[QUESTION] Ride gameobjects

[Смердокрыл]

Hey!
Is it possible to have a gameobject (or a creature or whatever) to be ridden by a player (in the same way as e.g. wowhead.com/npc=33109 ) and at the same time be solid and walkinsideable* like ships and other transports?

*walkinsideable - a word made to compensate the poor vocabulary of the writer. It means something that could be walked in and traveled inside.

[Chase]

Look at the flags of a bunch of those npcs that do that and find the flag they have in common.

Most private servers do not have the riding npcs coded very well though, like you jump into it, but you cant move, so you might have to code that yourself.

[Смердокрыл]

Look at the flags of a bunch of those npcs that do that and find the flag they have in common.

Most private servers do not have the riding npcs coded very well though, like you jump into it, but you cant move, so you might have to code that yourself.

My riding npcs work absolutely perfect, BUT, as they are npcs, they are penetratable, which I do not want. Just to give an example, I want to be able to ride a ship like those in the Stormwind port.

[Chase]

The ships are possibly wmos or something, to make a npc have collision you will need to make an object to spawn over it. (This is how the thanksgiving table works.)

[Zebraka]

If you want "ride" and have the interface you should creat a npc however.

[Смердокрыл]

If you want "ride" and have the interface you should creat a npc however.

I just want to move it around, no special abilities or interface.

[Zebraka]

gameobjects can't move.

[Judorange]

Gameobjects can be moved, but it's not optimal at all...
Many spam for not much, in the end... x)

The best option is still npcs... or mount, I think ^^'

I had the same idea, few days ago... But I do not yet know how to proceed either... I let germinate the idea

[Shakar]

I think what he is asking about, is how to have custom transports? He/she mentioned ships like those in Stormwind (Assuming he means the ones that have npcs riding them going between maps/locations like Stormwind -> Valiance Keep). So, is that what you mean? Like with the airships in Northrend?

[saifi0102]

You can either create a Vehicle NPC in which passengers and/or driver can enter but I don't know if its possible to make it moveinsidable

Other way is to make a transport gameobject. However, there are some limitations with transport gameobjects.
1. The transportation path must be predetermined in both, client and server in the DBCs. Hence a user can not control it.
2. You can only pause the transport animation at specific points which you determine in the paths DBCs.

[Смердокрыл]

I think what he is asking about, is how to have custom transports? He/she mentioned ships like those in Stormwind (Assuming he means the ones that have npcs riding them going between maps/locations like Stormwind -> Valiance Keep). So, is that what you mean? Like with the airships in Northrend?

Nearly right. I want to have a custom transport (with collision and interior), which I could mount like a vehicle and move around.

[stoneharry]

I think what he is asking about, is how to have custom transports? He/she mentioned ships like those in Stormwind (Assuming he means the ones that have npcs riding them going between maps/locations like Stormwind -> Valiance Keep). So, is that what you mean? Like with the airships in Northrend?

Nearly right. I want to have a custom transport (with collision and interior), which I could mount like a vehicle and move around.

It is just not possible to implement player collision - which is essentially what you want at a specific time.

You can implement it for creatures because you can code them to think there is a barrier there (this is how creatures spreading out is implemented). But not for players since the client capabilities are not there.

You would need to use transports on predetermined routes, as previously said.

[saifi0102]

You can implement it for creatures because you can code them to think there is a barrier there (this is how creatures spreading out is implemented)

That sounds interesting. Can you move the creature around and keep the collision object stick with it? And what do you mean by creatures spreading out?

[kojak488]

It is just not possible to implement player collision - which is essentially what you want at a specific time.

You can implement it for creatures because you can code them to think there is a barrier there (this is how creatures spreading out is implemented). But not for players since the client capabilities are not there.

You would need to use transports on predetermined routes, as previously said.

That's not entirely true.  Well as far as saying that transports on predetermined routes is the only option for him, that's not true.  It's not.  There is a way to accomplish what he wants.

[Смердокрыл]

It is just not possible to implement player collision - which is essentially what you want at a specific time.

You can implement it for creatures because you can code them to think there is a barrier there (this is how creatures spreading out is implemented). But not for players since the client capabilities are not there.

You would need to use transports on predetermined routes, as previously said.

Is it possible to make a usual vehicle npc, which, when stopped, would spawn an object (of the same model, but with collision) over itself, and then, when I mount it and start moving, it would despawn the object?

There is a way to accomplish what he wants.

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