Grouping models (Array?)

Xenocide · Post by **Xenocide** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 4:01 am

I'm making a RTS (real-time strategy) game, and I have it setup so you command small fleets of star fighters. How would I go about grouping a lot of fighters together so they move as one and such? Like a model array or something...if one exists.

zgock · Post by **zgock** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 6:01 am

1. create empty Scene Node by addEmptySceneNode
2. add any Scene Node setting parent = emptySceneNode created on 1

enjoy

Xenocide · Post by **Xenocide** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 7:39 am

Could you be more specific? My game crashes when I try to move the node.
Here's how I'm trying to do it...

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scene::ISceneNode* parent = 0;
sm->addEmptySceneNode(parent);
model->setParent(parent);
parent->setPosition(core::vector3df(0,0,0));

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XargoL · Post by **XargoL** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:19 am

I think it is

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scene::ISceneNode* parent = sm->addEmptySceneNode();
model->setParent(parent);
parent->setPosition(core::vector3df(0,0,0));

bal · Post by **bal** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:36 am

That's just the same

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I would personally use parent->addChild() (seems more logical to me).

Xenocide · Post by **Xenocide** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 5:26 pm

addChild crashes too.

(parent->addChild(child node)?)

zgock · Post by **zgock** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 7:47 pm

here is example (shoot em game)
mothership is build by this tech.
(cannot read readme in this zip? yes shouldbe. cos written in japanese)

http://gamdev.org/up/img/955.zip

Xenocide · Post by **Xenocide** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 11:40 pm

that just confused me further