[almcaeobtac]

I thought that setting up a filter with a trace ray, and only returning true if it hits an entity would make it ignore walls, but I guess this is not true. The ray ends at anything solid, even though I added this:

new Handle:Trace = TR_TraceRayFilterEx(TraceOrg, TraceAng, MASK_SHOT, RayType_Infinite, TraceFilter, Ent);

public bool:TraceFilter(entity, contentsMask, any:Ent)
{
if(entity == Ent)
{
return true;
}
return false;
}

What could be wrong?

[DarkEnergy]

maybe u need a different MASK_? or that the engine always stops at a wall?

[SimonTheOne]

try this:

PHP Code:

new Handle:Trace = TR_TraceRayFilterEx(TraceOrg, TraceAng, MASK_SOLID, RayType_Infinite, TraceFilter); 


PHP Code:

public bool:TraceFilter(entity, contentsMask, any:Ent)
{
if (IsValidEntity(entity);
{
return true;
}

else
{
return false
}
} 


[Monkeys]

I know that the source engine automaticly stops drawing behind walls, but if he managed to check behind that wall, it should've been loaded.

[almcaeobtac]

*SOLVED*

[DarkEnergy]

how did u solve this?

[Monkeys]

I would guess Simon's solution? Only one here.

[Greyscale]

Posting solutions could benefit others wanting to do the same thing.

[almcaeobtac]

Woops sorry. Before, I was making the ray start 1024 units from the entity's origin, then sending it back. It was hitting walls and stopping. So instead of starting it 1024 units away, I created a ray first, and made it run from the entity's origin until it hit a wall, then start there instead. That way it couldn't possibly hit a wall before hitting the entity.

Also, I couldn't find a way to make it ignore walls, that's why I just bypassed it.