RadiusDebug - Actor radius (hitbox) tool (18/05/21 update!)

[Sir Robin]

Magenta ones are non-solid but still on the blockmap
White ones are not on the blockmap at all

I've considered getting rid of the radius debug mode and making individual toggles for each category. Would that be better?
Wasn't sure how to handle conflicts. Like if you have solids off and monsters on, should a solid monster be shown or not?

[Sir Robin]

Meanwhile here is another mode for nonsolid actors only
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[Nash]

I think for toggles, there's no other way but for a conflicting option to take precedence. In your particular example, "monsters on" would win.

Thanks for the update, BTW - now I can debug in peace. :D

[Sir Robin]

I did it:

• I took out the basic radius debug mode and put in toggleable categories.
• Presets exist to mimic the old modes behavior.
• Togglable include list (comma separated) for classes you want to see. This overrides the categories
• Togglable exclude list (comma separated) for classes you don't want to see. This overrides the includes
• Untoggled exclude list (comma separated) for classes you never want to see
• Toggle the debug list coordinates to be relative to the player or absolute

In these screenshot I've got only shootables toggled on, including inventory toggled off, excluding PlayerPawn toggled on, and MapMarker always excluded.

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One thing I don't like is that the standard menu text field editor isn't great. Anybody got something better to replace that with?

[doomzie]

Just wanted to thank both Nash and Sir Robin. This is a must have tool to debug anything hitbox related. I've been dealing with difficulties setting interpolation points correctly for rolling and pitching models, because the model's hitbox was no longer aligned with the model when it rolled/pitched (solved with setting ROTATION-CENTER in the model). This tool perfectly visualizes the "issue" I was seeing. I'll be using this in the future. Great work.

[Sir Robin]

Just wanted to thank both Nash and Sir Robin. This is a must have tool to debug anything hitbox related. I've been dealing with difficulties setting interpolation points correctly for rolling and pitching models, because the model's hitbox was no longer aligned with the model when it rolled/pitched (solved with setting ROTATION-CENTER in the model). This tool perfectly visualizes the "issue" I was seeing. I'll be using this in the future. Great work.

Would it be at all helpful to have some kind of indicator (like arrows) pointing to the rotation, pitch, and roll of each actor? I could add that

[doomzie]

Just wanted to thank both Nash and Sir Robin. This is a must have tool to debug anything hitbox related. I've been dealing with difficulties setting interpolation points correctly for rolling and pitching models, because the model's hitbox was no longer aligned with the model when it rolled/pitched (solved with setting ROTATION-CENTER in the model). This tool perfectly visualizes the "issue" I was seeing. I'll be using this in the future. Great work.

Would it be at all helpful to have some kind of indicator (like arrows) pointing to the rotation, pitch, and roll of each actor? I could add that

I see what you mean, but we figured it out just by seeing how the hitbox of the model changes in the game when there is pitch and roll rotation. Basically the hitbox was standing above the actual model dimensions. The problem was that the rotation center was in the center of the floor surface of the model. Just had to move it to the center of its Z height to keep the hitbox aligned.

I think it could be a nice improvement, because I do see value in it if you have introcate XYZ movement with rotation (of actors). If you could have some extra indication with arrows showing the pitch/roll/angle in the game, it would probably be valuable for analysis and understanding. Entirely up to you though.

[Nash]

With the latest version, it seems impossible to see our own PlayerPawn's box, even with the "exclude" features disabled.

[Sir Robin]

With the latest version, it seems impossible to see our own PlayerPawn's box, even with the "exclude" features disabled.

Hmm, not intentionally. I'll look into it

[Sir Robin]

It was some bad logic. The exclude toggle wasn't actually toggling, anything you put on the exclude list was always excluded. Fixed now.

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[Hipshot]

Sorry for bump = it's all for praise!

I'm new to this scene, but I would also like to thank both of you. This is a superb tool to use. I did use the first iteration and got annoyed by the fact that the player col were always shown, but noted that it was fixed by Robin later on.