by the previous node and adding a little 'gravity' at each iteration.

It appear be a clothing physics from havok.

I believe you need make one mdl and deform the vertex with physics to do this, but I no idea how to do this with A6 physics.

If any one know a scripts about this and want spread it in the forum it will be a very great contribuition.

Best regards,

Marcio

If you've got pro edition or know how to handle newton physics, then it's not that hard at all ...

It's probably the easiest to make it a bit like ragdoll physics. Create invisible boxes and link them all together using the physics engine of A6, put bones in the scarf and whereever the boxes are pushed to by physics forces, the scarf's bones will have to respond accordingly ... Off course this probably sounds easier than it is, however it's feasable for sure.

Cheers