attaching a weapon or tool to an avatar

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chrisnorris007 (Posted 2009) [#1]

in a game, whats the easier way to code an avatar (character) picking up a weapon and it attaching itself to his arm...foot etc.. like clothing, weapons, etc

Ross C (Posted 2009) [#2]

To physically attach the weapon, and assuming your using a boned character, and also assuming it's 3d, you can use EntityParent to parent the weapon to a bone on the character and it will follow that bones motion.

chrisnorris007 (Posted 2009) [#3]

hmmm how do you access the bones in a mesh? chris

Ross C (Posted 2009) [#4]

FindChild or GetChild. Depending on whether you know the names of the bones or not.

Terry B. (Posted 2009) [#5]

dunno if this is any help but: http://blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=65419#730702 Solved my problems.