Entity average size

[Jules D.]

Not sure if there is a way yet, but

 

GetEntityAverageSize(Entity)

or

GetModelAverageSize(Model)

 

would be nice, this way I can figure how far to place the Entity or model from camera, depending on size.

 

DBPro I believe has that, and I once wrote a program when I load an object it would place it's self a certain distance from the camera depending on it's size

I could load a pin and it would load in close to the camera, and if I load a huge planet it would look the same size as the pin on screen, but obviously placed much farther from the camera. But this way I had my models in full view, not to big, not to small.

[macklebee]

we do have this already in a round-about way... see GetEntityAABB in the wiki

[Masterxilo]

Why would you call it GetEntityAverageSize?

[Jules D.]

I thought that's what it was called in DarkBasicPro, but it's been so long since I used it, I can't remember.

I also lost my math equation for it, it worked perfect. So I need to fiqure out the math all over.

[Jules D.]

Ok had it working, now the command does not want to read the values, and I did not change the code, that command needs fixing.

 

It would work then it wouldn't, on and off.

 

 

I got it, it seems to be working well in one of the functions, I wonder if its the

SetGraphics(CanvasGraphics(MainWindow_RenderCanvas))

just before it.

 

Got the math as well

Camera_z = aabb.x1 + aabb.y1 + aabb.z1

Camera_z = -Camera_z / (Camera_z / 3) - (Camera_z / 3)

seems to work.