I want to know about 3rd person game concept

[neppyweb]

I confuse very much about

1. how to make 3rd person game???
2. in the tuturial 5 (about GUI or menu) I comment code about transparent but the button still transparent I don't know why??

Please tell me how to solve these.. Thx u

[JP]

How to make a 3rd person game is a rather large topic, i think you'll need to be a bit more specific on which parts of it you want to know about. Like cameras, movement, shooting etc. Though from the sounds of it you probably want to know all of that!

[trooper]

Hi NeppyWeb,

Take a look at this for a 3rd person camera.

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... wow+camera

I am using it, and it seems to work very well

Regards

[neppyweb]

I want to control the carmera follow character when character move but I don't know how?

Addition I want to know how to make character move??
Thank you

[a_haouchar]

yea i looked at that a few days ago and i just freaked out.i dont know were to start,their are to many files and my code is just based off from quake 3,tud with collison and light!

[trooper]

Hi a_haouchar

Check out

http://www.thetrooper.co.uk/mygame/

I have just uploaded a working demo of this 3rd person camera,
plus ya might spot a modified version of the terrain tutorial too

Enjoy

[a_haouchar]

thanks. Im using dev c++ and did you save it under visual c++?

edit:i downloaded visual c++ express and trying now...

edit again: here is the problem

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Compiling...
CCameraRPGSceneNode.cpp
CCameraSceneNode.cpp
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.h(140) : error C2079: 'irr::scene::CCameraSceneNode::ViewArea' uses undefined struct 'irr::scene::SViewFrustrum'
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.cpp(264) : error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'int *__w64 ' to 'const irr::scene::SViewFrustrum *'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.cpp(271) : error C2440: '<function-style-cast>' : cannot convert from 'irr::core::matrix4' to 'irr::scene::SViewFrustrum'
        Source or target has incomplete type
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.cpp(273) : error C2228: left of '.cameraPosition' must have class/struct/union
        type is 'int'
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.cpp(274) : error C2228: left of '.recalculateBoundingBox' must have class/struct/union
        type is 'int'
IrrCameraRPG.cpp

not even my code isnt working,all these weird errors that i never seen before.dev c++ is much eaiser

[vitek]

You need to include <SFrustrum.h> in your CCameraSceneNode.h.

[a_haouchar]

nowonder i gave up before:(

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Compiling...
CCameraSceneNode.cpp
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.h(140) : error C2079: 'irr::scene::CCameraSceneNode::ViewArea' uses undefined struct 'irr::scene::SViewFrustrum'
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.cpp(264) : error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'int *__w64 ' to 'const irr::scene::SViewFrustrum *'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.cpp(271) : error C2440: '<function-style-cast>' : cannot convert from 'irr::core::matrix4' to 'irr::scene::SViewFrustrum'
        Source or target has incomplete type
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.cpp(273) : error C2228: left of '.cameraPosition' must have class/struct/union
        type is 'int'
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\ccamerascenenode.cpp(274) : error C2228: left of '.recalculateBoundingBox' must have class/struct/union
        type is 'int'
IrrCameraRPG.cpp
c:\users\haouchars\desktop\ee\irrcamerarpg.cpp(5) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: '<SFrustrum.h>': No such file or directory
Generating Code...

no such file directory?

[trooper]

Hi,

Yeah the RPG Camera and terrain demo, are both Visual Studio 2003

[a_haouchar]

so is that why im getting all those errors:( i need visual studio

[a_haouchar]

i got it to compile but in irrlicht in 1.1

any file i try to compile with 1.2 fails:( unless its from in the irrlicht folders)

ok i get this error! whats with the line of code?

[hybrid]

Since the app is running you also succeeded in compiling with Irrlicht 1.2. However, your path is .../meida/... which should probably be .../media/...
Maybe invest some time to go through your code first.

[a_haouchar]

and i said it doesnt work with 1.2
it works with 1.1

and i did go through my code,just missed that bit,i had to retype abit,sorry

edit:it still wont work?????? that yellow arrow is just pointing to that line,it just wont open quake:(

can someonme please quide me through it at msn becuase i hate visual c++ i like dev c++ its much eaiser.

[trooper]

Hi,

I would agree with Hybrid on this one.

Check your folder paths and spelling.

looking at the code, all your media assets have no path:
"faerie.md2"
"faerie2.bmp"
"map-20kdm2.pk3"

Yet your debug output windows says you are looking for "map-20kdm2.pk3" in a "media" folder

Are these 2 screen shots from the same application ???

Regards