Vehicle collision help

[SWAT One]

Hello people of Blockland.  Recently I have decided to take up creating Add-Ons for Blockland.  When modeling for vehicles,(Milkshape 3d) I get a Collision joint named root and a Collision box that comes w/ it.  I was coming to ask 1) What do you name it?  2) What do I do when Exporting .DTS and .DSQ.

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[Blastdown]

You don't make joints for collision meshes.
All you do (in the most simple way), is create a box around your vehicle and name it collision-1. That is all.

You also export to .dts.

[SWAT One]

What if more than one collision box?  and second, can it be a different shape other than a box?

[Blastdown]

What if more than one collision box?

I am quite sure it is impossible to make more then one collision mesh, considering groups cannot be named the same thing.
I am unsure if you can make two different meshes for one collision, though I assume no.

can it be a different shape other than a box?

Yes.

[SWAT One]

One more thing.  In milkshape if you select two groups, and then Duplicate the Selection, it will form one group as the duplicated shape.  Will this work w/ collision meshes

And on an unrelated Subject, What is/are the joint(s) required for a projectile to emit a particle.

[Treynolds416]

What if more than one collision box?

Make them one group. Use the nifty little option in the groups tab that says "regroup"

and second, can it be a different shape other than a box?

Yes. Other shapes than boxes are encouraged, as long as they are low in faces/verticies. Boxes are mostly good for testing purposes, but are usually pretty glitchy. I always use a size 1 geosphere for my collision mesh.


Edit: Oh shat, blastdown beat me to it. Since I already typed it up, I might as well post it.

[Treynolds416]

Double post

One more thing.  In milkshape if you select two groups, and then Duplicate the Selection, it will form one group as the duplicated shape.  Will this work w/ collision meshes

And on an unrelated Subject, What is the joint required for a projectile to emit a particle.

Collision meshes are the same as regular shapes within Milkshape. It is only within Blockland that they become 'special'. However, you should use "Regroup", as I mentioned above.

Any joints can emit particles. You might as well use muzzlePoint, because it is already there.

[SWAT One]

And what about the point at which a projectile will explode.  Is that a collision mesh or a joint

[Blastdown]

And what about the point at which a projectile will explode.  Is that a collision mesh or a joint

That's script related.

[Treynolds416]

And what about the point at which a projectile will explode.  Is that a collision mesh or a joint

It's the center of the hitbox

[SWAT One]

Joint/Mesh Title?

[Treynolds416]

Still collision-1

[SWAT One]

Thanks