3d Strategy style game

[Homer_simpson]

I got kinda bored with my space game so i started working on this thing i'll get back to that one eventually.

controls :
camera: wsad and arrow keys

use mouse to select the models and click on the ground surface to tell them to move there(like starcraft)

i haven't really thought of what kind of game i want to make with this, so suggestions on the topic are welcome =)

[SNIPERDUDE]

Animations are a little sketchy, but certainly a great start. Lighting was a little harsh though. But then I'm on a really old machine, so it may actually look good at a better speed.

[Homer_simpson]

SNIPERDUDE @ Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:44 pm wrote:

Animations are a little sketchy

here i've improved the code it should be much faster now even on an old computer.

[CodeMonkey2000]

Why is it so slow?

[Homer_simpson]

i'm not sure why it would be slow i get 115 frames per second and i got a crappy old ati graphic card with 32 mb memory =/
what frame rate are you getting? and what kind of computer u have?

[wtd]

Just as a suggestion, since this is a site intended to help people learn, you may wish to submit source code as well.

[SNIPERDUDE]

Oh yes, that's much better. Whatever you did improved the speed extraordinarily. One problem I have though is selecting characters:
1) sometimes I find it hard to find the spot where I'm supposed to click. Make it so I can click anywhere on the character no matter the angle.
2) maybe a drag select might be an idea to run with...
3) I find the fact that it deselects everytime you move the character(s) annoying.


Keep up the awesome work

[Homer_simpson]

i'll develop better controls thanx for suggestions.

wtd wrote:

Just as a suggestion, since this is a site intended to help people learn, you may wish to submit source code as well.

I intend to. the reason i haven't done it yet because the code is a mess i'll have to clean it up a bit.

[wtd]

You'll get suggestions for cleaning up the code if you show off your messy code.

[Homer_simpson]

alright so i've improved the controls and fixed the light glitch;

controls are exactly like starcraft for picking and moving the units u can also drag the mouse to select more than one at once.
the camera controls are the same as before arrow keys and wasd.

i still have to do collision between the bots and avoiding. but i haven't though of anything past that yet =)

[Homer_simpson]

added movement AI and collisions, i didn't spend much time debugging so report bugs plz

[CodeMonkey2000]

Are you path finding?

[Homer_simpson]

not exactly, since there can be more than 1 unit moving at the same time i check for collisions in the next frame and if there's a collision i set a temporary target point at a 90 degree angle to the original target which results in the unit moving around the obstacles.if there's a collision when moving towards the temporary taget point, the temporary target points will get recalculated.

#############################
##unit ______ obstacle _____--->target##
#########|##### /#############
#########|______/##############
#############################

it seems to work well.
I'll comment the ai code and post it.

[Homer_simpson]

c++:

