but bullets in HL2 and HL1 already are tracelines .. like everyone have been saying, they are instantaneous, and if you think that's bad, then this is why people want to make it more bullet-like.
r00t: "Husan, I was thinking about doing this actually. Not sure of the performace hit doing a traceline everyframe on a bullet but something to test out" well, bullets are already tracelines, and I think the engine does tons of traces every frame (I would guess every moving object uses traceboxes for collision detection) etc. On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:27:14 -0600, Adam Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Iwas thinking .. why don't you just pre-calculate the spot where the > > bullet will land if it were to fall acording to gravity .. > > do a traceline and see how far your target is, then figure out how > > much it would fall ... etc, you get the idea. > > BUT... if the bullet is traveling slow and far enough you'd have to lead > a moving target, then your traceline will not actually be to the target. > > Adam "Tobias" Mason > Back East Design > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
