Moving Objects (Elevator)

[Yellow_Yackets]

Hello,

I created a very simple elevator that goes up and down. I added to the meta selector.

When the elevator is not moving and i get on it with a FPS camera, I don't fall down, But when the elevator is moving up i fall down. Is like i get throw the object.

My collisions are good with every object in the scene, even with the elevator. I just have problems with moving objects. I can't stay on them when they are moving.

A better example of my problem is that if i cerate a game where i have to get on a car, the car will move but FPS camera will stay at the same place.

How can i solve this?

[fireside]

You could set the scene node as the parent of the camera scene node, but you'd have to use something to set it and release it when it stopped moving. I have no idea if that would actually work, but there is a function. Otherwise you'd have to use physics.

[PI]

...Or moving the player with a very small vector towards the elevator when standing on it! That will help!

Cheers,
PI

[Yellow_Yackets]

I tried that and it gave me a strange results. The camera move like crazy and i still fall from the elevator.

is there another way to do it?

[dlangdev]

How about...


1) get the absolute position of the elevator.


2) set the camera position to the evelator's absolute position.

though i think setting the parent of the camera to the elevator is a better solution.

[Morgawr]

In a theoretical way (since I'm not good with 3D stuff), you could just check that, when the camera is inside the elevator, the distance between the camera itself and the lowest part of the elevator is a fixed amount, making so that if the elevator coordinates change, call a function that modifies the camera coordinates as well, keeping it at the same distance.

Don't know if it's possible and if I've been clear enough but in theory it could work.

[Yellow_Yackets]

I'll try that later, because i have almost no time to test the elevator, but i will and i will post the results...

By the way, is there a website that has irrlitch demos other than the ones on the irrlicht website? Im not talking about game demos, i am talking about code snips demos, for example:

"This is how you can create a FPS camera. Click here Download"

I think that would help me al LOT, because the code is there and i just have to study it and create it my own way.