need some help with aggro

[Panch]

Now the only problem is

if (cdsys->Collide(cd1, &trans1, cd2, &trans1))
                        csPrintf("hit!");

CHEWS up the frame rate. It doesn't matter if I check every frame or with each step. I'd like to have this kind of real time check for all the enemies in a level.

I'm not sure if I can place this check anywhere else to boost performance??

[jorrit]

There is no reason that that should eat up framerate. That function is called constantly in many CS apps to collide the actor/player against the world. Are you very sure that that is the function that eats your framerate? Did you try to use a profiler?

Greetings,

[Panch]

That function is called constantly in many CS apps to collide the actor/player against the world.

Yeah, that's what I figured. I'm positive that this is the function causing the slow down. If I comment it out, framerate goes back up to normal. I haven't used a profiler, it just got noticeably choppy when I tried to check CD using the ->Collide function. I even tried making a second CD System just for 'aggro CD' but that too was just as choppy. I call a Handle function that gets processed each frame. It is within that Handle function that I check for CD, I also tried to do each for each step the player took forward but both had the same result.

[genjix]

Now the only problem is

if (cdsys->Collide(cd1, &trans1, cd2, &trans1))
                        csPrintf("hit!");

CHEWS up the frame rate. It doesn't matter if I check every frame or with each step. I'd like to have this kind of real time check for all the enemies in a level.

I'm not sure if I can place this check anywhere else to boost performance??

Maybe check if thats getting like called a thousand times per frame or something?

http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/b-anger.htm

[Panch]

Maybe check if thats getting like called a thousand times per frame or something?

Hmm, good idea. I'll test it out.

Thanks!

EDIT - Well it was only being processed once per frame but it still was chewing up the frame rate.
However, this does not:

Code:

// Aggro for level 1
if (activeLevel == "Map1")
{
csReversibleTransform trans1 = hero->GetMovable()->GetFullTransform();
csReversibleTransform trans2 = aggro1->GetMovable()->GetFullTransform();

csRef <csColliderWrapper> hero_collider_wrapper =
csColliderWrapper::GetColliderWrapper (hero_object);

if(hero_collider_wrapper->Collide(col_aggro1, &trans1, &trans2))
{
//Print("aggro collide");
engine->RemoveObject(col_aggro1);
}

}

This is the quick and dirty to say collide with an untextured spherical mesh, attached to a parent mesh (enemy) with accurate per-polygon collision detection. Once the sphere is collided, I remove it and tell the enemy to start attacking me.

Thanks for all the help