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moveMap vs vehicleDriverMap

by rennie moffat · in Torque Game Builder · 08/18/2009 (4:13 pm) · 2 replies

Both of these calls are used to bind movement input to a player image map. Be it alone or in a vehicle. But I am wondering, what is the purpose of the vehicle call? Wouldnt a plain ld moveMap do?

And are there other common important preWords to the map.bind command which would be very relevant?
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    Associate Michael Hall
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    #1
    08/18/2009 (4:21 pm)
    Imagine that you wanted different key controls based on whether you were running around, driving, or acting as a passenger on a vehicle -- that's why. You can have as many 'action maps' as you need so long as you push and pop between them correctly and at the right times. You probably also have a 'globalActionMap' which are a list of keybinds that always work whether you are in the menus, the editors, or in-game.

    TGB could be different... I don't know, but that's how it works in the 3d engines.

    Torque Owner rennie moffat
    Renman3000
    #2
    08/18/2009 (4:53 pm)
    oh Ok.


    So say a playerActionMap, Vehicle, Main GameScreen (or is that separate gui stuff)?