can you add something about if players mass = something then the x or y motion of the block is multiplied by a number. for example

if mass = 100 (a large creature) boxes movement = (X * 2) * time(twice the movemnt)
if mass = 50 (a normal creature) boxes movement = X * time
if mass = 50 (a small creature) boxes movement = (X * 0.5) * time (half the movemnt)

and then the same thing for y movement?

But how do I set the player's mass is the question?

phent_setmass(player, 100, PH_BOX); // set the entity's mass

Play around with it a bit the player a bit and try to change his mass and if you come up with something that works, let me know. It's not as simple as you might think, or maybe it is and I just have a brain cramp.

Loco

ok ill have a look now, might not get to post till tommoz though as its midnite and im getting moaned at :P

When I build and run the physics tutorial I get this error:

Malfunction W1600
"Entity not a physics object in PhentBox: phent_setmass(my,my.mass,PH_BOX)"

have you deleted all boxes except 1? (becuase you have commercial)

Hi Daedelus,

Yeah, unfornately with commercial only a single box will work at one time. So stacking is not possible.

I am still not sure on if the player's mass can be changed. I have in another program where I have created a invisible pusher phent object, that moves slighty in front of the player's movement direction and I can change the mass, force, etc on this pusher object to get any desired effect I want. This will only work with the Pro version though, and although it works great, if the player's mass can be changed I don't really want to make it more complex than it needs to be because it involves some math and turning the invisible phent object off each frame to change it's position & values manually and then turn it back on to do the pushing that frame. Also, it has to be ignored when doing any tracing.

Loco

Hi Loco!

Sorry to interrupt the thread discussion but i'd like to conrat you to your site (I know it's a bit late...). I'm sure it will be very helpfull for many of us. I also believe that multiplayer developement with 3dgs will grow and improove in the coming years (although I'm not into that at all). To honour your work I will post a nice hemp plant on my site within the next month...but where to find one...hmm...wait...I'll take a look outside in the garden...........ohh...where are all those hemp plants gone...?

Sorry 'bout that- I forgot about the 1 object limitation in Commercial edition.
(Easy to think that would be the limit for standard or extra)
That definitely took care of the issue. I should be dragged out and shot

try as i might locoweed i cant get the mass thing to work either :/ its really annoying me now though cos it must be able to be done im just guessing its really complicated, sorry tried my best tho :P im still up for attempting to help on the rest of it thought

I have had some reports of people having problems with the download of files from my 3DGS site in my signature below. Please let me know if you are having problems downloading from the site so I can get it corrected.

Thanks,
Loco