Super refers to the class whatever class you are looking at is inherited from.
So in "MyPlayerController extends PlayerController," Super refers to PlayerController. You see it a lot in inherited functions because it lets you run the original function, in addition to your new additions
Super is referring to the class object, correct? in this case this is located in a demo of someone's MyPlayerController class.
So it's the same thing as MyPlayerController.Possess?
I will need to do a lot of reading on this programming stuff. Should just stick to levels
super is like base in other situations (C#)
It calls the version of the function from the class that the current class is extending. For example
class ParentClass;
var int A;
function SetA()
{
A=2;
}
class ChildClass extends ParentClass;
function SetA()
{
A=1;
super.SetA();
}
If you run the SetA in ParentClass, A is equal to 2.
If you run the SetA in ChildClass, it sets A to 1, then runs ParentClass.SetA() which sets A to 2.
Super is referring to the class object, correct? in this case this is located in a demo of someone's MyPlayerController class.
So it's the same thing as MyPlayerController.Possess?
I will need to do a lot of reading on this programming stuff. Should just stick to levels
super is like base in other situations (C#)
It calls the version of the function from the class that the current class is extending. For example
class ParentClass;
var int A;
function SetA()
{
A=2;
}
class ChildClass extends ParentClass;
function SetA()
{
A=1;
super.SetA();
}
If you run the SetA in ParentClass, A is equal to 2.
If you run the SetA in ChildClass, it sets A to 1, then runs ParentClass.SetA() which sets A to 2.
Wow, thanks for the replies.
So then:
function int SetA()
{
A = 1
Super.SetA()
return A
}
Would return 2? (barring syntax which I probably messed up)
It makes sense to me as you have it written, I'll have to chew on it for a few before I'll understand how this example is using it. And I'll have to read what an event is and stuff.
If I pick up my dusty C++ book a lot of this will be in there, right?
Super is referring to the class object, correct? in this case this is located in a demo of someone's MyPlayerController class.
So it's the same thing as MyPlayerController.Possess?
I will need to do a lot of reading on this programming stuff. Should just stick to levels
super is like base in other situations (C#)
It calls the version of the function from the class that the current class is extending. For example
class ParentClass;
var int A;
function SetA()
{
A=2;
}
class ChildClass extends ParentClass;
function SetA()
{
A=1;
super.SetA();
}
If you run the SetA in ParentClass, A is equal to 2.
If you run the SetA in ChildClass, it sets A to 1, then runs ParentClass.SetA() which sets A to 2.
Wow, thanks for the replies.
So then:
function int SetA()
{
A = 1
Super.SetA()
return A
}
Would return 2? (barring syntax which I probably messed up)
It makes sense to me as you have it written, I'll have to chew on it for a few before I'll understand how this example is using it. And I'll have to read what an event is and stuff.
If I pick up my dusty C++ book a lot of this will be in there, right?
Super is referring to the class object, correct? in this case this is located in a demo of someone's MyPlayerController class.
So it's the same thing as MyPlayerController.Possess?
I will need to do a lot of reading on this programming stuff. Should just stick to levels
super is like base in other situations (C#)
It calls the version of the function from the class that the current class is extending. For example
class ParentClass;
var int A;
function SetA()
{
A=2;
}
class ChildClass extends ParentClass;
function SetA()
{
A=1;
super.SetA();
}
If you run the SetA in ParentClass, A is equal to 2.
If you run the SetA in ChildClass, it sets A to 1, then runs ParentClass.SetA() which sets A to 2.
Wow, thanks for the replies.
So then:
function int SetA()
{
A = 1
Super.SetA()
return A
}
Would return 2? (barring syntax which I probably messed up)
It makes sense to me as you have it written, I'll have to chew on it for a few before I'll understand how this example is using it. And I'll have to read what an event is and stuff.
If I pick up my dusty C++ book a lot of this will be in there, right?
Yeah, it would return 2.
How is your example using it?
Well that's my default PlayerController class (extends UTplayerController). From what I understand it's possessing the spawned Pawn (which is defaulted in the Game class I'm defaulting to), and setting the camera to third person.