void moveunit(unit_type &unitp) {     double arbx,arby,arbz;     ///////////////////////////////action 1////////////////////////////////     if(unitp.action==1)// if unit is in motion     {         for(int ucounter = 0;ucounter<MAX_UNITS;ucounter++)/// go through all units         {            if((distance3d(unit[ucounter].x,unit[ucounter].y,unit[ucounter].z,unitp.x+unitp.dir.vx,unitp.y+unitp.dir.vy,unitp.z+unitp.dir.vz)<2)&&(unit[ucounter].id!=unitp.id))//check for collision                 {                 if((unit[ucounter].action!=1)&&(distance3d(unit[ucounter].x,unit[ucounter].y,unit[ucounter].z,unitp.targetx,unitp.targety,unitp.targetz)<2))                 {/// if the the other unit is standing on the moving units target tell it to move                          unit[ucounter].targetx=unit[ucounter].z+(unitp.dir.vz*2);                          unit[ucounter].targety=0;                          unit[ucounter].targetz=unit[ucounter].x+(unitp.dir.vx*2);                                                    unit[ucounter].temptargetx=unit[ucounter].z+(rand()%5);                          unit[ucounter].temptargety=0;                          unit[ucounter].temptargetz=unit[ucounter].x+(rand()%5);                          unit[ucounter].temptarget=true;                 }else/// if the unit is in the way set up temporary target to move to                 {                     unitp.temptarget=true;/// we have temporary target                     unitp.temptargetx=unitp.x+(((unitp.z-unitp.targetz)/distance2d(unitp.x,unitp.z,unitp.targetx,unitp.targetz))*4)+(((rand()%50)/10)-2.5);//calculate temp target                     unitp.temptargetz=unitp.z-(((unitp.x-unitp.targetx)/distance2d(unitp.x,unitp.z,unitp.targetx,unitp.targetz))*4)+(((rand()%50)/10)-2.5);//calculate temp target                 }            }         }         if(!unitp.temptarget)/// if no temporary target         {             if((model[unitp.modelid].currentFrameIndex<40)||(model[unitp.modelid].currentFrameIndex>45))             {                 model[unitp.modelid].SetAnimation(40,45);//set model animation                 model[unitp.weaponid].SetAnimation(40,45);                 //guideunit(unitp);             }             crossproduct(unitp.dir.vx,unitp.dir.vy,unitp.dir.vz,-unitp.x+unitp.targetx,-unitp.y+unitp.targety,-unitp.z+unitp.targetz,arbx,arby,arbz);// find a 90 degree axis of rotate between the unit direction and the target vector             if(fabs(anglebetween2d(unitp.dir.vx,unitp.dir.vz,unitp.x-unitp.targetx,unitp.z-unitp.targetz)-180)<20){// if we're moving in the correct general direction move fast and rotate slow                 unitp.dir.rotateARB(arbx,arby,arbz,1);                 unitp.x+=unitp.dir.vx/2;                 unitp.z+=unitp.dir.vz/2;            }else// if we're not looking in the right direction turn fast and move slow            {                 unitp.dir.rotateARB(arbx,arby,arbz,+5);                 unitp.x+=unitp.dir.vx/4;                 unitp.z+=unitp.dir.vz/4;            }                        if(distance3d(unitp.x,0,unitp.z,unitp.targetx,0,unitp.targetz)<4)//if we've reached the target            {                unitp.action=0;//stop moving                model[unitp.modelid].SetAnimation(1,10);//set animation                model[unitp.weaponid].SetAnimation(1,10);            }                }else//if we have temporary target repeat the same thing for the temporary targets        {             if((model[unitp.modelid].currentFrameIndex<40)||(model[unitp.modelid].currentFrameIndex>45))             {                 model[unitp.modelid].SetAnimation(40,45);                 model[unitp.weaponid].SetAnimation(40,45);             }             crossproduct(unitp.dir.vx,unitp.dir.vy,unitp.dir.vz,-unitp.x+unitp.temptargetx,-unitp.y+unitp.temptargety,-unitp.z+unitp.temptargetz,arbx,arby,arbz);             if(fabs(anglebetween2d(unitp.dir.vx,unitp.dir.vz,unitp.x-unitp.temptargetx,unitp.z-unitp.temptargetz)-180)<6){                 unitp.dir.rotateARB(arbx,arby,arbz,1);                 unitp.x+=unitp.dir.vx/2;                 unitp.z+=unitp.dir.vz/2;            }else            {                 unitp.dir.rotateARB(arbx,arby,arbz,+5);                 unitp.x+=unitp.dir.vx/10;                 unitp.z+=unitp.dir.vz/10;            }                        if(distance3d(unitp.x,0,unitp.z,unitp.temptargetx,0,unitp.temptargetz)<2)//if we reached temporary target move towards original target            {                unitp.temptarget=false;            }        }     }     ///////////////////////////////action 1////////////////////////////////        model[unitp.modelid].movemodel(timemove);//animate model        model[unitp.weaponid].movemodel(timemove); }

Mod Edit: Quotations are required around the language for the syntax tags

code:

[syntax="cpp"]Code Here[/syntax]

[Homer_simpson]

added terrain:

edit: updated the file,should have faster rendering using display lists.