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Erasing, not destroying on actors (need help)

PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:51 pm
by speckford123
On a collision event i want to erase parts of an animation without destroying it, is this possible? cause making thousands of copies doesn't sound fun.....

PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:52 pm
by makslane
No, sorry

PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:34 pm
by Fuzzy
Give me some more details; I might be able to think of a work around.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:01 pm
by speckford123
ThreeFingerPete wrote:Give me some more details; I might be able to think of a work around.


i mean when colliding it erases only a part and keeps it alive, etc.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:17 pm
by DilloDude
So like something such as Worms, where you can blow holes in the ground?
I have thought of this, too. I figure there are only two ways
  • Have a couple million individual actors that get destroyed (don't try this, your computer will probably crash)
  • use a canvas to draw scenery, then draw transparency over parts of it.
The two main problems are:
  • Making something to draw a level on the canvas, so you have a good looking level (perhaps a draw_canvas_from_bitmap feature would be useful).
  • Getting script tw erase sections the right shape and size that you want.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:24 pm
by Fuzzy
Diggable ground is possible, and pretty simple in execution, as computers have been doing this since 8086 days. It is possible in GE, but you are going to have to do your own collision detection routines.