The pawn has this code:
simulated function bool CalcCamera(float fDeltaTime, out vector out_CamLoc, out rotator out_CamRot, out float out_FOV)
{
local vector start, end, hl, hn;
local actor a;
start = Location;
if (Controller != none)
{
end = Location - Vector(Controller.Rotation) * 192.f;
}
else
{
end = Location - Vector(Rotation) * 192.f;
}
a = Trace(hl, hn, end, start, false);
if (a != none)
{
out_CamLoc = hl;
}
else
{
out_CamLoc = end;
}
out_CamRot = Rotator(Location - out_CamLoc);
return true;
}
Which returns true, after it gets the camera vector (i'm assuming) so that the character is always shooting forward? I'm still analyzing this. Still not sure what 192.f is calculating, but must be related to vector. I looked up the Trace actor and that is essentially what weapons use to return a position pointed at.
I learned one way to think of these statements, but maybe there's a reason they don't teach you this until you've been programming for a while. It's possible reading what's in the spoiler will only confuse you, and I might suck as a teacher. Either way, here goes:
Every statement you execute has a value and a side-effect.
Before the statement is executed, the world the program lives in is set in a certain way. Some variables exist, some of them even have values, some may be uninitialized, etc.
The statement is executed. That statement resolves to a value, and it also has an optional side-effect. That side-effect is a persistent change to the state of the world.
Let's look at some weird statements.
1;
That's a statement. It has a value -- the literal 1. It has no side-effects -- it doesn't change the world in any way.
false;
That's also a statement. Same thing.
a == 4;
Oops, you just screwed up an assignment statement and used an equality comparison. That's still a valid statement -- it is resolved to a boolean true or false. It also has no side-effects.
a = 4;
That's more like it. This statement has both a value and a side-effect. The value is 4, and the side effect is that the variable a now contains the value 4.
a = b = c = 4;
Don't code like this -- it confuses people -- but let's map it out. We evaluate this statement and the rules of evaluation (don't ask) say we start at the right. c = 4 is evaluated first, and it has a side-effect. Its value is 4. Next b = (4) is evaluated, and finally a = (4).
a+++++b;
This one is evil. Pre-increment and post-increment. In pre-increment, the side-effect (increment) affects the value before it is returned. In post-increment the value is returned and then the side-effect (increment) happens.
If we only cared about side-effects, we could say this adds one to a and adds one to b and that's it. But there's more.
When the expression evaluator gets its hands on it, this looks like (a++) + (++b). We need to resolve a++, need to resolve ++b, and then need to resolve addition. a++ is post-increment, so we get the value of a. ++b is pre-increment, so we get b+1. So this statement is equivalent to:
{ a += 1; b += 1; a + b + 1; }
Thinking in this weird way helps when understanding inheritance and scope -- but I don't want to write THAT particular wall of text unless people are interested.
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Thanks to Benson and Pierson we have our first velociraptor animation ingame. Now that we know how to do this, we should be controlling a velociraptor in third person with magnificent animations in a matter of days.
I'm getting frustrated. I made a class: 'SuperPlayerController' that extends 'PlayerController'. It's job, right now, is simply to log something when I press the fire key, not unlike GnmomeTank's code from a few pages back.
When I hit the make button, the logs are saying that it's compiling both of the classes in MyMod\Classes, but I'm not getting a log entry from the
I'm going to bed nowish (work work), but I wanted to organize my thoughts a little bit first and ask for help.
MyMod\Classes contains SuperPlayerController and SuperFunGame. I'm running make using the UTFrontEnd, and then running 'dm-deck?game=mymod.superfungame' from a cmd prompt.
I'm sure it's something painfully stupid, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I had that same issue when sub-classing directly from PlayerController, and specifically on StartFire. I could never figure out why. It was logging some sort of error happening inside Epic's code that I couldn't figure out. Part of why I completely rebound my input to custom functions was because StartFire was tossing exceptions for me. Oddly if you override StopFire, it will probably work.
Completely custom functions setup in my UTInput.ini did the trick for me on input.
I had that same issue when sub-classing directly from PlayerController, and specifically on StartFire. I could never figure out why. It was logging some sort of error happening inside Epic's code that I couldn't figure out. Part of why I completely rebound my input to custom functions was because StartFire was tossing exceptions for me. Oddly if you override StopFire, it will probably work.
