Function requests for placing objects.

[PKodon]

There are two functions I'd like to see added to Transcendence for placing objects in the game.

First, a function that can tell the size of an object, perhaps by having access to the dimensions of the object's graphic image. This would allow a mod to find out a reasonable distance to be placed from the object.

Second, and in conjunction with the first function, would be a function to find a region of space large enough to accommodate the item you want to place, which has no other objects in it.

From the first, it would be easy to make a function that could create a vector for the location of a new item from the center of the item it's being placed near.

Anyway, that's probably enough for one post. Comments?

PK

[Arisaya]

Ah, yes, #2 was that 'sysFindEmptyRegion' or whatever it would be named...
I think that one that just looks for actually empty (regardless of graphics; I mean as in in terms of the game's engine seeing it) space would be a bit more on the useful side for most fancy scripting sort of things, but perhaps an argument to check for graphics or objects could be placed...

[PKodon]

So, you think it should be a parameter for sysCreateStation or sysCreateShip?

PK

[Arisaya]

It would work fine either as a standard function to return coordinates/regions, or as a parameter.... probably just more versatile to be standalone.