I'm not looking for code as much as I'm looking for a simple way to implement the following...

I'm wondering how everybody "gives" models different pieces of equipment. In a 3rd person environment where you want the model to display what they are carrying, how do you go about giving a model different things? Weapons, armor, hair, clothes, etc. Better still, what's the best way to manage them all? I'm assuming there has to be a parent/child relationship between most items, but how do you keep track of it all and what's the best way to approach it (both artistically and in the programming)?

Anybody?

I read in another post about assigning an emitter to a vertex on a model. Is it a similar method that I'll have to use?

Reference: eLL plugin (freeware)
shotty ea example:
Code:

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include <eLL.wdl>;

define _stuffIndex, skill22;
var stuffIndex = -1;

entity* eThing;
var i0; 
var thingCount;
/*******************************
	aKnowsJack
		a parent of jack's things
*******************************/
action aKnowsJack {
	stuffIndex += 1;
	my._stuffIndex = stuffIndex;

	eaAdd(my._stuffIndex, ent_create(<dirtySocks.mdl>, my.x, NULL));
	eaAdd(my._stuffIndex, ent_create(<pantyHose.mdl>, my.x, NULL));
	eaAdd(my._stuffIndex, ent_create(<duckTape.mdl>, my.x, NULL));
	eaAdd(my._stuffIndex, ent_create(<ammonium_nitrate.mdl>, my.x, NULL));
	eaAdd(my._stuffIndex, ent_create(<fuel_oil.mdl>, my.x, NULL));
	while(me != NULL) {
		//...
		i0 = 0;
		thingCount = eaGetCount(my._stuffIndex);
		while(i0 < thingCount) {
			eThing = eaGet(my._stuffIndex, i0);
			if (eThing != NULL) {
				vec_set(eThing.x, my.x);
				eThing.frame = my.frame;
			}
			i0 += 1;
		}
		//...
		wait(1);
	}
}

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Aside from Jack being on a dozen terror watch lists, this makes a little sense.

It's going to take a few times of me reading this to really understand it.

Thanks.

Due to the misspelling of 'duct tape', I don't think KnowsJack would 'make' many of the lists.

I suppose many might direct you to the use of handle(), ptr_for_handle(), and the possible use of the parent pointer for entities.
Also, I believe there are some 'inventory-type' scripts available for examination.

Assuming that such functionality is somewhat awkward to implement in C-Script, I would probably simply try to create a reusable plugin for the desirable functionality.

Quote:

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It's going to take a few times of me reading this to really understand it.

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Even after reading the lengthy associated (eLL) thread, it may not make much sense.
Certainly, the crude example does not represent the 'best' solution.

I believe that I might find an 'advanced' plugin that implements such functionality (which is somewhat undefined) useful, now, or in the near future.
If such doesn't already exist, I could try to write one, if all of the necessary functionality could be nailed down properly.

I don't know. There's a brand of duct tape called "Duck Tape".

I'm still a long way off from needing something like this. I just got 3dgs and am working through all the tutorials I can find. But it's good to see an example to help get me thinking of a way to achieve it.