I s it possible to use the spheres you get in 3DGamestudio as a basis as a planet. I did try this once but I couldn'yt get the player to walk all around the sphere. It would be brilliant if you can, because then since I have Bryce 5.5 all I would need to do is import moutains and hills and even use some onf the shapes and prefrabs on the sphere and use anther sphere as a sky atmospheric sphere.

I did manage to get two spheres working but as I said couldn't get the player to walk on the sides of the planet.

I am and was using A5.51 at the time Can you do this in A6?

Oh, walking on spheres? It is very hard to code this. I tryed it several times with some methods.
For exaple i used Sin, cos, asin etc. to get the angele of the player. The big problem are the euler-angles. It is possible to turn the player that he stands on the sphere in every position, but you can't turn the direction very easily.
I think it is a scripting problem.
Ah, you have A6? Then the collision is no problem. But if you try it with A5 you have a big problem with the box-collision system.
Code:

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 // sphere2.wdl

var video_mode = 8;
var video_depth = 16;

string sph2 = <sphere2.wmb>;

entity* player01;
entity* gem1;
entity* gem2;

var speed[3];
var force[3];
var tilt_Gegenkathete;
var roll_Gegenkathete;
var tilt_Hypothenuse;
var roll_Hypothenuse;
var nil[3] = 0,0,0; //This is the origin of the sphere, to make it easyer it is 000
var another[3];

var tilt_angle1;

var roll_angle1;

string deb1 = "Hallo";
string deb2 = "Hallo";
String deb3 = "Hallo";
String deb4 = "Hallo";

font ar24 = "arial",1,24;

var runtime;

text debug
{
	font = ar24;
	pos_x = 0;
	pos_y = 0;
	strings = 4;
	string = deb1,deb2,deb3,deb4;
	flags = visible;
	layer = 1;
}

function main
{
	bg_color.red = 1;
	level_load(sph2);
}

action gem_1
{
	gem1 = my;
}

action gem_2
{
	gem2 = my;
}

action set_name
{
	my.fat = 0;
	my.narrow = 0;
	my.polygon = 1;
	player01 = my;
	wait(1);
	while(1)
	{
		if(key_w == 0)&&(key_s == 0){force.x =  0;}else{if(key_w == 1){force.x = 5;}if(key_s == 1){force.x = -5;}}
		if(key_a == 0)&&(key_d == 0){force.y =  0;}else{if(key_a == 1){force.y = 5;}if(key_d == 1){force.y = -5;}}
		if(key_q == 1){speed.z = -1;}else{speed.z = 0;}
		math();
		c_move(me,force,speed,glide);
		wait(1);
	}
}

function math
{
	vec_set(speed,player01.pos);
	vec_inverse(speed);
	vec_scale(speed,0.02);
	
	gem2.x = 0;
	gem2.y = 0;
	
	
	if(player01.z > 0)
	{
		tilt_Gegenkathete = gem1.x - player01.x ;
		tilt_Hypothenuse = vec_dist(player01.pos,nil);
		tilt_angle1 = tilt_Gegenkathete / tilt_Hypothenuse;
		tilt_angle1 = asin(tilt_angle1);
		if(tilt_angle1 < 0){tilt_angle1 = 360 + tilt_angle1;}
		Str_for_num(deb1,tilt_angle1);
		player01.tilt = tilt_angle1;
		
		roll_Gegenkathete = gem1.y - player01.y;
		roll_Hypothenuse = vec_dist(player01.pos,nil);
		roll_angle1 = roll_Gegenkathete / roll_Hypothenuse;
		roll_angle1 = asin(roll_angle1);
		if(roll_angle1 < 0){roll_angle1 = 360 + roll_angle1;}
		Str_for_num(deb2,roll_angle1);
		player01.roll = roll_angle1;
	}
	
	if(player01.z < 0)
	{		
		tilt_Gegenkathete = gem1.x + player01.x;
		tilt_Hypothenuse = vec_dist(player01.pos,nil);
		tilt_angle1 = tilt_Gegenkathete / tilt_Hypothenuse;
		tilt_angle1 = asin(tilt_angle1);
		if(tilt_angle1 > 0)&&(tilt_angle1 != 0){tilt_angle1 = 180 + tilt_angle1;}else{if(tilt_angle1 != 0){tilt_angle1 = 180 + tilt_angle1;}}
		Str_for_num(deb1,tilt_angle1);
		player01.tilt = tilt_angle1;
		
		roll_Gegenkathete =  gem1.y - player01.y;
		roll_Hypothenuse = vec_dist(player01.pos,nil);
		roll_angle1 = roll_Gegenkathete / roll_Hypothenuse;
		roll_angle1 = asin(roll_angle1);
		if(roll_angle1 < 0)&&(roll_angle1 != 0){roll_angle1 = 360 + roll_angle1;}else{if(roll_angle1 != 0){roll_angle1 = 360 - roll_angle1;}}
		player01.roll = roll_angle1;
		Str_for_num(deb2,roll_angle1);
	}	
}




var look_at1[3];
var look_at2[3];
var turn[3];
var go[3];
var tilt_G;
var tilt_H;
var tilt_a;

entity* mod;

action new
{
	mod = my;
	my.narrow = 0;
	my.fat = 0;
	my.polygon = 1;
	wait(1);
	while(1)
	{
		if(key_f == 1){turn.pan =  5;}else{if(key_h == 1){turn.pan = -5;}else{turn.pan = 0;}}
		if(key_t == 1){go.x = 1;}else{go.x = 0;}
		math2();
		c_move(mod,go,nullvector,null);
		wait(1);
	}
}

function math2
{
	if(player01.z > 0)
	{
		tilt_G = gem1.x - mod.x ;
		tilt_H = vec_dist(mod.pos,nil);
		tilt_a = tilt_G / tilt_H;
		tilt_a = asin(tilt_a);
	}
	
	vec_for_vertex(look_at1,mod,688);
	vec_for_vertex(look_at2,mod,689);
	vec_sub(look_at2,look_at1);
	turn.tilt = tilt_a;
	vec_rotate(look_at2,turn);
	vec_to_angle(mod.pan,look_at2);
} 

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Here a small example of my thinking direction. I give it up to comment it. it works not very good. It is just an idea.

edit:
I understand: you are using A5. If you use a model as a sphere, not only the scripting even the collision is a problem. You can't use poly-collision in A5.
If you are trying to use a block sphere, it is possible to chack the normals of the block under the player. So you can turn the player around.

The big point is to get a working gravity code.

I see The Thinker, so it would be better if I upgraded then?

That is a pity as if you could get the collision system to allow any suface to be used potentially as a surface to walk on that could allow for some very exciting gamess in A5.51 I guess I will just have to upgrade then.

Oh yes bit late and old topic but I know have A6 so now I will try it with this thanks TheThinker