Complete guess, but is it possible the position you are getting is
relative to the entity origin instead of world? Would explain the
small values.
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Michael Kramer
<gameexpertmas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> is pEntity of type CBaseViewModel?
> if not, try casting pEntity to CBaseViewModel
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Ryan Sheffer <darksk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the code, but unfortunately I need a way to get the attachment
>> without using the beams attachment point stuff.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Michael Kramer
>> <gameexpertmas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> When I drew a beam for one of my weapons I used the following:
>>> pBeam->PointEntInit( endPos, this );
>>> pBeam->SetEndAttachment( 1 );
>>> pBeam->SetWidth( width / 4.0f );
>>> pBeam->SetEndWidth( width );
>>> However this was serverside code, But I did then have it also spark on
>>> the muzzle, so I did:
>>> CBaseViewModel *pViewModel = pOwner->GetViewModel();
>>> pViewModel->GetAttachment(LookupAttachment("muzzle"),origin,angles);
>>> g_pEffects->Sparks(origin);
>>>
>>> Below is the entire drawBeam function I used:
>>> CBasePlayer *pOwner = ToBasePlayer( GetOwner() );
>>> CBaseViewModel *pViewModel = pOwner->GetViewModel();
>>> if ( pOwner == NULL )
>>> return;
>>> //Check to store off our view model index
>>> if ( pViewModel == NULL )
>>> {
>>> CBaseViewModel *vm = pOwner->GetViewModel();
>>> if ( vm )
>>> {
>>> m_hViewModel.Set( vm );
>>> }
>>> }
>>> #ifndef CLIENT_DLL
>>> //Draw a tracer down the middle
>>> UTIL_Tracer( startPos, endPos, 0, TRACER_DONT_USE_ATTACHMENT, 6500, true,
>>> "GaussTracer" );
>>> //Draw the main beam shaft
>>> CBeam *pBeam = CBeam::BeamCreate( GAUSS_BEAM_SPRITE, width );
>>> if ( useMuzzle )
>>> {
>>> pBeam->PointEntInit( endPos, this );
>>> pBeam->SetEndAttachment( 1 );
>>> pBeam->SetWidth( width / 4.0f );
>>> pBeam->SetEndWidth( width );
>>> }
>>> else
>>> {
>>> pBeam->SetStartPos( startPos );
>>> pBeam->SetEndPos( endPos );
>>> pBeam->SetWidth( width );
>>> pBeam->SetEndWidth( width / 4.0f );
>>> }
>>> pBeam->SetBrightness( 255 );
>>> pBeam->SetColor( 255, 145+random->RandomInt( -16, 16 ), 0 );
>>> pBeam->RelinkBeam();
>>> pBeam->LiveForTime( 5.1f );
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Ryan Sheffer <darksk...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey coders!
>>>>
>>>> I came across a nasty little issue and I thought maybe somebody has come
>>>> across this before.
>>>> I am trying to create a client side beam from the muzzle of the players
>>>> view model to where the bullet impacts, but I cannot get the attachment
>>>> position for the muzzle on the view model.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the code I am using for getting the attachment:
>>>>
>>>> int attachment = pEntity->LookupAttachment( "muzzle" );
>>>> pEntity->GetAttachment( attachment, vecAttachment, angAttachment );
>>>>
>>>> pEntity is the view model.
>>>> This is the same way I saw it done on the physcannons client side code.
>>>> The position it gets appears to be somewhere close to the origin of the
>>>> map but the coordinates are not exactly 0, 0, 0. One way to fix the
>>>> position
>>>> is to give myself a weapon_physcannon and then when I switch back to my gun
>>>> the attachment position is where it should be, from the muzzle. I don't see
>>>> anything special in the weapon_physcannon's code so I am baffled.
>>>>
>>>> Some things to note:
>>>> - This is a client side entity, client side code
>>>> - The attachment on the model looks fine in the model viewer
>>>>
>>>> So any help would be wonderful, I am just digging away at the debugging
>>>> trying to find the issue but nothing sticks out, only the fact that having
>>>> a
>>>> physcannon at the same time fixes the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the full code for the beam just in case:
>>>>
>>>> void C_WeaponSonicRifle::CreateShotBeam(void)
>>>> {
>>>> CBasePlayer *pOwner = ToBasePlayer( GetOwner() );
>>>>
>>>> if ( pOwner == NULL )
>>>> return;
>>>>
>>>> BeamInfo_t beamInfo;
>>>> C_BaseAnimating *pEntity = NULL;
>>>> trace_t tr;
>>>>
>>>> Vector vecAttachment, vecCrosshair, vecDir;
>>>> QAngle angAttachment;
>>>>
>>>> if ( IsCarriedByLocalPlayer() && !::input->CAM_IsThirdPerson() )
>>>> {
>>>> pEntity = pOwner->GetViewModel();
>>>> vecDir = pOwner->GetAutoaimVector(AUTOAIM_5DEGREES);
>>>> }
>>>> else
>>>> {
>>>> pEntity = this;
>>>> vecDir = pOwner->GetAutoaimVector(AUTOAIM_5DEGREES);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> pEntity->PushAllowBoneAccess( true, true, "sonic rifle" );
>>>>
>>>> int attachment = pEntity->LookupAttachment( "muzzle" );
>>>> pEntity->GetAttachment( attachment, vecAttachment, angAttachment );
>>>>
>>>> pEntity->PopBoneAccess( "sonic rifle" );
>>>>
>>>> vecCrosshair = pOwner->Weapon_ShootPosition();
>>>> UTIL_TraceLine(vecCrosshair, vecCrosshair + (vecDir *
>>>> MAX_TRACE_LENGTH), MASK_SONICBEAMS, pOwner, COLLISION_GROUP_NONE, &tr);
>>>>
>>>> beamInfo.m_pStartEnt = NULL;
>>>> beamInfo.m_pEndEnt = NULL;
>>>>
>>>> //beamInfo.m_nType = TE_BEAMPOINTS;
>>>> beamInfo.m_vecStart = tr.endpos;
>>>> beamInfo.m_vecEnd = vecAttachment;
>>>>
>>>> beamInfo.m_nStartAttachment = NULL;
>>>> beamInfo.m_nEndAttachment = NULL;
>>>>
>>>> beamInfo.m_pszModelName = "sprites/laserbeam.vmt";
>>>> beamInfo.m_flHaloScale = 0.0f;
>>>> beamInfo.m_flLife = 2.5f;
>>>>
>>>> beamInfo.m_flWidth = 3.0f;
>>>> beamInfo.m_flEndWidth = 3.0f;
>>>>
>>>> beamInfo.m_flFadeLength = 0.0f;
>>>> beamInfo.m_flAmplitude = 0;
>>>>
>>>> beamInfo.m_flBrightness = 255.0;
>>>>
>>>> beamInfo.m_flSpeed = 1.0f;
>>>> beamInfo.m_nStartFrame = 0.0;
>>>> beamInfo.m_flFrameRate = 30.0;
>>>>
>>>> beamInfo.m_flRed = 255;
>>>> beamInfo.m_flGreen = 255;
>>>> beamInfo.m_flBlue = 255;
>>>>
>>>> beamInfo.m_nSegments = 4;
>>>> beamInfo.m_bRenderable = true;
>>>> beamInfo.m_nFlags = (FBEAM_SHADEIN | FBEAM_SHADEOUT |
>>>> FBEAM_FADEOUT);
>>>>
>>>> beams->CreateBeamPoints( beamInfo );
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Thanks guys :)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ~Ryan ( skidz )
>>>>
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>>
>>
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