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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Sliding Collision Ellipse - Normal vs Jumping

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anwserman
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2011 08:05
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Hey everyone!~
Sliding collision is a new concept to me at the moment, and I'm somewhat confused at how I can change a player's ellipse during gameplay.

If the player model is standing, the ellipse would cover the core of the person. Now, if the player jumps, would I shrink the size of the ellipse down to reflect the fact that the person is now in a ball-like shape?

I'm wondering, because if I shrink the size of the ellipse, the character would just end up falling closer to the floor, if my mind is correct.
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baxslash
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2011 11:58
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Are you using the standard DBP commands or another collision system (IE. Sparky's)?

I can help with Sparky's but not the native commands as I've hardly ever used them. Sparky's is much better...

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Indicium
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Posted: 23rd Jun 2011 12:38
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You should perhaps extend the collision detection to the floor to where the player's feet would be, as IRL the person jumping would then extend their feet to land.

If the extended collision detection detects the floor, they you can just reset the collision detection to a full height player.

I hope that makes sense.

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anwserman
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Posted: 24th Jun 2011 13:17
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I'm using Nuclear Glory. I tried Sparky's collision DLL, and I did not like it =( I mean, NGC has issues too, but I've enjoyed it so far and it works great for what I need.

With further research, I realized that I needed to center my models, which allowed the ellipse to be perfectly centered on the model. I also discovered that the player's position is the exact center of the ellipse - resizing the ellipse would NOT change the player's position (unless gravity was involved at that frame).

Basically, do jump code/disable gravity/resize sphere, and it all works out. The animations will play correctly =)
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