how do i get my actor's USE_BOX trace to whack out a cuboid "ray" instead of taking my bounding box and helpfully making an ellipsoid based on its extremities?

thats what seems to be happening, anyway

c_trace seems to return a slightly lower number when it strikes a block at a point offset from the vectorfrom, vectorto line, when using USE_BOX

no wait c_trace returns a higher number not a lower number. like when my actor's foot is only just resting on the block, on its very edge.

Ent_create a 'cuboid' box at the pos you want the trace to origunate from then use that to trace.

does that mean use an invisible map entity snapped to the actor for colliding with stuff? whether or not thats what you mean i'll give it a go so thanks

Easier with a model.

umm excuse my ignorance but my whole problem is that the default shape for collision of a model can be seen to be a box when i press f11 twice, but seems to act like an oval when i c_trace with USE_BOX. i just want a plain old box. how would tracing from another model resolve this?