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Hey guys,

The most important thing I can think of is performance. When you for example have a large level that you can split up in arena's, you only want to check collision with objects that are in the area you're currently in.

K

Hi guys,

Not sure whether it makes any difference or not, but what is the most appropriate place to define global variables? In OnLoaded or Content? Just wondering ..

K

Hej Ville,

I tried 100, 85 and 75 Hz on both NVIDIA GeForce and ATI Radeon chips, all combinations revert back to 60 so far.

K

Hej Ville, Great new component, ZLibrary. Though, I'm curious why you choose to define the function name in the ZLibrary itself instead of going with a Condition Component style approach and actually use the Name field as Function name. Although this way you only need one ZLibrary instead of one for...

Hi, Use the following code to get the aim right. CurrentModel.Velocity.Vertical = sin(CurrentModel.Rotation.Vertical*Pi*2); CurrentModel.Velocity.Longitude = sin(CurrentModel.Rotation.Horizontal*Pi*2)*cos(CurrentModel.Rotation.Vertical*Pi*2); CurrentModel.Velocity.Lattitude = cos(CurrentModel.Rotati...

Hi diki, Since most / all? programming languages limit the amount of Classes you can Extend from to 1, you probably want to stick to that number. You could however enable extending Classes themselves as well, in a classic "Model" > "Ball" > "Soccer Ball" type of fashion...

Hi jph,

Love the sound effect when continuously pressing K or I ( plus some J & L on top ), very space-y How's that Rising Star Program working out for you?

Hope all is well,
K

Hi,

A inheritance / extends property for Models combined with a Class Component would come in handy when constructing various models that share a number of Variables and Behaviors.

K

Hi Francesco, I've mentioned this before, and I'll mention it again :) Step based collision isn't a good method for physics type solutions. It's only good for gathering information. Depending on how far the ball has traveled into the block, it will give a different result when using the Stop Action....

Hi Francesco, What exactly is the problem here? The fact that the documentation does not clearly state that OnStop still triggers OnCollision Events in Models as well? I guess it could be clarified in the Wiki that all Collision Actions will always trigger OnCollision at the least. By the way, the b...

Hej jph, Well, no .. there is no easy way at the moment. Apart from when you're using Rect2D_OBB, then you can just use the scale properties and CollisionOffset to extend the collision box while countering the rendered scale using a RenderTransform. Problem is that with these kind of collision check...

Hej jph,

You can use Alt+Enter to Start / Stop

K

Hi diki, Even though you're only mentioning the collision situation merely as example, step based physics and collision checking is outdated and concidered bad practice in most cases. Developers these days extrude the bounding mesh of a object over the velocity direction vector with a extend of the ...

Hi zakkwylde,

Use centerMouse() in a ZExpression to center the mouse, "}" as Key of a KeyPress Component for the Right Mouse Button, and lower the App.FOV property dynamically using a ZExpression to perform a zoom effect.

Good luck ~
K

Hi diki, The easiest solution for your problem would be to change the SpawnStyle of the two SpawnModel components from Clone into Reference. However, when you'd insist on using Clones, there are a couple of things that need to be changed. Variables that belong to individual models need to be defined...