[XxAvalanchexX]

Originally Posted by Ronkkrop You cant assign it an id...

Okay, so refer to my post. How does the mod figure out which hitbox is which (body, head, arm, etcetera)?

[Ronkkrop]

Originally Posted by XxAvalanchexX Originally Posted by Ronkkrop You cant assign it an id... Okay, so refer to my post. How does the mod figure out which hitbox is which (body, head, arm, etcetera)?

It's assigned an id in the mod or hl engine, i cant remember which. Its a single byte with 8 flags (obviously). So you use a bitwise operator to tell which hitbox (flag).

[XxAvalanchexX]

Yes, I know that. But how does the mod or HL engine figure out what which box is the right arm, which one is the left leg, which one is the head, and etcetera, so that it can assign it a bitwise flag?

[Geesu]

Originally Posted by Ronkkrop Originally Posted by Geesu Just catch traceline and see what entity the player is looking at and check curweapon to see if they fired traceline wont tell you where in the body it hit

Yes it will, how do you think set_user_hitzones works?

[Ronkkrop]

Originally Posted by XxAvalanchexX Yes, I know that. But how does the mod or HL engine figure out what which box is the right arm, which one is the left leg, which one is the head, and etcetera, so that it can assign it a bitwise flag?

thats the part that's hardcoded in the engine.

Originally Posted by Geesu Originally Posted by Ronkkrop Originally Posted by Geesu Just catch traceline and see what entity the player is looking at and check curweapon to see if they fired traceline wont tell you where in the body it hit Yes it will, how do you think set_user_hitzones works?

but not for the purpose of making a new hitzone.

set_user_hitzones only changes which hitzones will take damage and which will not. You can not add a hitzone with set_user_hitzones.

[Da Bishop]

StudioMdl will generate a list of the hitbox sizes for each bone of your creature. It generates these hitboxes automatically.You can cut and paste that information back into the .qc file and edit the information if necessary. Doing this will allow for a more accurate representation of the model for determining whether or not shots hit the creature.

straight from hl's source

[Geesu]

Originally Posted by Ronkkrop Originally Posted by XxAvalanchexX Yes, I know that. But how does the mod or HL engine figure out what which box is the right arm, which one is the left leg, which one is the head, and etcetera, so that it can assign it a bitwise flag? thats the part that's hardcoded in the engine. Originally Posted by Geesu Originally Posted by Ronkkrop Originally Posted by Geesu Just catch traceline and see what entity the player is looking at and check curweapon to see if they fired traceline wont tell you where in the body it hit Yes it will, how do you think set_user_hitzones works? but not for the purpose of making a new hitzone. set_user_hitzones only changes which hitzones will take damage and which will not. You can not add a hitzone with set_user_hitzones.

LOL I wasn't suggesting that you could add a hitzone with set_user_hitzones.

I was just pointing out that traceline does in fact pass the hitzone that the player is looking at.

[Ronkkrop]

Originally Posted by Geesu Originally Posted by Ronkkrop Originally Posted by XxAvalanchexX Yes, I know that. But how does the mod or HL engine figure out what which box is the right arm, which one is the left leg, which one is the head, and etcetera, so that it can assign it a bitwise flag? thats the part that's hardcoded in the engine. Originally Posted by Geesu Originally Posted by Ronkkrop Originally Posted by Geesu Just catch traceline and see what entity the player is looking at and check curweapon to see if they fired traceline wont tell you where in the body it hit Yes it will, how do you think set_user_hitzones works? but not for the purpose of making a new hitzone. set_user_hitzones only changes which hitzones will take damage and which will not. You can not add a hitzone with set_user_hitzones. LOL I wasn't suggesting that you could add a hitzone with set_user_hitzones. I was just pointing out that traceline does in fact pass the hitzone that the player is looking at.

well exactly how would this be of any use in this case? You cant get a point from it (x, y, z).


Da Bishop
isn't that only relevant when your making a mod?

[XxAvalanchexX]

Originally Posted by Ronkkrop Originally Posted by XxAvalanchexX Yes, I know that. But how does the mod or HL engine figure out what which box is the right arm, which one is the left leg, which one is the head, and etcetera, so that it can assign it a bitwise flag? thats the part that's hardcoded in the engine.

ERGH! So it's hardcoded into the engine, great. But HOW does the engine figure out which box is which? Does it just cycle through every hitbox and give it an id? If so, how could you be sure to design your model specially to create them in the right order so it receives the appropiate id? Both leg hitboxes are the exact same size, so obviously it has to have some way of determining the two besides by size.

[Da Bishop]

Originally Posted by Da Bishop StudioMdl will generate a list of the hitbox sizes for each bone of your creature. It generates these hitboxes automatically.You can cut and paste that information back into the .qc file and edit the information if necessary. Doing this will allow for a more accurate representation of the model for determining whether or not shots hit the creature. straight from hl's source