Engine Side Footsteps

[drm_wayne]

i had footsteps in qc before with cheap triggers to simulate wood/metal/mud and snow, but i want to have it in the engine
The Node stuff looks interesting

[drm_wayne]

I got the GetNodePoint stuff to work... well kinda... i dont get the texture under me, only above me which is weird..
How do you call the GetNodePoint?? GetNodePoint(ent->origin, ?whathere?);

[Spike]

vec3_t end, downdir = {0, 0, -1};
VectorMA(ent->origin, 128, downdir, end);
GetNodePoint(ent->origin, end);
change the 128 for different distances.
will fail when you're in the air or standing over a ledge, also when standing on a steep-enough slope.
(although really, if your center of gravity is over the ledge, you ought to fall off anyway!)

[drm_wayne]

ahh thx, im still not that good when it comes to the entire vec3_t stuff
at least it shows now the texturename under me... Now i need to find out how i adapt that to my frootsteps...

[r00k]

Ya what spike said... though if you are in air you shouldn't make a footstep sound!

After playing awhile locally hearing generic footsteps for all surfaces its kinda funny to jump online and play DM and hear nothing.. makes me feel like im sliding around on glass! :O

Quake Live's footsteps makes me want this more and more in online games, but the DM community just DOESNT want it

[drm_wayne]

Actually i dont play them local, i changed the code so they play with bots too
But im using "quiet" steps so you cant hear too much, also:
SNOW maps with snow footsteps makes the map feel so better
You should update the tutorial

[Spike]

snow-covered surfaces needs decals or something.

[r00k]

[drm_wayne]

Those footsteps are working fine for Quake, but i adapted the code to another mod which seems to use Halfllife
player hullsizes and the footsptes dont play (they only play if you crouch -.-), also this seems not to work with the shamber.
What do i need to change to make them play?

[frag.machine]

[drm_wayne]

Thanks, i will try it. And yes in qc its easier.

[r00k]

Yes, originally it was to include sounds based on the material; which i have 99% added just newver made the sounds
Darkplaces can do it fine in quakeC, as you can get texture names.

[drm_wayne]