what's with that cursor thingy? cl_pytoncursor or something? what is it and how can it be used? example? i'm thinking of trying to do nexflight - planes that are controlled with it.

I'll quickly mimic your way of posting (which consists of bumping threads, some being old, with just smileys or nothing that contains information) xD:

"good question"

i am productive and helpful, but whatever. it's not the time and place to rant.

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Great job there, guys. Let's bash people in public, how exciting.


The cursor thing is used by Prydon Gate, a mod for DP.

From extensions.qh in nexuiz:

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//PRYDON_CLIENTCURSOR
//idea: FrikaC
//darkplaces implementation: LordHavoc
//effects bit:
float EF_SELECTABLE = 16384; // allows cursor to highlight entity (brighten)
//field definitions:
.float cursor_active; // true if cl_prydoncursor mode is on
.vector cursor_screen; // screen position of cursor as -1 to +1 in _x and _y (_z unused)
.vector cursor_trace_start; // position of camera
.vector cursor_trace_endpos; // position of cursor in world (as traced from camera)
.entity cursor_trace_ent; // entity the cursor is pointing at (server forces this to world if the entity is currently free at time of receipt)
//cvar definitions:
//cl_prydoncursor (0/1+, default 0, 1 and above use cursors named gfx/prydoncursor%03i.lmp - or .tga and such if DP_GFX_EXTERNALTEXTURES is implemented)
//description:
//shows that the engine supports the cl_prydoncursor cvar, this puts a clientside mouse pointer on the screen and feeds input to the server for the QuakeC to use as it sees fit.
//the mouse pointer triggers button4 if cursor is at left edge of screen, button5 if at right edge of screen, button6 if at top edge of screen, button7 if at bottom edge of screen.
//the clientside trace skips transparent entities (except those marked EF_SELECTABLE).
//the selected entity highlights only if EF_SELECTABLE is set, a typical selection method would be doubling the brightness of the entity by some means (such as colormod[] *= 2).
//intended to be used by Prydon Gate.

I'm not sure how one would use this for nex...

Mizu Kitsune wrote:i am productive and helpful, but whatever. it's not the time and place to rant.

I agree, one of the few knowlegable about the DP engine in additon to Div today.

it makes you duck and jetpack straight up in nex.

Yes.

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//the mouse pointer triggers button4 if cursor is at left edge of screen, button5 if at right edge of screen, button6 if at top edge of screen, button7 if at bottom edge of screen.

That cursor was made for Prydon Gate, not for Nexuiz.