Hi, guys

My problem is as follows:

first, a level is loaded and nothing weird happens. But, it all comes when I load a new level. The engine crashes and stops working when I load that level

Be aware that:

1) This happens with a particular level and NOT when any new level is loaded

2) The new level (which makes the problem) is semi-identical to the level existing just before that level




I would be grateful if anyone could tell me what the problem can be

The problem is solved. Now, I'm gonna change the subject.....

I've two questions:

The first q.: How can I change the size of the bounding box? Don't laugh!...'cause I change the min_x,max_x values ,but nothing happens and the bounding box keeps its default size!!


The second q.: How to copy/paste level files? Which files should I copy/paste and which parameters in WED should I change? As I tried many times to copy/paste level files from a folder to another ,but the copy is different from the original file (some textures are missing...etc.)

e.g. If I have a level .wmp file called "house1.wmp" ,I copy/paste ALL files named "house1" (compiled .wmb map, .bak file....etc.) ,but the problem still exists


Thank you for reading......

Looks okay to me. Can you try to load just the compiled level (.WMB) file without the script to see if you can actually load it?

If you can, it may suggest a script error. Try adding a wait(3); right after you level_load("level2_ch1m2.wmb"); statement. We may have to see more of your code and/or a fully working example of your problem.

Another possible problem I can see is that you may be trying to remove an entity that does not exist or has already been removed (ent_remove(clara);). Or worse, you may be removing the entity "clara" and later on in your program you are trying to access/modify the "clara" pointer which actually does not exist anymore! I'm not too sure how this code fits into your complete code but you may want to watch out for that!

How can I call a function before its definition? Or in other meaning, if we have two functions A and B ,and fucntion A calls B ,then function A calls B. How to do this without errors ,if possible?

I wanted to know that 'cause this is gonna help me a lot

If I understood you correctly use function prototypes:

void init_menu();

void init_game()
{
init_menu();
...
}

Then define the content of the init_menu declaration later as if you would have never used such a prototype, so:

void init_menu()
{
...
}

The parameters and the return type have to match, thus the prototyp to

var ent_get_dist(ENTITY* ent, VECTOR* vtarget) {...}

is

var ent_get_dist(ENTITY*, VECTOR*);

OK. One more question.

If I loaded a level ,then created an entity using "ent_animate". After that, I loaded another level ,will the entity still exist?

'cause I create my player model in the script after loading the level ,then when I load another level ,I don't see the player (also I don't see the sky which was created in the script too). Will it be better if I put the player in the level in WED?

i guess you meant ent_create.
And the answer is no, all entites will be cleared on level load and only the ones placed in wed will be created. Rather than putting it on wed i guess it's better to have function like setup_level(levelname) which loads the level, creates the player and skybox and any other variables/entities you might need.

@Quad - if he doesn't set his pointer player1 to null before loading the new level will it be invalid? set to null, load level, set player1 = me; in player function - Right?


Edited pointer name

Normally I think they're automatically removed but it looks like The_KING is using the global pointer, "clara," in his code and therefore he would have to set it to NULL afterwards or re-assign it on ent_create().

***THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED***

But I still have other problems ,look at the thread above

to set the bounding box , first set both FAT and NARROW flags of the entity. http://www.conitec.net/beta/aentity-fat.htm

or as mentioned on the manual page, c_setminmx or c_updatehull do it too, but they also change the bounding box size.