Bullet script (Page 1 of 2)

if the bullet is linked to the player, the coordinates are local to player,
you should probably not link the bullets to the player because if the player rotate when the bullet is fired the bullet will rotate with it.

For exemple, when the player fire, you can initialize the bullet position and rotation according to the player :

    if onKeyDown("MOUSE_BUTTON1") then 
        pos = getPosition(player)
        rot = getRotation(player)

        -- init bullet transform
        setPosition(bullet, pos)
        setRotation(bullet, rot)

        -- if necessary move the bullet up or down, or rotate if not in the good direction :
        translate(bullet, {0, 0, 1}) -- random example you may not need it
        rotate(bullet, {1, 0, 0}, 90) -- random example you may not need it
    end

    if firing == 1 then 
        translate(bullet, {0.5, 0, 0}, "local")
    end

I would try attaching(parent) an (empty object) to the end of your gun? And have your bullet's position and rotation relavent to the empty and also have the bullet spawn from that location.

You might also want to try uploading your game somewheres for others to download and test out the troubles you are having.

Last edited by zester (2013-01-02 01:56:03)

I have tried that But then the bullet doesn't even spawn. Seems as if it has to do with the local coordinates which the empty object gets from its parent-object.

I am looking at your game I found a few problems. But for now we will just focus on your question.

What I did notice was that when you "fire" your pistol the bullet only sometimes fires and
it never re-spawns.

This code isnt right., for one isCollisionBetween by default assumes there is going to be a collision event, and by using "not" your reverting its expected result.       

if not isCollisionBetween(player, bullet1) then
    if bcoll > 0 then
        deactivate(bullet1)
        playSound(reload)
    end   
end

You would write it like this:

if isCollisionBetween(player, bullet1) then
    print("You shot the sherif")
else
    print("Crap you missed and he is mad!! RUN!!!")
end

You can give your bullet a "follow" behavor the settings I used was
delay 0.00
x: 0.12
y: 0.55
z: 0.44
local: Enabled

With those settings the bullet moved and rotated properly with the character. I was able to walk up to the bridge and shoot one of the houses.

Lastly I would create a new scene to test in "A simple shooting range" with
1. A "plane" for ground
2. Your character
3. The bullet
4. A Target "Cube"
Once your shooting action is working right then bring that code into your main scene.

I have a question for you did you do the "walk cycle animation" your self or was that something you found somewheres?

Hm, the num_collision still reads 0 in the console. Can you turn the collisionsensitivity up somehow?

One sec let me look at the problem with a simple example.

I did a collision test at differant velocities between three differant objects and everything worked fine. So I am not sure whats going wrong with your code.

Like these? If yes both full and empty?

Last edited by zester (2013-01-02 21:29:22)

Ok cool I can use bags like that also in my project.
http://forum.maratis3d.com/viewtopic.php?pid=3173#p3173

Here is a first attempt, Ill make differant sacks fter I finish with this ones texture.

Sack Full #1

Download Link

Last edited by zester (2013-01-02 22:54:48)

Does this link work for you?
http://zester.googlecode.com/files/Sack.zip