Completely custom functions setup in my UTInput.ini did the trick for me on input.
Do I need to put the modified UTInput.ini in MyMod\Classes, or MyMod, or can I leave it in the original directory?
I had that same issue when sub-classing directly from PlayerController, and specifically on StartFire. I could never figure out why. It was logging some sort of error happening inside Epic's code that I couldn't figure out. Part of why I completely rebound my input to custom functions was because StartFire was tossing exceptions for me. Oddly if you override StopFire, it will probably work.
Completely custom functions setup in my UTInput.ini did the trick for me on input.
Do I need to put the modified UTInput.ini in MyMod\Classes, or MyMod, or can I leave it in the original directory?
I'm pretty sure it stays in UTGame/Config, although I haven't tested elsewhere.
I had that same issue when sub-classing directly from PlayerController, and specifically on StartFire. I could never figure out why. It was logging some sort of error happening inside Epic's code that I couldn't figure out. Part of why I completely rebound my input to custom functions was because StartFire was tossing exceptions for me. Oddly if you override StopFire, it will probably work.
Completely custom functions setup in my UTInput.ini did the trick for me on input.
Do I need to put the modified UTInput.ini in MyMod\Classes, or MyMod, or can I leave it in the original directory?
I'm pretty sure it stays in UTGame/Config, although I haven't tested elsewhere.
If there is a DefaultInput.ini you could create a new MyGameInput.ini with the
[config]
basedon=..\DefaultInput.ini
You don't want to put the .ini files outside the UTGame\Config (or MyGame\Config) directory. The Src\MyMod\Classes directory is soley for .uc files.
Honestly it would just be easier to expand or modify the existing DefaultInput.ini, delete the UTInput.ini and run the game to have the default create the UTInput.ini with your changes.
I had that same issue when sub-classing directly from PlayerController, and specifically on StartFire. I could never figure out why. It was logging some sort of error happening inside Epic's code that I couldn't figure out. Part of why I completely rebound my input to custom functions was because StartFire was tossing exceptions for me. Oddly if you override StopFire, it will probably work.
Completely custom functions setup in my UTInput.ini did the trick for me on input.
Do I need to put the modified UTInput.ini in MyMod\Classes, or MyMod, or can I leave it in the original directory?
I'm pretty sure it stays in UTGame/Config, although I haven't tested elsewhere.
edit: Aumni - ok, I'll do something like that. Excellent.
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
edited November 2009
I just modified UTInput.ini to make my changes, though eventually I will modify DefaultInput.ini and let the FrontEnd regenerate my UTInput.ini.
I was unhappy with the documentation of the lifecycle of the gametype, and because of a lack of access to the source for seeing how the game init and loop works, I decided to dissect UTGame.UTGame and see what makes it tick.
Basically I'm replacing step-by-step debugging with `log calls all over UTGame, UTPlayerController and UTPawn so I can put together a strong understanding of the order that things happen in.
I was unhappy with the documentation of the lifecycle of the gametype, and because of a lack of access to the source for seeing how the game init and loop works, I decided to dissect UTGame.UTGame and see what makes it tick.
Basically I'm replacing step-by-step debugging with `log calls all over UTGame, UTPlayerController and UTPawn so I can put together a strong understanding of the order that things happen in.
I was unhappy with the documentation of the lifecycle of the gametype, and because of a lack of access to the source for seeing how the game init and loop works, I decided to dissect UTGame.UTGame and see what makes it tick.
Basically I'm replacing step-by-step debugging with `log calls all over UTGame, UTPlayerController and UTPawn so I can put together a strong understanding of the order that things happen in.
If you document this you can have my .
And mine. That would be extremely helpful.
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I was unhappy with the documentation of the lifecycle of the gametype, and because of a lack of access to the source for seeing how the game init and loop works, I decided to dissect UTGame.UTGame and see what makes it tick.
Basically I'm replacing step-by-step debugging with `log calls all over UTGame, UTPlayerController and UTPawn so I can put together a strong understanding of the order that things happen in.
