Product Chat / Changing 3rd Person Character

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DannyD
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Posted: 27th Jul 2018 00:15
Hi Guru's

Is it possible to change the 3rd Person character a trigger points.
Eg: start with CHR1, at a centain stage when hitting trigger two goto CHR2 , and then CHR3 etc etc... and so forth for other trigger points.

Thanks a million
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synchromesh
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Posted: 27th Jul 2018 16:52
You could via loading a new level ... But I haven't tried it any other way
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DannyD
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Posted: 28th Jul 2018 06:52
Hi synchromesh
Yeah, currently doing it when changing to a new level, But in the same Level?
Possible?
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Posted: 28th Jul 2018 07:06
Yeah.....errr No
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Posted: 28th Jul 2018 10:25
Quote: "Hi synchromesh
Yeah, currently doing it when changing to a new level, But in the same Level? "

Not possible at the moment no
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cybernescence
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Posted: 28th Jul 2018 11:06
It can be done - but takes a lot of scripting in gameplayercontrol.lua and testing.

You might expect it to be straight-forward using SetGamePlayerControlThirdpersonCharactere & SetGamePlayerControlThirdpersonEnabled, but it isn't - lots of unexpected 'side effects' happen when using these to change the third person during game play.

So as others have said, not really without a lot of effort to make it seamless.

I'll release this and lots of other features people might like for their games after Cogwheel ships (currently it's all too interwoven with other game play and control I'm trying to keep unique for the game for now) - of course it might be already a stock feature by then .

Cheers.

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