Awesome! I just tested the printf() thing, and it works! It even created the entity I wanted. I'll need to resize it in MED, though, as it's a little too big.

EDIT: ok, I have a problem. I have set up a test function for using mag_create:

Code:

void mag_toggle()
{
	while(1)
	{
		switch(key_lastpressed)
		{
			case 25:
				mag_create("posmagnet.mdl","negmagnet.mdl",curpos,POSITIVE);
			case 49:
				mag_create("posmagnet.mdl","negmagnet.mdl",curpos,NEGATIVE);
		}
		wait(1);
	}
}


The thing is, when I press P or N (that's the keys the scancodes correspond to), it creates tons of little magnet models (they don't attract/repel each other yet, the math for the actual behavior hasn't been worked out, but I have an idea). maybe this has to do with the fact that I'm using a while loop?

I've also modified the mag_create function a little, too, but it shouldn't be of any real consequence:

Code:

I had remembered that the STRING* I had set up as a parameter wasn't being used, so
I've created an additional one for a secondary model (the negative magnet), and I've
incorporated the STRING*s in the ent_create functions within mag_create:

MAGNET* mag_create(STRING* filename1,STRING* filename2,VECTOR* pos,int pole)
{
	MAGNET* tmp= malloc(sizeof(MAGNET));
	tmp->pole= pole;
	switch(pole)
	{
		case POSITIVE:
		{
			ENTITY* ent_post= ent_create(filename1,curpos,phys_objsphere);
			tmp->entity= ent_post;
		}
		case NEGATIVE:
		{
			ENTITY* ent_negt= ent_create(filename2,curpos,phys_objsphere);
			tmp->entity= ent_negt;
		}
	}
	return tmp;
}

(btw, removing the while loop makes it not work.)

Last edited by MrCode; 02/02/08 19:58.
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