Yah, I've been playing with some of this as well. Mostly with Pawns, in terms of calling PostBeginPlay when the game starts and such.
The one that is driving me nuts is GetDefaultPlayerClass in GameInfo. This should be where I tell the game engine what my PlayerControllers Pawn class will be, but it never seems to get called in my custom GameInfo. Still working on that one.
I was unhappy with the documentation of the lifecycle of the gametype, and because of a lack of access to the source for seeing how the game init and loop works, I decided to dissect UTGame.UTGame and see what makes it tick.
Basically I'm replacing step-by-step debugging with `log calls all over UTGame, UTPlayerController and UTPawn so I can put together a strong understanding of the order that things happen in.
Yah, I've been playing with some of this as well. Mostly with Pawns, in terms of calling PostBeginPlay when the game starts and such.
The one that is driving me nuts is GetDefaultPlayerClass in GameInfo. This should be where I tell the game engine what my PlayerControllers Pawn class will be, but it never seems to get called in my custom GameInfo. Still working on that one.
You can set it in the Main class of your game in the defaultproperties
I think it's defaultPawnClass=class'MyGame.MyPawn'
Then if you look at the code I copied from the tutorial on the last page you need to throw a possess event.
I was absolutely going to put the code I was working with on a thumb drive and bring it to work, but my wife looked really cute this morning and I got distracted.
Damn her.
The default property for defaultPawnClass certainly is effective in setting the class used, but the question is when does it get used. That's something I'm looking at as well.
I will certainly document it all. I'm also thinking about putting some info up on my website.
I was absolutely going to put the code I was working with on a thumb drive and bring it to work, but my wife looked really cute this morning and I got distracted.
Damn her.
The default property for defaultPawnClass certainly is effective in setting the class used, but the question is when does it get used. That's something I'm looking at as well.
I will certainly document it all. I'm also thinking about putting some info up on my website.
Wouldn't it be when the pawn was spawned?
Edit: Since any bot, player, or AI is a pawn, I'd figure every time they spawn the pawn class (or one of its subclasses) is called.
I was absolutely going to put the code I was working with on a thumb drive and bring it to work, but my wife looked really cute this morning and I got distracted.
Damn her.
The default property for defaultPawnClass certainly is effective in setting the class used, but the question is when does it get used. That's something I'm looking at as well.
I will certainly document it all. I'm also thinking about putting some info up on my website.
Wouldn't it be when the pawn was spawned?
Edit: Since any bot, player, or AI is a pawn, I'd figure every time they spawn the pawn class (or one of its subclasses) is called.
That's my assumption. I just haven't dug deep enough to find it.
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edited November 2009
This had better still be about velociraptor interview
I was unhappy with the documentation of the lifecycle of the gametype, and because of a lack of access to the source for seeing how the game init and loop works, I decided to dissect UTGame.UTGame and see what makes it tick.
Basically I'm replacing step-by-step debugging with `log calls all over UTGame, UTPlayerController and UTPawn so I can put together a strong understanding of the order that things happen in.
Yah, I've been playing with some of this as well. Mostly with Pawns, in terms of calling PostBeginPlay when the game starts and such.
The one that is driving me nuts is GetDefaultPlayerClass in GameInfo. This should be where I tell the game engine what my PlayerControllers Pawn class will be, but it never seems to get called in my custom GameInfo. Still working on that one.
You can set it in the Main class of your game in the defaultproperties
I think it's defaultPawnClass=class'MyGame.MyPawn'
Then if you look at the code I copied from the tutorial on the last page you need to throw a possess event.
I think.
Totally learning the stuff here.
This would work if NPCs and Players didn't have a different pawn class in RpgToolkit. Which is why I need to override GetPlayerDefaultClass, I just need to figure out why it's not called.
Nah, I think they scraped it for the more hip 'Donut Hole Disc Jockey'
Yep. It's going to be a 2D platformer starring Dunkin Donuts newest mascot, in the vein of Domino's "Yo! Noid!" for the NES or 7-Up's Genesis "Cool Spot".
I can't find any way to prove that my SuperPlayerController class is ever being used. I've tried writing a number of different exec functions using the information from UTInput (and one from PlayerController); they either do not compile with the log statement, or the log statement is cheerfully ignored.
