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From: mperdue@l4software.com (Mario Perdue)
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.beginners
Subject: Re: 3d vectored bullets
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 03:51:51 GMT
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Austin,

I'm not sure there is enough information in your post to really tell
what is wrong. Shoot() seems to set-up the initial location, and from
what you've said, that works. What function actually moves the bullet,
and how is it called?

Mario

On Sun, 04 Jan 1998 09:24:31 -0800, "Linda J. Hodge"
<hodgke@earthlink.net> wrote:

>hello,Im trying to make a bullet fly from the center of the Car in the
>current vector of the car and proceed on ,like the missiles in twisted
>metal.I have some code but it doesnt seem to work.All it displays is the
>bullet tmd around the car and wherever the car moves the bullet rotates
>around the car.
>
>code Sample:
>
>void Shoot(PlayerStructType2 *theBullet,
>                 unsigned long *lModelAddress)
>         {
>         DrawPlayer(theBullet,&othWorld[currentBuffer]);  
>         lModelAddress++;
>         GsMapModelingData((unsigned long *)lModelAddress);
>         GsInitCoordinate2(WORLD, &theBullet->gsObjectCoord);
>         lModelAddress++;  lModelAddress++;
>        GsLinkObject4((unsigned
>long*)lModelAddress,&theBullet->gsObjectHandler,0);
>        theBullet->gsObjectHandler.coord2 = &theBullet->gsObjectCoord;
>        
>        theBullet->rotation.vx = theCar.gsObjectCoord.coord.t[0];
>        theBullet->rotation.vy = theCar.gsObjectCoord.coord.t[1];   
>        theBullet->rotation.vz = theCar.gsObjectCoord.coord.t[2];   
>        theBullet->gsObjectCoord.coord.t[0] = theBullet->rotation.vx;
>        theBullet->gsObjectCoord.coord.t[1] = theBullet->rotation.vy;
>        theBullet->gsObjectCoord.coord.t[2] = theBullet->rotation.vz; 
>       
>AdvanceModel(&theBullet->gsObjectCoord,&theBullet->rotation,&theBullet->speed,256);
>        
>        theBullet->gsObjectCoord.flg = 0;
>}
>I call this function when the pad is pressed.
>thanx any help would be appreciated=:-]
>-Austin