Quake 3 BSP [Collision Detection]
Author bkenwright@xbdev.net
We need some collision detection to stop us going through walls!
Collision detection and reaction is one of the main areas of any game. As
you have Rendering, AI, Physics and of course Collision Detection. Using
the BSP Map format, which uses planes, its can be found to be relatively
efficient and simple to determine points of collision with our level. As
the level is all divided up into planes. So a solid understanding of
planes and how to work with them is needed. It mostly comes down to the
trusty plane equation and knowing if a ray/point is on one side of a plane,
intersects a plane, what is the point on the plane etc.
So if your knowledge of planes and there workings is a bit rust, it might be
worth while doing a bit of reading and experimenting with some demos. I've
added some test/debug code for displaying planes in the demo so it makes it
easier to disect and learn what is happening with the code..
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Collision Detection (Line)
Uses a start and end ray we can go through all or level planes and
determine the point of collision of the wall. Basically uses the same
principle you use to determine the point where the player is for rendering,
recursion through all the nodes. The added testing is determining if
our line crosses the plane and if so if its the plane where interested in.
As if you run the demo or are familiar with bsp file formats, you'll be
aware that there are numerous planes that make up a resulting node.
Through various testing we can determine the correct plane and project our
collision point onto the plane.
So we determine if there is a collision, Yes or No, and we can also find
the point of collision, so we can use it. For example if the user is
walking around the layer firing his super nova lazer gun, we might want to
see small sprite explosions when the weapon is fired at the wall.
Using our code we can determine if the shot hit the wall and its point of
intersection so we can display the effect. |
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