What would be the simplest way to prove that it is capturing information about the player?
Thank you,
Thoroughly disgruntled, slightly demoralized, generally unhappy. The 3rd.
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I also put a blurb at the end of that function on how to do `log based ghetto debugging and tracing using function overrides. Thus the blog post title...
Also I finished my analysis of the camera code I posted last page. I've commented on each part:
class TDPawn extends UTPawn;
simulated function bool CalcCamera(float fDeltaTime, out vector out_CamLoc, out rotator out_CamRot, out float out_FOV)
{
local vector start, end, hl, hn; [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/*Establish a variable for the start end points, as well as the normal and hit point. */[/COLOR]
local actor a; [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]// variable for the trace actor[/COLOR]
start = Location;[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"] [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* Takes the location vector (x,y,z position) of the pawn (in my case, the player)*/[/COLOR][/COLOR]
if (Controller != none)[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"] // If the pawn is controlled do this code.[/COLOR]
{ // If controller exists
[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* The next line takes the location of the player, then inverts the rotation (direction pawn is facing, setting the end point behind the pawn.*/[/COLOR]
end = Location - Vector(Controller.Rotation) * 120.f; // Was 192.f
}
else
{
[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]//If controller doesn't exist get[/COLOR]
end = Location - Vector(Rotation) * 192.f; [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/*If the pawn isn't being controlled set it to general rotation*/[/COLOR]
}
[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* The trace actor draws a line from the start point (player) to the end point (vector behind the player). If the line hits a wall, you will get a value for Hit location (hl)*/[/COLOR]
a = Trace(hl, hn, end, start, false);
[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* If the trace does hit a wall put the camera against the wall. */[/COLOR]
if (a != none)
{
out_CamLoc = hl;
}
[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* If the vector doesn't hit a wall, it means the camera is clear to stay the amount of units behind the player, in this case I have it 120 units behind the player because 192 is too far away*/[/COLOR]
else
{
out_CamLoc = end;
}
[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* This if statement finds the vector that the camera will rotate around */[/COLOR]
if ( bWinnerCam )
{
// use "hero" cam
SetHeroCam(out_CamRot);
}
else
[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* This code sets the camera rotation to the difference between the player location and the camera location */[/COLOR]
{
out_CamRot = Rotator(Location - out_CamLoc);
}
return true;
}
I've offset the start and end point to give me a Gears of War'ish camera that'll work for now. After looking at the UTpawn 3rdPersonCameraCalc function there is a lot of stuff they have in there that will be useful.
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So in "MyPlayerController extends PlayerController," Super refers to PlayerController. You see it a lot in inherited functions because it lets you run the original function, in addition to your new additions
super is like base in other situations (C#)
It calls the version of the function from the class that the current class is extending. For example
class ParentClass;
var int A;
function SetA()
{
A=2;
}
class ChildClass extends ParentClass;
function SetA()
{
A=1;
super.SetA();
}
If you run the SetA in ParentClass, A is equal to 2.
If you run the SetA in ChildClass, it sets A to 1, then runs ParentClass.SetA() which sets A to 2.
Wow, thanks for the replies.
So then:
function int SetA()
{
A = 1
Super.SetA()
return A
}
Would return 2? (barring syntax which I probably messed up)
It makes sense to me as you have it written, I'll have to chew on it for a few before I'll understand how this example is using it. And I'll have to read what an event is and stuff.
If I pick up my dusty C++ book a lot of this will be in there, right?
Yeah, it would return 2.
How is your example using it?
Well that's my default PlayerController class (extends UTplayerController). From what I understand it's possessing the spawned Pawn (which is defaulted in the Game class I'm defaulting to), and setting the camera to third person.
The pawn has this code:
simulated function bool CalcCamera(float fDeltaTime, out vector out_CamLoc, out rotator out_CamRot, out float out_FOV) { local vector start, end, hl, hn; local actor a; start = Location; if (Controller != none) { end = Location - Vector(Controller.Rotation) * 192.f; } else { end = Location - Vector(Rotation) * 192.f; } a = Trace(hl, hn, end, start, false); if (a != none) { out_CamLoc = hl; } else { out_CamLoc = end; } out_CamRot = Rotator(Location - out_CamLoc); return true; }Which returns true, after it gets the camera vector (i'm assuming) so that the character is always shooting forward? I'm still analyzing this. Still not sure what 192.f is calculating, but must be related to vector. I looked up the Trace actor and that is essentially what weapons use to return a position pointed at.
