DIF nodes
by mb · in Torque Game Engine · 05/30/2007 (1:29 pm) · 2 replies
Question for you engine gurus. How hard would it be to make it so you can create nodes that can be mounted (like the ones for DTS objects) on a DIF. Kinda like how you place a light entity in Constructor except it would be a mount point. This way you could create a high detailed DTS roof for an interior-DTS and have it align perfect using the nodes on both the DIF and the DTS. Or is there an easier way to do this?
Associate Matt Fairfax
PopCap
First, I should mention that this will only work with Constructor 1.0.2 or with map2dif.
What you will want to do is to place a "game_entity" entity in your scene ("game_entity_unused" if you are using map2dif) and set its game_class as SpawnSphere and its datablock as SpawnSphereMarker.
Now, when you load the DIF into the engine it will have a reference to this entity but it won't automatically instantiate it.
What you will need to do is to open up the mission editor and click on the Interior and see what its object number is (should be beside it in the tree view or near the axis gizmo in the 3d view). Then drop down the console (~) and type in