free rotation for entities without a model

[RobertBeckebans]

I have a problem. I still work on an entity definition file for XreaL.

 

I would like to use the rotation tool to have abitrary rotations for the following entity:

 

 entityDef info_player_intermission
{	
 "editor_color"				"1 0 1"	 
 "editor_mins"				"-16 -16 -16"
 "editor_maxs"				"16 16 16"
 "editor_rotatable"			"1"

 "editor_usage"				"Camera for intermission screen between matches. This also automatically generates the podium for bot arena matches (see Notes). Can be aimed by setting the 'angles' key or targeting an pointing to an aiming entity. Use only one per level."

 "spawnclass"				"idPlayerStart"

 "editor_var angles"			"alternate 'pitch, yaw, roll' angles method of aiming intermission camera (default 0 0 0)."
 "editor_var target"			"point this to an info_notnull or target_position entity to set the camera's pointing angles."

 "angles"					"0 0 0"
 "target"					""
}

 

 

However I cannot get it to work. It looks like "angles" as keyword are not support by DarkRadiant at all.

I just want DarkRadiant to set the "rotation" keywork and to show me the direction of the forward vector but it only sets a yaw "angle" keyword all the time.

 

Any suggestions?

[greebo]

I have a problem. I still work on an entity definition file for XreaL.

 

I would like to use the rotation tool to have abitrary rotations for the following entity:

 

However I cannot get it to work. It looks like "angles" as keyword are not support by DarkRadiant at all.

I just want DarkRadiant to set the "rotation" keywork and to show me the direction of the forward vector but it only sets a yaw "angle" keyword all the time.

 

Any suggestions?

DarkRadiant creates a so-called "GenericEntity" for this type of entityDef. This is the same type as path_corner and info_player_start are using when placeed in the map.

 

Unfortunately, this type doesn't support free-rotation, but I guess this can be implemented. The editor_rotatable spawnarg is currently disregarded by the editor - this keyvalue should be checked when the GenericEntity is created and an internal flag should indicate that this entity allows free rotation. This feature is not yet implemented so to say - it should be fixed, I guess.

 

The offending point in the code is here, compare the files plugins/entity/generic/GenericEntityNode.cpp and GenericEntity.cpp:

void GenericEntity::rotate(const Quaternion& rotation) {
m_angle = angle_rotated(m_angle, rotation);
}

This is where the quaternion is just converted into a yaw value.

[Komag]

I think you guys come from a different universe! I'm glad you're on our side!