I got all the code from :
http://tutorial.toltecstudios.com/
Which is a great starting tutorial for you UDK programming newbies, like me!
I learned one way to think of these statements, but maybe there's a reason they don't teach you this until you've been programming for a while. It's possible reading what's in the spoiler will only confuse you, and I might suck as a teacher. Either way, here goes:
Before the statement is executed, the world the program lives in is set in a certain way. Some variables exist, some of them even have values, some may be uninitialized, etc.
The statement is executed. That statement resolves to a value, and it also has an optional side-effect. That side-effect is a persistent change to the state of the world.
Let's look at some weird statements.
1;
That's a statement. It has a value -- the literal 1. It has no side-effects -- it doesn't change the world in any way.
false;
That's also a statement. Same thing.
a == 4;
Oops, you just screwed up an assignment statement and used an equality comparison. That's still a valid statement -- it is resolved to a boolean true or false. It also has no side-effects.
a = 4;
That's more like it. This statement has both a value and a side-effect. The value is 4, and the side effect is that the variable a now contains the value 4.
a = b = c = 4;
Don't code like this -- it confuses people -- but let's map it out. We evaluate this statement and the rules of evaluation (don't ask) say we start at the right. c = 4 is evaluated first, and it has a side-effect. Its value is 4. Next b = (4) is evaluated, and finally a = (4).
a+++++b;
This one is evil. Pre-increment and post-increment. In pre-increment, the side-effect (increment) affects the value before it is returned. In post-increment the value is returned and then the side-effect (increment) happens.
If we only cared about side-effects, we could say this adds one to a and adds one to b and that's it. But there's more.
When the expression evaluator gets its hands on it, this looks like (a++) + (++b). We need to resolve a++, need to resolve ++b, and then need to resolve addition. a++ is post-increment, so we get the value of a. ++b is pre-increment, so we get b+1. So this statement is equivalent to:
{ a += 1; b += 1; a + b + 1; }
Thinking in this weird way helps when understanding inheritance and scope -- but I don't want to write THAT particular wall of text unless people are interested.
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When I hit the make button, the logs are saying that it's compiling both of the classes in MyMod\Classes, but I'm not getting a log entry from the
exec function StartFire(optional byte FireModeNum) { `log("Hello, it's Wonderful"); Super.StartFire(FireModeNum); }I'm going to bed nowish (work work), but I wanted to organize my thoughts a little bit first and ask for help.
MyMod\Classes contains SuperPlayerController and SuperFunGame. I'm running make using the UTFrontEnd, and then running 'dm-deck?game=mymod.superfungame' from a cmd prompt.
I'm sure it's something painfully stupid, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
One second, raptor - then I did something and it's gone.
That's disturbing, to think that he could be out there somewhere.
You need to jump to a higher level.
He's clearly doing too good a job at fitting in.
Tamin:
I had that same issue when sub-classing directly from PlayerController, and specifically on StartFire. I could never figure out why. It was logging some sort of error happening inside Epic's code that I couldn't figure out. Part of why I completely rebound my input to custom functions was because StartFire was tossing exceptions for me. Oddly if you override StopFire, it will probably work.
Completely custom functions setup in my UTInput.ini did the trick for me on input.
Do I need to put the modified UTInput.ini in MyMod\Classes, or MyMod, or can I leave it in the original directory?
I'm pretty sure it stays in UTGame/Config, although I haven't tested elsewhere.
If there is a DefaultInput.ini you could create a new MyGameInput.ini with the
You don't want to put the .ini files outside the UTGame\Config (or MyGame\Config) directory. The Src\MyMod\Classes directory is soley for .uc files.
Honestly it would just be easier to expand or modify the existing DefaultInput.ini, delete the UTInput.ini and run the game to have the default create the UTInput.ini with your changes.
edit: Aumni - ok, I'll do something like that. Excellent.
