Disappointed..

okimoki

I never noticed till now that GS has no way of parenting actors together and placing pivots (or am i wrong)..
Otherwise it is the best game engine for its simplicity and crating simple games is sooo fun.. but unfortunately it fails at such a basic concept! Im still gonna use it for basic games where ball jumps around and stuff, but IMO this is the first thing you guys should implement into this otherwise awesome engine.

ozboybrian

You're wrong, You have to constrain each actor to the point of the actor you want it to be on. and piviting is possible but i dont remember how to.

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beefy_clyro

Yes there is no such things as joints in GameSalad. YOu can constrain but it hurts performance if you use too many. All actors pivot from the middle, you could make a simple pendulum type actor but nothing more complex and things like ragdolls arent really feasible or achieveable in GameSalad

okimoki

ozboybrian: sure.. it is "possible".. i guess with a bunch of global variables and a bunch of math behind it.. but i guess that even if you would want to make the simplest character (body, 2 arms, 2 legs, head..) would take a long time and a lot of resources..
..i guess..

forklift

It's possible: http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=18502

tenrdrmer

forklift said:
It's possible: http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=18502

Thats not exactly the same as a body 2 arm 2 legs and a head

But yes the possibility is there it would just destroy your game performance to do some thing as complex as a body.

okimoki

I found a simple/dirty solution for pivot point.. i used it here on my enemy penguin's gun..
http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=19768
i made image bigger, so that the center of the image is where i want the pivot to be.. i know, waste of texture space, but like i said.. simple/dirty solution for pivot

tenrdrmer

Type in example rotation in the search box on the new tab in GameSalad if you want a good pivot point from the end.