Floating models Thread

Hi,

I've just made my first mod and hit a snag...

When I run HL my new player model runs around in mid air. How can I fix it so the models feet are on the ground?

Are you using the player's animations, or barney/sci's?

Player's anims go further down in position btw.

I tried to move the model down manually using milkshape but it just snaped back to its orginal position.

Also, I notice that if I shrunk models, they also stood some distance above the ground.

The models must have a preset box in which they sit and are automatically aligned to the centre point. That's just a guess, but if it's true than how can I change the dimensions of the box so that smaller or larger than usual models sit properly?

You'll probably need to resize the model's hit boxes in subs.h

There is a somewhat decent tutorial on manipulating hulls at The Wavelength...

Here's the tutorial : Articles.thewavelength.net

may i suggest just altering the model origins by adding $origin 0 0 0 changing the 0's by trial and error to get your model to sit right ? Its easier than coding :\

Thanks "Stuffie", your idea worked!

Unfortunately the hit boxes are still in the old locations. If I shoot above the models head, he still gets hit. Can I shift the hit boxes down as well?

(I should add that the hit boxes that are in their right locations when I look at them using Half-Life model viewer but when I play against the bots in multiplayer the hit boxes aren't in the right place)

cos it uses hitboxes from "player.mdl" not the ones in the multiplay models

which is why you should just code in different hulls... and compile your maps with the an appropriate hull file that represents the numbers coded in

The only problem with coding the new hulls is that I haven't coded using c++ before.

Ok, to mod using c++ what programs will I need?

Please don't bump up topics/double post. Also, lots of people have raised the topic of coding for Half Life with C++, so I suggest you use the search function of the forum and see what other people had to say.