Basically I'm replacing step-by-step debugging with `log calls all over UTGame, UTPlayerController and UTPawn so I can put together a strong understanding of the order that things happen in.
If you document this you can have my
And mine. That would be extremely helpful.
Yah, I've been playing with some of this as well. Mostly with Pawns, in terms of calling PostBeginPlay when the game starts and such.
The one that is driving me nuts is GetDefaultPlayerClass in GameInfo. This should be where I tell the game engine what my PlayerControllers Pawn class will be, but it never seems to get called in my custom GameInfo. Still working on that one.
You can set it in the Main class of your game in the defaultproperties
I think it's defaultPawnClass=class'MyGame.MyPawn'
Then if you look at the code I copied from the tutorial on the last page you need to throw a possess event.
I think.
Totally learning the stuff here.
Damn her.
The default property for defaultPawnClass certainly is effective in setting the class used, but the question is when does it get used. That's something I'm looking at as well.
I will certainly document it all. I'm also thinking about putting some info up on my website.
Wouldn't it be when the pawn was spawned?
Edit: Since any bot, player, or AI is a pawn, I'd figure every time they spawn the pawn class (or one of its subclasses) is called.
That's my assumption. I just haven't dug deep enough to find it.
This would work if NPCs and Players didn't have a different pawn class in RpgToolkit. Which is why I need to override GetPlayerDefaultClass, I just need to figure out why it's not called.
Yep. It's going to be a 2D platformer starring Dunkin Donuts newest mascot, in the vein of Domino's "Yo! Noid!" for the NES or 7-Up's Genesis "Cool Spot".
I can't find any way to prove that my SuperPlayerController class is ever being used. I've tried writing a number of different exec functions using the information from UTInput (and one from PlayerController); they either do not compile with the log statement, or the log statement is cheerfully ignored.
What would be the simplest way to prove that it is capturing information about the player?
Thank you,
Thoroughly disgruntled, slightly demoralized, generally unhappy. The 3rd.
I also put a blurb at the end of that function on how to do `log based ghetto debugging and tracing using function overrides. Thus the blog post title...
Also I finished my analysis of the camera code I posted last page. I've commented on each part:
class TDPawn extends UTPawn;
simulated function bool CalcCamera(float fDeltaTime, out vector out_CamLoc, out rotator out_CamRot, out float out_FOV) { local vector start, end, hl, hn; [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/*Establish a variable for the start end points, as well as the normal and hit point. */[/COLOR] local actor a; [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]// variable for the trace actor[/COLOR] start = Location;[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"] [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* Takes the location vector (x,y,z position) of the pawn (in my case, the player)*/[/COLOR][/COLOR] if (Controller != none)[COLOR="PaleTurquoise"] // If the pawn is controlled do this code.[/COLOR] { // If controller exists [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* The next line takes the location of the player, then inverts the rotation (direction pawn is facing, setting the end point behind the pawn.*/[/COLOR] end = Location - Vector(Controller.Rotation) * 120.f; // Was 192.f } else { [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]//If controller doesn't exist get[/COLOR] end = Location - Vector(Rotation) * 192.f; [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/*If the pawn isn't being controlled set it to general rotation*/[/COLOR] } [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* The trace actor draws a line from the start point (player) to the end point (vector behind the player). If the line hits a wall, you will get a value for Hit location (hl)*/[/COLOR] a = Trace(hl, hn, end, start, false); [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* If the trace does hit a wall put the camera against the wall. */[/COLOR] if (a != none) { out_CamLoc = hl; } [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* If the vector doesn't hit a wall, it means the camera is clear to stay the amount of units behind the player, in this case I have it 120 units behind the player because 192 is too far away*/[/COLOR] else { out_CamLoc = end; } [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* This if statement finds the vector that the camera will rotate around */[/COLOR] if ( bWinnerCam ) { // use "hero" cam SetHeroCam(out_CamRot); } else [COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]/* This code sets the camera rotation to the difference between the player location and the camera location */[/COLOR] { out_CamRot = Rotator(Location - out_CamLoc); } return true; }Shiny things are easy
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Not that the one we have is going anywhere, but we're going to need a fair few humans modelled.
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