I was inspired by something in Wizard's Apprentice 2, and the movement system some PW's have. I implemented a placeable movement system by abstracting TWA 2's hardcoded script, so credit M. Reider not me. How it works is by rapidly creating and destroying placeables along the path. There is only the documentation built into the single script.
Youtube video. Demo show rotation, resizing, movement in all three dimensions, and acceleration of movement.
Dropbox link to proof of concept demo module.
It's just too bad we can't use SetScriptHidden on a placeable.
It's just too bad we can't use SetScriptHidden on a placeable.
Is it possible to apply an alpha-modifying SEF to a placeable?
Why not scale it down to 0,001;0,001;0,001?
This proof of concept module is something I whipped up in December 2012 according to the file date, I don't remember anything about it other than it works. If you took apart Crimmor to look at things, you might notice that this demo uses the script prefix of sh_ that I used for Crimmor. Obviously I was testing for use in Crimmor but don't even remember what trickery I planned on using it for. So consider it unsupported, I'll answer questions as best I can but most answers are going to be "I don't remember why".
Is it possible to apply an alpha-modifying SEF to a placeable?
There looks to be a way to do that, but I haven't had much luck applying SEF to placeables. Not sure why.
Why not scale it down to 0,001;0,001;0,001?
Good idea!
Why not scale it down to 0,001;0,001;0,001?
Exactly. Depending on how you progressed, some variables are given different values which in turn define which placeables show up next time you enter the area...
btw, have you tried scale: 0.0;0.0;0.0 ?
it worked for me on one (unrelated) test (ie. by accident ..)
that is, the game didn't crash and the placeable worked as intended ...
btw, have you tried scale: 0.0;0.0;0.0 ?
it worked for me on one (unrelated) test (ie. by accident ..)
that is, the game didn't crash and the placeable worked as intended ...
It's a great way to make something both disappear and then reappear. If you only want it to disappear then using all zero's will work from what I see. i.e. I have not been successful making a 0.0,0.0,0.0 object reappear when using SetScale 1.0,1.0,1.0 to reverse such a descaled object. You can reverse a descaling when using 0.001,0.001,0.001. And it's a great facility!
It'd be interesting to run a comparison between the two approaches and see if there is a visual and/or performance difference. If the scaling approach is significantly faster, you might be able to use more hops for smoother animation.
Another approach could be to use a placed visual effect, then keep creating and tearing them down. It might be lower overhead, but it would need a custom sef file for each object.
One way to make models move is to create a model VFX and use it as a spell projectile. The downside is that I've never been able to figure out how to slow the projectile down, so it's either super-fast or nothing. It's fine for flying wyverns or flocks of birds (both of which I've done successfully), or even perhaps a cloud of arrows shot from an unseen army of archers.
Another way to make things rotate is to create a model VFX, apply it to an ipoint, then script the ipoint to rotate in small intervals. You could only rotate it around the Z axis though. A collision box or ball could be used to allow the player to interact with the VFX.
One way to make models move is to create a model VFX and use it as a spell projectile. The downside is that I've never been able to figure out how to slow the projectile down, so it's either super-fast or nothing. It's fine for flying wyverns or flocks of birds (both of which I've done successfully), or even perhaps a cloud of arrows shot from an unseen army of archers.
Another way to make things rotate is to create a model VFX, apply it to an ipoint, then script the ipoint to rotate in small intervals. You could only rotate it around the Z axis though. A collision box or ball could be used to allow the player to interact with the VFX.
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