Coming Real Soon Now (tm): Polygonal Collision & App Store GS Viewer

stevej

@owen_dennis said:
How will the system deal with "position x" then? Will positions be the center of mass or still the center of the actor?

Position is still based on the center of the actor. COM only affects the physics simulation (which controls rotational movement).

Note that changing the COM doesn't affect the scene editor; if you rotate the object there, it still rotates based on the center of the actor.

MentalDonkeyGames

You guys are on fire!!! Can't wait!

Approw

I was away for a while, but man, I got so excited when I read this!

Kremel

Was just thinking when GS is going to work on this and then this happened! Great news!

SLOCM3Z

@stevej said:
Got it working, there will be a new attribute under the "Motion" attributes called "Center Of Mass". Your actor will rotate around this point. Note that physics behavior will also be affected by this, since the Box2D physics engine rotates objects around their COM. The default value of x=0, y=0 is the center of an actor, so no change is needed to keep the current behavior.

Oh. My. You guys...

owen_dennis

@stevej said:
Note that changing the COM doesn't affect the scene editor; if you rotate the object there, it still rotates based on the center of the actor.

Oh okay, so to turn something on a different point without physics we would still have to use the formula @Socks brought up?

SLOCM3Z

OH! We could do rpgs a lot easier with the custom collisions!

stevej

To those who don't want to deal with Java, we are adding support for the physics shape editor PhysicsEditor, which has a cleaner interface than Physics Body Editor. The down side is that a) the program isn't free (current price is $20), and b) it requires downloading an exporter plugin from us so that the program can write out a file GameSalad can import. You can get the plugin and find instructions on how to use it on the custom collision help page here.

Braydon_SFX

@stevej said:
To those who don't want to deal with Java, we are adding support for the physics shape editor PhysicsEditor, which has a cleaner interface than Physics Body Editor. The down side is that a) the program isn't free (current price is $20), and b) it requires downloading an exporter plugin from us so that the program can write out a file GameSalad can import. You can get the plugin and find instructions on how to use it on the custom collision help page here.

So I assume since there is already a Cookbook tutorial live, we should be seeing this feature soon, right?

EDIT: Like maybe today?

More EDIT: Or maybe NOW!? PLEASE?

I'm itching to get my hands on this and do a video tutorial!

Armelline

@stevej said:
To those who don't want to deal with Java, we are adding support for the physics shape editor PhysicsEditor, which has a cleaner interface than Physics Body Editor. The down side is that a) the program isn't free (current price is $20), and b) it requires downloading an exporter plugin from us so that the program can write out a file GameSalad can import. You can get the plugin and find instructions on how to use it on the custom collision help page here.

Awesome! I'd have used the Java one if needed, but really glad you're supporting that one too! I tried it out and it's a really easy little app!

Socks

@Armelline said:
Awesome! I'd have used the Java one if needed, but really glad you're supporting that one too! I tried it out and it's a really easy little app!

Did you manage to get the GameSalad exporter plug-in to work ? I followed the instructions, but haven't managed to get 'GameSalad' to appear as an option in the exporter pull down ?

jonmulcahy

@stevej said:
To those who don't want to deal with Java, we are adding support for the physics shape editor PhysicsEditor, which has a cleaner interface than Physics Body Editor. The down side is that a) the program isn't free (current price is $20), and b) it requires downloading an exporter plugin from us so that the program can write out a file GameSalad can import. You can get the plugin and find instructions on how to use it on the custom collision help page here.

thats great. I think the more options the better.

stevej

@Socks said:

@Armelline said:
Awesome! I'd have used the Java one if needed, but really glad you're supporting that one too! I tried it out and it's a really easy little app!

Did you manage to get the GameSalad exporter plug-in to work ? I followed the instructions, but haven't managed to get 'GameSalad' to appear as an option in the exporter pull down ?

If you are on Windows, put the "gamesalad" plugin folder under a separate folder (that has nothing else in it), and point the plugin to that folder instead of gamesalad.

Edit: this also works on Mac, so it is now suggested that you create a "PE plugins" directory, extract the "gamesalad" plugin directory under that, and set the "custom exporter directory" to "PE plugins". Make sure you restart PhysicsEditor after that, since it only reads the custom plugins on start-up.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Nice, I had already bought that editor. Haven't played with it yet but getting ready. Will have to mess with it tomorrow!

Socks

@stevej said:
. . . create a "PE plugins" directory, extract the "gamesalad" plugin directory under that, and set the "custom exporter directory" to "PE plugins". Make sure you restart PhysicsEditor after that, since it only reads the custom plugins on start-up.

@stevej

Thanks ! That solved it (I'm on a Mac),

Hopscotch

Nice, I also prefer PE. Can't wait, still.

Franto

Now we can have the collision box of an actor smaller than their image. And levels with precision collisions. Thank you, Gamesalad.

HappyKat78

When will this be released? I feel like we get teased with no dates. ;-)

Socks

@HappyKat78 said:
When will this be released?

Real Soon™

PhilipCC

@Socks said:

@HappyKat78 said:
When will this be released?

Real Soon™

At yesterday's Meetup they said next week! How to use the PE was also also demonstrated. Check out the Meetup video when it's up.

The Guru's in depth look at some of the Physics attributes was also very informative.

patateChaude

@stevej +1000 for PhysicsEditor.
Good job on this feature. Can't wait for the release!

Socks

Is it next week yet ?

Bellow

OMG we want it now ! Please please

crestwoodgames

Lots of new ideas popping up. This will be very interesting.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

@dgackey said:

@BBEnk said:
Socks said:
So if I have a Animation I will still be limited to one shape?

@stevej would have to weigh in for the definitive answer on how doable this would be in the future, but for now, the answer is "one collision volume per actor".

Box2D theoretically supports adding/removing parts to a collision volume on a per-frame basis, but it would be low bang-for-the-buck feature at this point.

The work around for this might be to create a collision shape for each frame and use a change image animated sequence instead of the animation behavior.

stevej

@HappyKat78 said:
When will this be released? I feel like we get teased with no dates. ;-)

Barring any unexpected issues, some time this week.

Braydon_SFX

@stevej said:

@HappyKat78 said:
When will this be released? I feel like we get teased with no dates. ;-)

Barring any unexpected issues, some time this week.

I hate Mondays...Let's get on with the week!

HappyKat78

Alright, let's do this! :-)

XmasComesEarlyThisYear

Armelline

@HappyKat78 said:
#XmasComesEarlyThisYear

Socks

@Armelline

Purlease ! There are children who view this forum !