Finger pointer entity

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Blitzplotter

(Posted 2009) [#1]

I have tried to encapsulate a finger pointer style entity within a function for eventual release to the Blitz community. The goal is to achieve a finger pointing thing in the top middle of the screen akin to the Simpsons roadrage game, which all bitz users can expolit with the minimum of effort - byte me:

pointThere was local to the function causing a mem access violation, answered my own question, I've got a cylinder (the white one) within the image now but it dances about something rotten. Needs more work.



	UpdateKeys()

	UpdateTruck()
	
	
	xcab = dBodyGetPositionX#(Cab)
	ycab = dBodyGetPositionY#(Cab) 
	zcab = dBodyGetPositionZ#(Cab) 
	
	UpdatePointer(xcab,ycab,zcab) ; 

;UpdatePointer function is:

Function UpdatePointer(cabx,caby,cabz)
	
	PositionEntity pointThere,cabx,caby+10,cabz 
	
End Function

jkrankie

(Posted 2009) [#2]

wouldn't you have the arrow slightly in front of the camera rather than above the truck?

Cheers
Charlie

Blitzplotter

(Posted 2009) [#3]

yeah, when it works (ever the optimist) will increment the y and decrement the z axes to achieve that goal. Bullet Candy looks sweet (;-)