i'm trying two different ways to use c_trace to make the player stick to the ground, but neither are working:

1)

(c_trace(my.x,vector(my.x,my.y,my.z-5000),IGNORE_ME | IGNORE_PASSABLE | USE_BOX) = downdistance);

my.z -= downdistance;


2)

if (c_trace(my.x,vector(my.x,my.y,my.z-5000),IGNORE_ME | IGNORE_PASSABLE | USE_BOX) > 0)
{
my.z = hit.z;
}



but the first one has a syntax error:
(c_trace(my invalid character

and the second one has the error message:
parameter unknown hit keyword


can somebody please help? thanks in advance

1)

result = c_trace(my.x,vector(my.x,my.y,my.z-5000),IGNORE_ME | IGNORE_PASSABLE | USE_BOX);

my.z -= result * (result > 0);

2) Use "target" instead of "hit"

I hope it helped

@ Claus_n: 1) this works?


you made something wrong - You should not make my.z -= downdistance - becuase it´s wrong xD - use my.z = -downdistance * time_step -there is a differetn

for falling etc...

1>
downdistance = c_trace(my.x,vector(my.x,my.y,my.z-5000),IGNORE_ME | IGNORE_PASSABLE | USE_BOX);
my.z -= downdistance;

2> "hit" is only valid in lite-c, and from version A7.08 onwards.

You probably saw what I wrote before I edited it. I was just a bit too fast (might have been thinking of ent_animate as I've just been using that)

ah okay

thanks everyone, it works perfectly now! =D

Good deal, play around as much as you can with c_trace, and vectors...a large part of your functions will revolve around them.

out of curiosity what method did you go with?...starting out what was the easiest to implement for you?

the first one, it was easier to adapt to a falling function