Saving a players position to an int

[monkeycracks]

Is there a way to do something like

playernode->getPosition();
intxpos = don'tknowhere
intypos = ""
intzpso = ""


Where the x position gets saved to the x int and so on.

[esaptonor]

do you mean like this?

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core::vector3df pos = playernode->getPosition();

float x = pos.X;
float y = pos.Y;
float z = pos.Z;

[monkeycracks]

That seems to be it, but how would you update the floats so that when you did something like playernode->setPosition(x,z+10,y); it didn't restart you to the original place you spawned the node at.


PS : I'm trying to make a jump function.

[esaptonor]

im not entirely sure what you mean.
If you mean the z float isn't being updated, well whenever you did do something like playernode->setPosition(x, y+10, z); i would actually do this:

y += 10;

and every game loop, set playernode->setPosition(core::vector3df(x, y, z));
that way it will always be where you set it to be

if thats not what you meant, please explain further.

also, its probably better just to keep the floats inside the vector3df variable. Then when you need to change them, just do pos.Y+=10; and it makes setting them easier as you get to type less: playernode->setPosition(pos);

[monkeycracks]

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         if(event.EventType == EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT && 
         !event.KeyInput.PressedDown && event.KeyInput.Key == KEY_SPACE)
         {
         playermeshn->setPosition(vector3df(posx,posz+20,posy));
         return true;
         }

In the event receiver...

and in the main loop...

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                      vector3df pos = playermeshn->getPosition();
                      posx = pos.X;
                      posy = pos.Y;
                      posz = pos.Z;

I want the user to be pushed 20 into the air when spacebar is pressed.

[esaptonor]

your code does put you 20 into the air.
I am still unsure what you are after. I think you mean the variables being saved so you can jump anywhere.
All you need to do for that is in your even receiver, when space is pressed, do the whole thing.

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if(event.EventType == EET_KEY_INPUT_EVENT &&
         !event.KeyInput.PressedDown && event.KeyInput.Key == KEY_SPACE)
{
          vector3df pos = playermeshn->getPosition();
         playermeshn->setPosition(vector3df(pos.X,pos.Y+20,pos.Z));
         return true;
}

and just so you know, i changed posz+20 to pos.Y+20 as the y variable is the vertical one.

[monkeycracks]

Yes, that worked perfectly...
Thanks =)

that solved many problems I was having confusing z with y.

[CeeRo]

Edit: Already answered in another thread