Community wiki

[shadmar]

I will add some stuff to the wiki soon, but it will be related to 3.1+

[Rick]

Thanks YouGroove. I added that to the Lua snippets (I changed it for lua). Thanks shadmar any and all will help it become a great resource for all.

 

[edit]

YouGroove, I can't get that to work in Lua. Have you tried it in Lua yet?

[YouGroove]

Nope, yo ucan put it in some C++ section.

I will translate it to Lua as i need turrets rotating to player, if we have Math::ATan2(v.y,v.x) in Lua , it's possible.

[Rick]

We have that, but doesn't seem like we have xz()

 

Also a nice enhancement would be to use Math:Curve() to smoothly rotate to desired position.

[ZioRed]

Here is a code to rotate towards an entity that you can port to Lua too:

 

Vec3 cur = myEntity->GetRotation(true);
myEntity->Point(targetEntity);
myEntity->Turn(0, 180, 0);
myEntity->SetRotation(Vec3(cur.x, myEntity->GetRotation(true).y, cur.z));

 

btw I tried the code posted above that uses ATan2 in C++ but it seems my header hasn't the operator "-" for Vec2, it's only defined in Vec3.

[AggrorJorn]

Thanks ziored, I will add it to the wiki.

 

I think small functions that have been mentioned above are ideal. Little ideas for snippets are welcome to.

[cassius]

Some of the code snippets I would like to see are how to open and close doors of a building or how to make an elevator go up or down and stop in exactly the right place. That kinda thing.

[AggrorJorn]

Moving platforms and opening doors is actually part of the official 3.1 tutorials.

[gamecreator]

Did the wiki get its first spam? Looks like several pages have links to a torrent site. But how is that possible?

[Rick]

?? Still there? I just checked. I don't see anything I guess.What pages specifically.

[AggrorJorn]

Rick is it possible to allow only certain users to post? Like some sort of user approval.

[Rick]

You can. I originally was thinking that it's sort of a bummer if you have to create an account to modify it as it's a layer that some people might not want to take, but it might just be required. Where are you seeing this though?

[gamecreator]

Multiple pages. The main page has it at the bottom but easier to see on a page like this:

http://leadwerks.wikidot.com/wiki:startin-c

 

Screenshot:

http://i40.tinypic.com/30ku539.jpg

[AggrorJorn]

I don't have this in chrome, but looks like other browser do have it.

 

It is also not embedded in the page article itself. Thus either wikidot itself is doing this or it is spam from a deeper level inside wikidot.

[Guppy]

Multiple pages. The main page has it at the bottom but easier to see on a page like this:

http://leadwerks.wikidot.com/wiki:startin-c

 

Screenshot:

http://i40.tinypic.com/30ku539.jpg

 

That would be an add?

 

you can add

 

.wd-adunit { display:none; }

 

to your user style sheet if you dont want to see it - or use add block

[gamecreator]

It could be an ad but it's only on some of our wiki's pages and none of other wikidot wikis. I do have Adblock Plus installed so who knows.

[YouGroove]

Could it be to add wiki to LE3 site , would benefit everyone and any new comers.

[AggrorJorn]

Even if Josh would add the wiki to the links under documentation, we first need to be sure that we get rid of the adds and add a lot of articles to the wiki. It is still very early for the wiki to have enough information to be a good wiki.

[Roland]

Why cant Josh just add a Leadwerks 3 wiki to the Leadwerks site. All problems solved. Josh ??

[AggrorJorn]

The adds are only showing if you are not registered at the site. Wikidot does this automatically to get generate income for keeping their wiki sites cost free. Now we know that isn't a problem we can continue filling up the wiki.

[Rick]

@Roland I feel like it seems like a low priority to Josh at this time so in the meantime I figured we could get something going and see what the supply and demand is like.

[Roland]

OK. I see. Was most thinking of him make a space available so the Wiki could be move there.

That way it would be secured to live together with Leadwerks. However I understand Josh lack of time.

[Admin]

If you guys want a place for community-created tips and info, I think Steam Guides might be the best approach:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/251810/guides/

[Rick]

I couldn't figure out how to actually make one of these. Am I missing an add button or something? The thing is this is more than just Steam :-/. I think (hope) most of those people eventually come here instead of the Steam forums once they get into Leadwerks more.

 

Nevermind I see it in the Steam app now.

[Admin]

I have not looked at MediaWiki in a while. The problem was it was a magnet for viagra ads. Has this changed or is the situation still the same?