Re: [hlcoders] Putting an entitys position on the hud with a graphic and other bonus questions.

-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Look at the way origins are scaled to a 2D screen space in CMapOverview::DrawMapPlayers() and CMapOverview::WorldToMap On 4/11/06, Benjamin Davison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Thanks guy, I

RE: [hlcoders] Putting an entitys position on the hud with a graphic and other bonus questions.

You need to use ScreenTransform. (equivalent to the triapi-WorldToScreen in hl1) Also.. is this object you're pointing at, supposed to be pointed at by all players on the server, no matter what or something? -- -- omega Heroes of Excelsior http://www.heroesofexcelsior.com Blackened

Re: [hlcoders] Putting an entitys position on the hud with a graphic and other bonus questions.

-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I just thought I'd note this will only work if you are trying to get a top down position of the entity on the screen (assumed by how you assigned x to x and y to y directly). But if your trying to draw the sprite at the vector position on the

Re: [hlcoders] Putting an entitys position on the hud with a graphic and other bonus questions.

-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] NuclearFiend, great stuff thanks, yeah I am trying to put the sprite at the vector position on the screen, I should of been more clear about that. Omega, this is only going to be shown to a group of players, not all of them. Thanks for the top

RE: [hlcoders] Putting an entitys position on the hud with a graphic and other bonus questions.

If you have a clientside entity that you'd like to position a hud element around, use these utility functions in cdll_util.cpp: bool GetTargetInScreenSpace( C_BaseEntity *pTargetEntity, int iX, int iY, Vector *vecOffset ); bool GetVectorInScreenSpace( Vector pos, int iX, int iY,

Re: [hlcoders] Putting an entitys position on the hud with a graphic and other bonus questions.

-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Thanks Robin :D This is a bit OT, but inbetween builds I just started getting this error. client Could not open the temporary file 'c:\bbssrc\cl_dll\Debug HL2MP\RSP01.rsp'. Make sure the file exists and that the directory is not

Re: [hlcoders] Putting an entitys position on the hud with a graphic and other bonus questions.

cl_entitylist is the client side name. search for 'maxplayers'. At 2006/04/09 12:20 PM, you wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Now conceptually I have the idea down in my head; What I would first do is find the entity and then find out it's position in the world(easy

Re: [hlcoders] Putting an entitys position on the hud with a graphic and other bonus questions.

-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I think it's MAX_PLAYERS. There's hardly any useful stuff with regards to searching for entities. I have tended to make my own util library that is shared between the client and server and allows me to do the same operation on server/client

Re: [hlcoders] Putting an entitys position on the hud with a graphic and other bonus questions.

-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] if you're using HL2MP sdk, you can define the player limits in src\dlls\hl2mp_dll\hl2mp_gameinterface.cpp -- ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: