[Collision types]

Those are just some predefined collision types. According to the docs (http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/command-reference/entity/entitysetcollisiontype-r35) you can choose any value between 0 and 99.

 

LEt me remid you that i don't own the engine and just took a quick look at the documentation, so no guarantee ^^

[Math : AABB]

Axis aligned means they won't rotate, which makes things faster to calculate.

Normally they are aligned wo the world axis, but who knows what Josh implemented.

[How may boxes can you collide on your gear?]

Reply will it be possible to be as goood as this one ?

Of course it will be as good as that one!

The fact that newton runs on the CPU and the demo you show runs on the GPU doesn't affect speed at all!

Get a brain...or stop trolling...

 

@ Shadmar

Can't try that demo, as i don't have LE3 installed, sorry.

[LE3 Beta testing feeling :]

I have several other big bugs and problems Rick.

 

At least you now accept that you have serious problems

[Strong Banning or Hate ?]

I have a hard time figuring out why you posted that.

Apart from posting way to much, you should also get some english lessons. Sometimes it's really hard for me to understand what you try to say. I'm sorry if you are dyslexic, but if thats the case you should simply not post that much...

[DOF and Lighting]

It's a no for LE2 and LE3 doesn't even have dynamic shadows atm.

[Mobile benchmark comparison tool]

Here some facts (real facts, not Lumojaa style ):

http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-4-processor.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-3-processor.html

[LE3 Buffers and passes]

Be patient guys, the more questions you ask, the longer it will take Josh to release LE3

[Got myself 3D Coat! Whoooohoooooooo...!]

I like 3D Coat, but i can't say that it is slow. Dunno about ZBrush, but with CUDA enabled, my PC can handle 127 million polygons relatively well. Not that that much polygons are neccessary, but it can do it!

[Turning an Model to face the direction it is moving]

The easiest way is to have two TPivot's that you use to get the desired rotation.

Position one pivot right where your model is and the other at the place you want to look at.

Let the first pivot point at the second one and then get the rotation from your first pivot.

Now use that rotation in CalcBodyOmega and you are done.

[Stupid Question About DOF]

All of these full screen post effects are working on a per pixel basis, which is why the number of pixels is the most important performance factor. In the case of DOF it is always working on all pixels, so it doesn't really matter what near and far distance you set.

It might be that the per pixel calculation gets more or less complicated when you change near and far distance, but that would be not a huge factor.

[Motion Blur In Frameworks]

Thats indeed good news. Now we just need a LE3 beta to play around with and get used to how things are done.

[My First Game Path]

Error handling in the LE2 Editor is not really existing. I would highly suggest not to use LUA with LE2 if you are new to programming.

Even though i'm quite proficient in C++, i still have problems using LUA scripting.

A simple typo will cause that "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION", while any C++ compiler will complain about it.

 

Everything works fine other than the fact that when I press escape, it comes up with a message saying "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" and then the Editor closes.

Normally after the main loop a program closes. At that point the engine is already unloaded.

So why are you calling ShowMouse()? =)

[Custom worlds and camera using Framework?]

You have to live without Framework, because Frameworks intention is to keep exactly these things away from unexperienced users.

[Determine the Collision]

The solution is pretty simple, but not obvious if your are not used to C++.

You just can't compare a char* and a string.

if(GetEntityKey(entity1,"name")=="test_box")

 

Where GetEntityKey(...) is returning a char*.

One way to do it would be to convert the char* to a string and then compare the two strings:

std::string strEntityName = GetEntityKey(entity1,"name");
if (strEntityName =="test_box")
{
.....
}

 

if the compiler complains about the std::string, just include the string header:

#include <string>

[Simple way to remove body that are out of the world?]

EntityDistance() works on the origin of the entity, so that wouldn't be accurate with such a huge plane.

Since the world is just a huge box, all you need is to check if one of the coordinates is near the size of the world in that direction.

You could also make a physics box and scale it so it is more or less a plane. Then use the collision callback to free any entity that collides with it. Do that for all 6 sides and you have it. Oh and make sure the physics boxes are inside the world, otherwise it won't work.

[Problem with collision callback]

The collision callback you pass to SetEntityCallback() can't be a member function of a class

 

Thats not quite true, the callbacks can also be static class member functions.

[Vehicle like collisions, any easy way?]

The character contoller code was available at some point.

Sadly i can't find a link to it anymore. Maybe someone else can help out...

[Animation]

Just a small tip:

Instead of multiple calls to KeyDown(KEY_A) you could save the result in a variable and use that.

bool bKeyDownA = KeyDown(KEY_A);
....
if (bKeyDownA)
{
....
}

 

That saves some time, because it only has to Call KeyDown(KEY_A) once.

Not that it gives you much performance, but things like that add up easily, as your program evolves.

 

Oh and there is no judgement involved, just a simple tip

[Animation]

You can do it that way:

if (KeyDown(KEY_W))
{
sequence = 2;
}
else if (KeyDown(KEY_A))
{
sequence = 2;
}
else if (KeyDown(KEY_S))
{
sequence = 2;
}
else if (KeyDown(KEY_D))
{
sequence = 2;
}
else
{
sequence = 1;
}

 

Or even that way (if W, A, S, D all should do the same)

 

if ((KeyDown(KEY_W) || KeyDown(KEY_A) || KeyDown(KEY_S) || KeyDown(KEY_D))
{
Sequence = 2;
}
else
{
Sequence = 1;
}

[Creating online games in Leadwerks]

It's up to you to combine LE2 and RakNet in a way that suits your needs. Both of them are accessible from C++.

I don't mean to be rude, but not knowing that doesn't put you in a place where you are able to make a MMORPG.

[what version of NGD does LE2 use?]

Also, is it possible or a big job to ignore the build in NGD and somehow integrate the latest version of NGD?

Most ppl asking things like that will probably not manage to do it...

You would have to throw away all LE2 physics commands and replace them with your own implementation.

Since you have no LE2 source code (i think) you can't change the commands and rebuild the engine.

That means for every LE2 mesh you load you would have to create and maintain a physics body with NGD all by yourself.

 

Dunno about the NGD version that is used with LE2.5

[Physics fixed update function?]

Since the Callback functions are only documented for C/C++ and Blitzmax, i don't think it's possible to do that from LUA.

To be honest i also never tried...

[Soft Body Physics]

Looks like your "graphics" chip is not worth its name

 

Check out that link and look at the bottom of the page:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/Products/le2/_/system-requirements

Intel graphics chipsets are not supported...

[This Game Needs Sound!]

Create a sound, create a source and then connect the sound to the source.

AFAIK the source commands work with mono .wav or .ogg only, but i haven't

tried it for like a year.