from creation to application

[OO7]

OK, if i have a map with just one box, and i play that map with bzflag,
how does it create the inside of the box that you see with oo?

[knoxkorner]

i do think its automatic



Like in the two wall with 00 you drive and it has these triangles?

[Zelgadis]

you mean, when you drive inside the box with OO that oyu can look out??

When you meant this, then my answer is: its automatic created

[Da Best]

Yes, You don't have to do anything, it's completely auto ; )

[OO7]

no, i know it is automatically created.
what im trying to find out is how bzflag creates it that way, so that you could put the same thing in ANY object

[Da Best]

Umm, i don't think we know that, ask the developer?

[OO7]

whos that?

[Da Best]

the people who made the game?

[A Meteorite]

what im trying to find out is how bzflag creates it that way, so that you could put the same thing in ANY object

BZFlag draws this in OpenGL (as is everything else) - which is hardcoded into the application (along with the tank models, etc). With some fancy mesh work, I'm sure you could reproduce this effect but with different objects.

I wouldn't have the slightest clue how to go about that, though.

[Da Best]

there you go A meteorite is smarter than me

[OO7]

when i asked who the developers where, i was looking for names.
A Meteorite wrote

BZFlag draws this in OpenGL (as is everything else) - which is hardcoded into the application (along with the tank models, etc). With some fancy mesh work, I'm sure you could reproduce this effect but with different objects.

im trying to find the process that is hardcoded into bzflag that handles the creating of the insides of the boxes.

[A Meteorite]

when i asked who the developers where, i was looking for names.

For a start, you can join #bzflag on irc.freenode.net. This is where all the developers hang out. Some people to ask would be JeffM2501, DTRemenak, and brlcad.

im trying to find the process that is hardcoded into bzflag that handles the creating of the insides of the boxes.

OpenGL code inside the source would not be able to be ported to a map file.

[LouMan]

You can use inside coordinates to define the 'inside' of a mesh object in a map file (.bzw). Just be sure that the point defined is actually inside the object, with no 'holes' - otherwise the entire outside of the object could be considered 'inside' and strange things happen.

Use the 'inside' statement with the mesh definition, more than once if required. For example, here is a simple box with a single inside coordinate defined (since this coordinate is able to 'see' the entire inside of the box, it's all that's required):


mesh
#8 vertices, 12 faces

inside 0 0 0.5
vertex -0.50000000 -0.50000000 1.00000000
vertex -0.50000000 -0.50000000 0
vertex -0.50000000 0.50000000 0
vertex -0.50000000 0.50000000 1.00000000
vertex 0.50000000 -0.50000000 1.00000000
vertex 0.50000000 -0.50000000 0
vertex 0.50000000 0.50000000 0
vertex 0.50000000 0.50000000 1.00000000
normal -0.57735027 -0.57735027 0.57735027
normal -0.66666667 -0.66666667 -0.33333333
normal -0.33333333 0.66666667 -0.66666667
normal -0.66666667 0.33333333 0.66666667
normal 0.33333333 -0.66666667 0.66666667
normal 0.66666667 -0.33333333 -0.66666667
normal 0.57735027 0.57735027 -0.57735027
normal 0.66666667 0.66666667 0.33333333

matref MaterialName
face
vertices 0 3 1
normals 0 3 1
endface
face
vertices 0 4 3
normals 0 4 3
endface
face
vertices 1 3 2
normals 1 3 2
endface
face
vertices 1 4 0
normals 1 4 0
endface
face
vertices 1 5 4
normals 1 5 4
endface
face
vertices 2 5 1
normals 2 5 1
endface
face
vertices 2 6 5
normals 2 6 5
endface
face
vertices 2 7 6
normals 2 7 6
endface
face
vertices 3 7 2
normals 3 7 2
endface
face
vertices 4 7 3
normals 4 7 3
endface
face
vertices 5 7 4
normals 5 7 4
endface
face
vertices 6 7 5
normals 6 7 5
endface
end

[OO7]

THANK YOU! that is EXACTLY what i was looking for!
almost feels like one of those moments, it makes sense immediately, and it works.

[DTRemenak]

when i asked who the developers where, i was looking for names.

See the aptly named "developers" group: http://my.bzflag.org/bb/groupcp.php?g=1235