Phoenix Game Development

I have finished the door implementation in T3D. I ended up having to use two objects for each door, the animated door object itself (with no collision) and another Tstatic with collision that I would move using script as the door opens and closes. This is obviously not an ideal solution, but it works quite […]

I have implemented the basics of the interior object creator for this project. It is very simple at the moment, but it should not be too difficult to expand it. Creating a system to randomly populate the interior of a structure with objects has been an interesting challenge. I am not quite sure if my […]

I have been working on putting doors into this project, and I have come across the same issue that I have seen previously, which is that T3D still doesn’t have a built-in resource for doors. What makes this a problem is that it is not possible to simply export a shape with an animated collision […]

I have done a lot of work recently on the debugging for this project, and I have implemented some new gameplay features, such as a flashlight. The player will only have a limited amount of power for the flashlight, and it can’t be recharged. I have also done a lot of work on the AI […]

While researching AI and pathfinding techniques for this project, I realised that T3D actually has a fantastic navigation and pathfinding resource build in. Daniel Buckmaster created a commercial resource called “Walkabout” which has, as of T3D 3.7, been made open source and is packaged with the engine. This resource integrates the recast navigation library. Based on […]

I have made some more progress here. I have now added some wall decorations to the world constructor. I can create and place objects on all four internal room walls, and the inside of the exterior walls. I am using raycasting to ensure that the decorations don’t appear where they shouldn’t (ie, on a doorway […]