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FPS without 3rd party programs.

10-19-2004, 08:11 PM#1
Linera
I saw the FPS MOD uses a 3rd party program to make it 1st person. I'm looking to have a 1st person engine without 3rd party program(s).

Please direct me to some sources on this topic.

Thank you for your time and all your help on this matter. Once I get my hands on a 1st person engine, I will be making a RPG game in 1st person with online play and offline play also.
10-20-2004, 08:24 AM#2
Ant
Correction: The FPS Mod does not use a 3rd party program to make it 1st person. It only uses the 3rd party program to detect keyboard and mouse input and feed the information to warcraft (I believe it changes a variable when keys are pressed or the mouse is moved).

So the FPS Mod map actually contains all the stuff needed for a first person game, except that there isn't any input detection. So it actually contains the camera, the height adjustment, and the movement too. All that needs to be done is to change the conditions that run the movement triggers or the actions that change the conditions. E.g. Player 1 Presses the up arrow key changes Movement[1] to 1, since this variable is only changed when the third party program detects that the w key is pressed (something along those lines).

If you need, I can help you make a First person engine since it's not that difficult. However, it's best to just take it right from FPS mod. I dunno what you want from the First person engine though. The camera is obviously a need, but how do you want movement to be done and do you want camera adjustment and stuff like that?
10-21-2004, 07:42 PM#3
Linera
I need a FPV engine that can do anything that the FPS engine can do so long as it doesn't require any outside program or DLL(s).
10-22-2004, 10:12 AM#4
Ant
Well it's all inside the map. The only thing you have to do now is change the input system since the 3rd party program just provides a way to input, nothing about the camera and stuff.
11-04-2004, 02:35 AM#5
Blindskater579
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ant
Correction: The FPS Mod does not use a 3rd party program to make it 1st person. It only uses the 3rd party program to detect keyboard and mouse input and feed the information to warcraft (I believe it changes a variable when keys are pressed or the mouse is moved).

So the FPS Mod map actually contains all the stuff needed for a first person game, except that there isn't any input detection. So it actually contains the camera, the height adjustment, and the movement too. All that needs to be done is to change the conditions that run the movement triggers or the actions that change the conditions. E.g. Player 1 Presses the up arrow key changes Movement[1] to 1, since this variable is only changed when the third party program detects that the w key is pressed (something along those lines).

If you need, I can help you make a First person engine since it's not that difficult. However, it's best to just take it right from FPS mod. I dunno what you want from the First person engine though. The camera is obviously a need, but how do you want movement to be done and do you want camera adjustment and stuff like that?

Ive seen a map on warcraft that uses keyboard for input, Mario Kart.
11-04-2004, 11:56 AM#6
Ant
I've got lots of experience with keyboard input, but wait, mario kart is able to detect when keys are held and released Other than the Arrow keys? If so, please post a link somewhere because that's something I haven't seen before.