Get Collision Radius ?

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StOrM3 (Posted 2004) [#1]

I know there is a way to set the radius for collisions on an entity, but I don't see any functions to get that radius of an item ? Could this be ?

electronin (Posted 2004) [#2]

No easy way that I know of. You might try this thread.

jhocking (Posted 2004) [#3]

There are a number of parameters which do not have any retrieval command, only commands to set them. One which comes up a lot is the lack of commands to retrieve an object's scale. The common (and sometimes infuriating) advice is to use a variable to keep track of the radius you set it to.

eBusiness (Posted 2004) [#4]

Or just store the radius when you set it. Edit: Dam it 2 seconds late

StOrM3 (Posted 2004) [#5]

which brings up the obvious question of, so if you load a mesh, and don't set a collision radius then is the collision radius set to 0, or is it set to the width or depth of the mesh loaded ? If it is auto-set, then there is no way to get it... I'm speaking of models loaded from drive, not cubes or spheres you create.

eBusiness (Posted 2004) [#6]

They have no radius.

StOrM3 (Posted 2004) [#7]

ewww.. thats not good... I would have assumed blitz would auto create a collision radius for any model you load. Okay.

Ross C (Posted 2004) [#8]

The collision raduis is set to 1. But only when you give an entity, an EntityType number.

jhocking (Posted 2004) [#9]

The default radius is always 1, regardless of the size of the model.