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Hi rrTea,

That's because int / float / string and even model ( a pointer to a Model instance ) are built-in data types, while Bitmap / File / Sound are component types.

K

Hi guys, Another way to circumvent the problem is to run ZGameEditor as administrator. You can do this by right-clicking on ZGameEditor.exe ( or a shortcut to it ) and selecting "Run as administrator", or enabling that for the executable / shortcut by selecting "Properties" inste...

Hi jinxtengu, Shaders aren't necessary for what I'm trying to do, I'd be happy if it were a single color. I can't think of any examples off the top of my head, but I'd describe the effect as looking like a projectile that spawns a continuous trail of shrinking objects in it's wake(without viable gap...

Hi jinxtengu,

With or without shaders? Also .. in case you have a clip from a game / movie / animation that has a similar effect, that would help too

K

Hi jinxtengu, Usually you want to do it the other way around by calculating the velocity from the rotation values. Here's another quick demo .. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <ZApplication Name="App" Caption="ZGameEditor application" LightPositio...

Hi jinxtengu, One other thing, how can we adjust the rotational direction (adjust heading) so the bullet model is moving in relation to it's x,y,z velocity, and also (separately) in relation to the direction the camera is facing? It already does that .. but your cone mesh is pointing into the wrong*...

Hi jinxtengu, You made a couple of mistakes ... - Always use local variables when possible .. and otherwise never give components names that collide with properties ( in any scope ). So instead of putting 3 Variable components named "x", "y" and "t" in bulletmodel.Defin...

Hi jinxtengu, what I'm trying to do is project a newly spawned model in the direction that the camera is facing, but I can't quite work out the correct formula to do this. Here's a example for a FPS-esque setup ( mouse + WASD ) that uses camera rotation over the X and Y axes. The thing you want to t...

Congrats + time sure flies! On to the next 10 ~

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Hi guys, What is the lowest footprint way then? There's no major difference, the most important thing you need to know is that RenderNet automatically recreates the mesh each frame .. so unless you need to render a net / grid that needs to be updated each frame, use the Mesh component instead. Are t...

Hi zakkwylde, i had to type in this.vertex.x or y or z, i cant use v.x etc, zge simply wont let me. is this a zge version issue? Which version of ZGameEditor are you using? Long ago you had to use "this." in MeshExpressions .. but it was never "this.Vertex" ( unless you're writin...

Hi zakkwylde, Here's a flat circle ( CircleGrid.XCount controls the number of segments ) .. ZZDC<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <Mesh Name="CircleMesh"> <Producers> <MeshBox Name="CircleGrid" XCount="2" Grid2DOnly="255"/> <Mesh...

Hi jinxtengu,

jinxtengu wrote:With the example i tested it on, the camera rotation is only on the Y axis.

Should have asked before posting the example I've updated the example to only take the Y-axis rotation of the camera in consideration.

K

Hi jinxtengu, I do mean, mouse on X and Y axes, although if the view is rotated wouldn't that necessitate using the Z axis also? My question was / is which axes you're using to rotate the camera. I assumed you're using X and Y, but perhaps you're using Z as well .. or maybe only Y ( in which case th...

Hi jinxtengu, What sort of code would I need to write to keep the cursor movement relative to the cameras current position and current rotational value? Here you go :) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <ZApplication Name="App" Caption="ZGameEditor applic...