I am currently having a problem with my shooting script. I have looked everywhere and spent the last 3 hours searching the manual but I still couldn't find anything that could help me. For some reason my code doesn't remove the bullet whenever it collides with level geometry. I currently have the passable flag set on which I believe to be the problem. However, I NEED the flag to be on for my game to function properly. So I am asking if there is anything that I can use in a statement to test for block collision? I am not very good at explaining what I mean, so here is an example.



Notice how in the "while(vec_dist(my.x,block)" statement, I used the word block to represent level geometry. Something like this would be most useful and I am sure 3DGS has this feature. I just cant find it.

you can test for hitting blocks several ways...
through events (EVENT_BLOCK) or through the return type of a c_trace (then do a tex_name, combined with hit).

look that up in the manual, should get you started

regards,

Im not sure if this will work, but give it a try...

Thanks for the help guys. All of your suggestions work as expected. However, my problem still exists. You see, I need the bullet entity to be passable in which EVENT_BLOCK/ENTITY and EvilSOB's suggestions wont work. Whenever the bullet if fired with the passable flag on, the bullet gets stuck in my player model. is there any way to do with with the passable flag on?

anyone?

OK, so I solved my main issue but now I have another one. When my bullets get fired they collide with the player model and get destroyed. Is there any way I can make it so that my bullet entities DONT collide with the player? I am assuming I need to use c_scan/trace or something. I wish there was an easier way to do this. I mean, we have the "IGNORE_FLAG2" modifier, so why not an "ONLY_FLAG2" one?

first: you = player;
than, in the c_move: c_move(...,...,..., ...|IGNORE_YOU);

hope this helps

try to create the bullet in front of the weapon and the player so that the collision hulls don't overlap.
Using this way you avoid the problem that the bullet hits the player.

muffel

I have already tried that. Because my player models box is rather large I have to create the bullet model so far out that it looks rather strange. Thanks though

EDIT: Oh and Rei, sadly I currently have the "you" pointer being taken by... you = ent_create("mgun.mdl",my.x,gun_attach);. So I put, "you = player;" in my bullet code. Sadly, my character STILL picks it up.
To make this a bit easier, i'll post my gun code.

Rei's suggestion with 'you = player' and 'IGNORE_YOU' is the common way to avoid collision with the origin of the bullet.

But, if this doesn't work, you could try this:
You could create the bullet at a vertex at the gun's end with vec_for_vertex.
Then you could reduce the collision box of the player with max_x, min_x, max_y, min_y, that the gun's end is out side that collision box, and the bullet is created outside.
You can see the size of the box when hitting F11 twice.

About "you = player" and "you = ent_create":
you and me are pointers that are relatively to an entity's function, this means that the 'you' within the function of the player points at a different entity than the 'you' within the bullet's function.