General Coding Questions (Floating Text, Getting Brick Position, Ect.) [Solved]

[rggbnnnnn]

I have a few things I need to do for my gamemode.

1 of them is having text float in front of a door like how Conan's DPS meter looks https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=312375.0

I also need to know the position of a brick in game so I can teleport players to that position.

I also need to know where I player leaves a zone / enters a zone at a given position so I can determine their location (inside, outside).

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[phflack]

I also need to know the position of a brick in game so I can teleport players to that position.

it should be something like %brick.position

[Goth77]

it should be something like %brick.position

%brick.getTransform();

for teleporting players I recommend using event - doPlayerTeleport

for brick text use this

as for zones, you can use the zone events and use onPlayerEnterZone and onPlayerLeaveZone

Hope this helps, cheers!

[Conan]

%brick.getTransform(), %brick.getPosition(), and iirc %brick.position all work for getting a brick's world position. it will be at the center of the brick bounds.

the text on my DPS meter is %item.setShapeName("something"); put somewhere after the item spawns. its hovering over the item.

leaving/entering zones requires you to create a zone datablock, the creating zone instances and writing functions to catch calls to things like onEnterZone, onLeaveZone, etc.

[Potatoh]

for teleporting players I recommend using event - doPlayerTeleport

for brick text use this

as for zones, you can use the zone events and use onPlayerEnterZone and onPlayerLeaveZone

he said coding help you twinkie

[K3k0m@n]

he said coding help you twinkie

he could still dive into the code of those add-ons and figure out how they work so he can use the code from them

[Swollow]

zones

trigger datablock

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datablock TriggerData(Bounds_Trigger)
{
   tickPeriodMS = 50;
};tickPeriodMS specifies how often it checks for updates on player positions

code for entering and leaving triggers

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function Bounds_Trigger::onEnterTrigger(%db,%trig,%pl)
{
parent::onEnterTrigger(%db,%trig,%pl);
}

function Bounds_Trigger::onLeaveTrigger(%db,%trig,%pl)
{
parent::onLeaveTrigger(%db,%trig,%pl);
}
every tick of the trigger any player inside will call this function

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function Bounds_Trigger::onTickTrigger(%db,%trig,%pl)
{
parent::onTickTrigger(%db,%trig,%pl);
}

code to create a trigger the same position and dimensions of a brick

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function fxDtsBrick::createTrigger(%this,%data,%polyhedron)
{
if(%polyhedron $= "")
%polyhedron = "0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1";

if(isObject(%this.trigger))
%this.trigger.delete();

%t = new Trigger()
{
datablock = %data;
polyhedron = %polyhedron;
};
missionCleanup.add(%t);

%boxMax = getWords(%this.getWorldBox(), 3, 5);
%boxMin = getWords(%this.getWorldBox(), 0, 2);
%boxDiff = vectorSub(%boxMax,%boxMin);
%boxDiff = vectorAdd(%boxDiff,"0 0 0.2");
%t.setScale(%boxDiff);
%posA = %this.getWorldBoxCenter();
%posB = %t.getWorldBoxCenter();
%posDiff = vectorSub(%posA, %posB);
%posDiff = vectorAdd(%posDiff, "0 0 0.1");
%t.setTransform(%posDiff);

%this.trigger = %t;
%t.brick = %this;

return %t;
}

[rggbnnnnn]

Alright, thanks. Locking.