Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / 3d rpg tutorials or advice?

Author
Message
Disrupter52
15
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th May 2011
Location:
Posted: 13th Jun 2011 02:46
Link
Hey guys,

Im currently thing of doing a 3d 3rd person kinda of game similar to the combat in Mount and Blade. Im wondering though how you would set up the hit boxes around weapons and characters for melee weapons?
Back to top
Profile PM
Dia
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Jan 2005
Location:
Posted: 14th Jun 2011 17:16
Link
just wondering... why hitboxes?

I don't know Mount and Blade, but as far as I know, most rpg's don't use hitboxes to determine weapon hits or anything. Instead they use some form of random number generator and modifiers (think DnD type stuff) to determine whether or not they hit each other.

Hit/Spell effects tend to just get pasted onto the target model (sometimes using null limbs for positioning etc)

This is not the Sig you are looking for....
Back to top
Profile PM
Disrupter52
15
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th May 2011
Location:
Posted: 14th Jun 2011 18:23
Link
Maybe not necessarily hit boxes, but i want combat to be actual and skill based rather then randomly generated. I hate rpgs that base combat off luck and numbers then actual ability. Mount and Blade combat is very much swinging to kill your opponent and having to outwit them and not out math them.
Back to top
Profile PM
Grog Grueslayer
Valued Member
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th May 2005
Playing: Green Hell
Posted: 15th Jun 2011 06:39
Link
Most RPGs are based on D&D rules using user skills/stats so it's easier to determine hits/misses and everything else with a small bit of randomness to make it interesting... that's just normal.

Back to top
Profile PM Email
Disrupter52
15
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th May 2011
Location:
Posted: 15th Jun 2011 08:30
Link
Alright, semantics aside, does anyone have any useful information for me?
Back to top
Profile PM
Neuro Fuzzy
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Jun 2007
Location:
Posted: 15th Jun 2011 09:05
Link
sparky's collision.

Err, but it's not easy to make a 3d skill based combat game like mount and blade. They also pipe in stuff through a bit of a physics simulation.


Why does blue text appear every time you are near?
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Grog Grueslayer
Valued Member
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th May 2005
Playing: Green Hell
Posted: 15th Jun 2011 11:26 Edited at: 15th Jun 2011 11:42
Link
Quote: "Alright, semantics aside, does anyone have any useful information for me?"


I just looked it up. Combat in Mount and Blade is determined by Weapon Quality, Player Skill with that weapon type, and speed of the player relative to target.

So if an NPC is running at you (speed 20) welding a rusty dagger (quality 10) that he's barely good at using (skill 30). He's got a total of 60 points.

And you're on your trusty steed galloping toward him (speed 60) and you've got your new shiny battleaxe you just bought (quality 100) that you're decent with since you've been practicing (skill 70). You've got a total of 230 points.

You're going to slaughter that guy.

But of course weapons also have ranges so if he manages to get right next to your horse you can't hit him with your battleaxe. He'll be stabbing your legs with his rusty dagger which gives you lockjaw instantly so you can't call for help.

Back to top
Profile PM Email
Kezzla
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 21st Aug 2008
Location: Where beer does flow and men chunder
Posted: 15th Jun 2011 11:51
Link
hmmm,

id try something like the following



you could probably even make it detect specific limbs somehow.

Sometimes I like to use words out of contents
Back to top
Profile PM
Disrupter52
15
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th May 2011
Location:
Posted: 20th Jun 2011 22:05
Link
Alright thanks guys. Ill give it a whirl.
Back to top
Profile PM
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2026-07-10 22:54:29
Your offset time is: 2026-07-10 22:54:29