Hi, I am a noob in physic engine. Before I have a7 commercial, I only worked with c_move.
I tested the physic engine. But now I have a problem:
I builded a snowman with 3 sphere-objects and a box-object, the hat. But the snowman fall on the floor. I must say it, that he must wait until the player collide with the snowman. How can I scan collisions with physic objects?
I tested ENABLE_... and events. But they don't run.

short: How can I find out during the game, which model (pointer) collide with the physic?
And the second question: How can a model find out, which physic-entity (pointer) collide with this?

I don't know physics at all but couldn't you make the snowman a non physics object then when the player hits it with a c_move change it to a physics objct and apply the players move vector as a force. I'm sure some one who knows the physics engine could tell you more.

action player()
{
stuff here...
c_move(ect)
if(trace_hit)
if(you !=null)
if(you==snowman)
you.become_PH_object=true;
vec_set(you.focre,my.move.x);
}
action snowman_act()
{
var changed;
while(my!=NULL )
if(my.become_PH_object==ture && chagned==false)
changed=1;
make_me_aPH_object......
PH_force_of_some_type=vector(my.force)

}

you fallow...
Hopefully some one that knows this stuff can help more
Malice

yes, that good, but my player is also a physic object. A sphere, that rolls through levels, controlled with addcentralforce by the arrow keys.

Sry for doublepost, but I tried all event function with enable and my.event, c_trace in all directions and c_move with nullvectors. All these don't notice any body...
I don't know, how it should be script.

To best, I post my two actions:
Code:

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action snow()
{
	if(toon_onoff == 1) //set toon shader if this var is 1
	{
		my.material = mtl_toon;
	}
	phent_settype(my,PH_RIGID, PH_SPHERE); //set physic engine
	phent_setmass(my,mass/2,PH_SPHERE);
	phent_setfriction(my,friction);
	phent_setdamping(my,damping_a,damping_b);
	phent_setelasticity(my,elasticity_a,elasticity_b);
}
action player_()
{
	set(my,INVISIBLE); //invisible, because this is only the bounding entity. A model with the original look will set on player_()s position and rotates.
	Player = my;
	ent_create("player.mdl",my.x,sphere); //this is the "original"
	while(me)
	{
		ent_create("alpha.mdl",my.x,alpher); //an passable effect
		wait(5);
	}
}

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I need the collision detection for passable areas, in this the player activates event, for example sucking from a vacuum cleaner or scanning if the player is in this area (finish area).

Ok like I said I know nothing about the physics stuff but what about event_friction?

couldn't you make the snow man a have constraints then remove them on event friction some how?

Sorry I really can't help

Also event_friction don't get on if the physic object collide the snowman...

I wan't know only, how I can make the collision detection rightly.
And how can a passable map entity notice, that a physic object with the pointer Player is in this?