How to set my actor's position when I enter the game?

[Hilake]

Hi, all!
I'm new guy for CEL.

I have learned celtest several days. Now I want to set the actor's position ,because it always appear on the same place:) .If there are some method to change the position and orientation?

I use the "pclinmove->SetPosition(pos,yrot,sector);" to set the entity's position.
But it only changed the yrot, while the entity's position did not change. How can I do?

Any comment will be welcome!

thanks
Hilake

Any comment will be welcome!

thanks
Hilake

[jorrit]

Hi, all!
I'm new guy for CEL.

I have learned celtest several days. Now I want to set the actor's position ,because it always appear on the same place:) .If there are some method to change the position and orientation?

I use the "pclinmove->SetPosition(pos,yrot,sector);" to set the entity's position.
But it only changed the yrot, while the entity's position did not change. How can I do?

Any comment will be welcome!

thanks
Hilake

Any comment will be welcome!

thanks
Hilake

That's strange. SetPosition() should work. Can I see the full code you're using?
I just checked the code of SetPosition() and it looks correct.

Greetings,

[Hilake]

Hi!

I just add one sentence in the celtest:

csRef<iPcLinearMovement> pclinmove = CEL_QUERY_PROPCLASS_ENT (entity_cam,
    iPcLinearMovement);
  if (hascal3d)
  {
    pclinmove->InitCD (
      csVector3 (0.5f, 0.8f,  0.5f),
      csVector3 (0.5f, 0.4f,  0.5f),
      csVector3 (0.0f, 0.01f, 0.0f));
  }
  else
  {
    pclinmove->InitCD (
      csVector3 (0.5f,  0.8f, 0.5f),
      csVector3 (0.5f,  0.4f, 0.5f),
      csVector3 (0.0f, -0.4f, 0.0f));
  }

 pclinmove->SetPosition(pos,yrot,sector); ///add

So! Is there any problems?

That's strange. SetPosition() should work. Can I see the full code you're using?
I just checked the code of SetPosition() and it looks correct.

Greetings,

[jorrit]

Hi!

I just add one sentence in the celtest:

csRef<iPcLinearMovement> pclinmove = CEL_QUERY_PROPCLASS_ENT (entity_cam,
    iPcLinearMovement);
  if (hascal3d)
  {
    pclinmove->InitCD (
      csVector3 (0.5f, 0.8f,  0.5f),
      csVector3 (0.5f, 0.4f,  0.5f),
      csVector3 (0.0f, 0.01f, 0.0f));
  }
  else
  {
    pclinmove->InitCD (
      csVector3 (0.5f,  0.8f, 0.5f),
      csVector3 (0.5f,  0.4f, 0.5f),
      csVector3 (0.0f, -0.4f, 0.0f));
  }

 pclinmove->SetPosition(pos,yrot,sector); ///add

So! Is there any problems?

Ah ok. That's why it doesn't work. You change the position here but later in celtest the position will be changed again. i.e. In the CreateRoom() routine the position will be set by the zonemanager after calling CreateActor().

Greetings,

[Hilake]

Thanks !

Is it set again by this function?:

virtual int iPcZoneManager::PointMesh  (  const char *  entity, 
  const char *  regionname, 
  const char *  startname = 0
 )  [pure virtual]

but in this way, what is the meaning  of the 'startname'? I didn't know why it set the position?
And, when I want to set the actor position how can I do?

Any suggest??

Ah ok. That's why it doesn't work. You change the position here but later in celtest the position will be changed again. i.e. In the CreateRoom() routine the position will be set by the zonemanager after calling CreateActor().

Greetings,

[jorrit]

Thanks !

Is it set again by this function?:

virtual int iPcZoneManager::PointMesh  (  const char *  entity, 
  const char *  regionname, 
  const char *  startname = 0
 )  [pure virtual]

but in this way, what is the meaning  of the 'startname'? I didn't know why it set the position?
And, when I want to set the actor position how can I do?

Any suggest??

'startname' is the name of the starting position that you can define in your map file. You can set the actor position with your code but you just have to do it at another time. i.e. after that PointMesh().

Greetings,