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Dark Physics & Dark A.I. & Dark Dynamix / [Dark Dynamix] Group masks

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Fallout
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2012 15:43 Edited at: 3rd Jul 2012 15:44
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I just wonder exactly how you use 'Group Masks' with commands such as the raycast commands.

Quote: "bool dynRaycastClosestShape (int origVec3ID, int dirVec3ID, int flag, int groups)
groups - Groups mask to filter shapes. "


I am defining groups using standard integers 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc. So what is the format for the group mask bits?

I'm guessing 0 = no collision (I think I tested that), then each bit from then on represents one of the groups. So I guess this means we have a maximum of 16 groups? Also, -1 seems to cause collision with all objects. Is that a special code for all objects, or is that caused by some sort of datatype wrapping error, effectively setting all the bits?

A bit of clarity would be really handy, as I'm starting to use more and more groups and having control over which groups I target is important.

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Matty H
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2012 16:30
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Although groups are assigned with group ID's 1,2,3,4... they are stored away as bits and can be accessed using bits.

From the raycast example you can define what groups to be included in the raycast with:

int groupFlag = 1<<1 | 1<<2; // Groups 1 and 2

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Posted: 3rd Jul 2012 17:37
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Cool, thanks for the clarification. I'll use the bit shifts as you've described. Is it a 16 bit number we're dealing with btw?

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Posted: 3rd Jul 2012 19:20
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I think I may have implemented it as an 'int' rather than 'unsigned int', so you may need to keep to 16 bits for now. I will look at this again, I was not sure how DBPro handled unsigned int's when I implemented this so I stuck to int.

If it needs changing I will do so for the next update.

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Posted: 3rd Jul 2012 19:33
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Can't imagine I'll need more than 16 groups, so should be fine for now!

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Posted: 3rd Jul 2012 23:17
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Quote: "640K ought to be enough for anybody."


Just had to say it although I don't think I would come close to that limit any time soon.


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Posted: 3rd Jul 2012 23:26
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True. I can easily see a scenario where you'd want more than 16 groups. I suppose if it gets to that stage, you could have a version of the command where you just pass it a group number. You'd then just have to run the command for every group you wanted to check again.

Just a thought!

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