Global Flags

[Shard]

Could someone please explain global flags and what they are meant to do? The wiki says nothing about them.

 

Ex.

Get/Set Rotation

Get/Set Position

[AndyGFX]

int Global 0 = local space , 1 = global space

 

http://www.leadwerks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Entities#PositionEntity

[Pixel Perfect]

As Andy says, so local is measured relative to the objects origin (0,0,0) where as global is measured releative to the scene's origin (0,0,0)

[Shard]

int Global 0 = local space , 1 = global space

 

http://www.leadwerks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Entities#PositionEntity

 

 

Well I figured as much

 

 

As Andy says, so local is measured relative to the objects origin (0,0,0) where as global is measured releative to the scene's origin (0,0,0)

 

What about when parenting? And rotating? And moving? How does that work?

[Pixel Perfect]

What about when parenting? And rotating? And moving? How does that work?

According to the wiki in the case of RotateEntity: If the entity does not have a parent, the global and local space are the same.

 

When using MoveEntity I believe all movement is in local space but I don't think I've ever set the flag to 1 to test that.

 

With EntityParent I'm not entirely sure unless the global setting dictates it's parented to the entity at the top of the parent child hierarchy of the entity you are parenting it too.

 

I'd suggest experimenting a little to deduce the effect for yourself!

[Josh]

http://www.leadwerks.com/wiki/index.php?title=TFormPoint