Terrain/camera problem

[Raul]

I made a RAW file with L3DT and imported in the Editor.

 

I put some trees and a few rocks and wanted to try in my "game". The problem is that my camera is stick to my feet. (see the pic) THis is happening only when I use terrains made by importing RAW files from L3DT.

[Marleys Ghost]

Are you using a controller ?

[Raul]

Yes

[Marleys Ghost]

Is there anymore information you can share? I just imported an L3DT raw fine ..

[Raul]

I do not know what else to say. There are no problems using the FPSShooter lua scrip in the editor. But when loading in my program...

 

Now I made a terrain from scratch in the editor and is running good.

 

No one had a similar problem until now?

[Marleys Ghost]

Does the controller fall ?

[Raul]

No. I go up and down on hills like everything is ok. Only that the camera is where my feats are. At least this is the impression I have while moving around.

[Marleys Ghost]

Well I can only make guess's as all I have to go on is a picture and that you are using a controller.

[Raul]

Here there are the map files.

The engine version I use is 2.31

[Raul]

Also here is the code for the "player":

 

It's nothing special.

 

CreatePlayer + UpdatePlayer:

void cPlayer::CreatePlayer()
{
//controller
PlayerController=CreateController(1.8,0.45,0.3,46);
EntityType(PlayerController,1);
SetBodyMass(PlayerController,100);
}

void cPlayer::UpdatePlayer()
{
//rotation
gx = GraphicsWidth()/2;
gy = GraphicsHeight()/2;
dx = Curve((MouseX()-gx)/4.0,dx,3.0/AppSpeed());
dy = Curve((MouseY()-gy)/4.0,dy,3.0/AppSpeed());
MoveMouse(gx,gy);
CameraPitch = CameraPitch + dy;
CameraYaw = CameraYaw - dx;
CameraPitch=Clamp(CameraPitch,-89,89);
PlayerRotation.X  = CameraPitch;
PlayerRotation.Y  = CameraYaw;

//movement
PlayerMove=KeyDown(KEY_W)-KeyDown(KEY_S);
PlayerStrafe=KeyDown(KEY_D)-KeyDown(KEY_A);

if (KeyDown(KEY_LSHIFT)||KeyDown(KEY_RSHIFT)) {
	if (!ControllerAirborne(PlayerController)) {
		PlayerMove*=2.0;
		PlayerStrafe*=2.0;
	}
}

float PlayerJump=0.0;
if (KeyHit(KEY_SPACE)) {
	if (!ControllerAirborne(PlayerController)) {
		PlayerJump=6.0;
	}
}

//controller input
UpdateController(PlayerController,PlayerRotation.Y,PlayerMove*3,PlayerStrafe*3,PlayerJump,500);

PlayerPosition=EntityPosition(PlayerController);
PlayerHeadPosition=PlayerPosition;

PlayerHeadPosition.Y =PlayerPosition.Y + 1.8;


double walkadd=AppSpeed()*Length(GetBodyVelocity(PlayerController));
walktimer+=walkadd;
PlayerHeadPosition.Y=Curve(1.0-0.4*sin(walktimer/500.0),PlayerHeadPosition.Y,16);
}

void cPlayer::SetPlayerPosition(TVec3 NewPlayerPosition)
{
MoveEntity(PlayerController,NewPlayerPosition);
}

 

Main Loop:

	myPlayer.UpdatePlayer();
       RotateEntity(frameworkCam,myPlayer.PlayerRotation);
PositionEntity(frameworkCam,myPlayer.PlayerHeadPosition);

[Marleys Ghost]

Here there are the map files.

The engine version I use is 2.31

 

 

Well your map worked fine for me in the editor and my FPS project app (Blitzmax):

 

 

Looking at your code now.

[Marleys Ghost]

also try using drawtext to show you what value PlayerHeadPosition.Y is when you run your program.

[Raul]

can you please help me with drawing the values on screen?

 

I tried:

DrawText(10,10,myPlayer.PlayerHeadPosition.Y);

and I receive:

error C2665: 'DrawTextW' : none of the 2 overloads could convert all the argument types

[Canardia]

The 3rd parameter must be a string, see Wiki.

[Raul]

I already done that. I copy paste the sample from the wiki and same error

[Pixel Perfect]

DrawTextW, as referenced in the error message, is actually the Win32 function DrawText which is probably why it's complaining about the arguments. The compiler is not recognising the parameter set and chosing the right function.

 

Just of the top of my head try something like:

 

char text[255];
sprintf(text,"Player head height is: %.2f",myPlayer.PlayerHeadPosition.Y);
DrawText(10,10,text);

[Canardia]

There's no need to use sprintf, since DrawText does that already, see the Wiki.

DrawText(10,10,"%f",myPlayer.PlayerHeadPosition.Y);

[Raul]

Thanks Pixel Perfect. I used your sample to determine the player pos and player head position.

 

It seems the difference between these 2 variables is 0.96

[Raul]

Someone has any idea about this problem?

[Marleys Ghost]

Well quickly looking at your code the problem(s) seem to be here:

 

       double walkadd=AppSpeed()*Length(GetBodyVelocity(PlayerController));
      walktimer+=walkadd;        
      PlayerHeadPosition.Y=Curve(1.0-0.4*sin(walktimer/500.0),PlayerHeadPosition.Y,16);

 

GetBodyVelocity is a Vec3 .. so what will length return here? I thought that was for the length of a str? doesnt curve smooth the transition between two positions? here it seems you are smoothing between 1.0-0.4×sin(walktimer/500.0) and PlayerHeadPosition.Y,16 what happens if you comment out the head bobbing routine? I assume thats what it is?

[Raul]

Yes, it's working now.

 

I took the lines from an example, from Lumooja when I used the old version. The effect didn't work, but it was not a priority that time.