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[SBOVIS]

Hi all.
        I was wondering if anyone had some code or ideas how the scene can be defined for item placement.
For example the player can pickup a coin from the floor and drop it anywhere else on the floor or on a table etc. Not just in the place where the player found it (WME DEMO  - with the book object)

Also when the player picks up or drops an item depending on the area clicked on the character will perform different animations.
Example: Drops/picks up item on floor -character animation = crouches down
             Drops/ picks up item on table/ledge etc - character animation = pickup/drop standing
             Drops/ picks up item high up - Character animation = pickup/drop stretching on tip toe.


Many thanks to all at the forum for the help that is given.

Regards

Steve

I JUST LOVE THIS ENGINE!!!     

[Mnemonic]

Well, it's a little tricky. I think you'd have to at least define several areas where the item can we put to, such as, floor, table, etc. because (naturally) the engine doesn't know which area of the screen is a high place and which is not.
So, define those areas as region entites (making them interactive), name them omething like "floor", "table"... and handle using the item on them in their script (see below).
Next, you need a scene entity representing the dropped item (similarly to the book item in WME demo). Let's assume the name of this entity is "coin_entity" and the name of the coin inventory item is "coin_item".

Then the script attached to those scene areas (i.e. the region entities) would look something like:

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#include "scripts\base.inc"

on "coin_item"
{
  // play the right animation depending on what area did we click
  switch(this.Name)
  {
    case "floor": actor.PlayAnim("drop_crouch.anim"); break;
    case "table": actor.PlayAnim("drop_stand.anim"); break;
    // some more cases here
  }
 
  // remove the item from inventory
  Game.DropItem("coin_item");
   
  // and place the entity where the player clicked within the scene
  var Ent = Scene.GetNode("coin_entity");
  Ent.X = Scene.MouseX;
  Ent.Y = Scene.MouseY;
}


This is a very rough description but hopefully it will give you some ideas how to implement it.

[SBOVIS]

Thanks Mnemonic will give this my best shot and let the forum know the outcome.

Steve