Dynamically Scaling Players, Vehicles, and Objects

The attached patch file corrects Torque so that if the scale of a SceneObject is changed on the server, it will pass this change down to the client. Scaling an object and then clicking 'apply' will now also result in immediate rescaling and redrawing of the object.

Players and vehicles collide correctly when rescaled, i.e. a player scaled to 5x normal size will collide at that size against a placed cube, rather than partially penetrating the cube. The scaled player's jump force is scaled somewhat so that a very large player jumps higher and a small player jumps lower than a normal sized player. Run was not touched. Footprint decals are scaled. Mounted images, i.e. weapons will attach to the scaled attach points and are also scaled in appearance so a large player does not appear to be carrying a ridiculously small weapon.

Changes have been tested in fps example.

lagkitten.purrsia.com/torque/scaling.patch

Here is a script example of how you could create a scaled-up player:

// Set up the player
%player = new Player() {
dataBlock = LightMaleHumanArmor;
client = %this;
scale = "5 5 5";
};
MissionCleanup.add(%player);

You can also scale the player, vehicles, or objects in the editor, simply by selecting the player, selecting 'Transform' fields, entering the new scaling values (which are X, Y, and Z respectively), and clicking 'apply'. After this change is applied, scaling changes to these objects will take place immediately instead of requiring the object to be dragged to make transformations show on the client side.