$autocenter: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:31, 6 May 2008

The QC command $autocenter aligns the model's $origin to the center of its bounding box and creates an attachment point called "placementOrigin" where its origin used to be.

This is useful when Creating a gibset, to ensure that each gib has a sensible ModelOrigin (centered) for lighting, collision, etc. but spawns in the correct position relative to its parent breakable model. Simply model the gibs as a cluster - in their spawn positions, then export each gib separately and add $autocenter to each gib's QC file.

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-The [[QC command]] [[$autocenter]] moves the model so that its [[$origin]] is at the center of its [[bounding box]].
+The [[QC command]] [[$autocenter]] aligns the model's [[$origin]] to the center of its [[bounding box]] and creates an [[attachment point]] called "placementOrigin" where its origin used to be.
-* It also adds an [[attachment point]] called "placementOrigin" which is the offset to the original origin.
+* This is useful when [[Creating a gibset]], to ensure that each gib has a sensible ModelOrigin (centered) for lighting, collision, etc. but spawns in the correct position relative to its parent breakable model. Simply model the gibs as a cluster - in their spawn positions, then export each gib separately and add <code>$autocenter</code> to each gib's QC file.
-* This is useful for [[Gibs|building gibs]] so they have reasonable origins (centered) for lighting, collision, etc. and spawn in the correct position when the parent model breaks. Simply model the gibs as a collection - where you'd want them to be placed, then export them separately and add <code>$autocenter</code> to each gib's QC file.
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