Elements in colShape not recognized

[Lavire]

Hey there,

I'm working with colShapes for quite some time now, and they've worked so far. But now I'm working on a command where I need to know the objects in the player's range. The colShape is being created (I tested it already), but it says there is only 1 object in range (the player himself).

local x, y, z = getElementPosition(thePlayer) 
    local atmSphere = createColSphere(tonumber(x), tonumber(y), tonumber(z), tonumber(20.0)) 
    local atms = getElementsWithinColShape(atmSphere) 
    outputChatBox(tostring(table.getn(atms))) 

What am I doing wrong?

Edited May 22, 2011 by Guest

[qaisjp]

Create a vehicle next to yourself and test it.

[Lavire]

Hm, with the vehicle it works.

If it helps: the object is being created in a .map file, not in the script itself.

What could it be?

[qaisjp]

try going nearer to the element. are you right next to it?

[Lavire]

Yes, I'm right next to it. I expanded the range too, no success...

[qaisjp]

Make an element of the same model next to yourself using createObject

[Lavire]

Yes, when I create it ingame it works... so what is the problem with loading it with .map files? Something with collisions maybe?

[Lavire]

Oh, here's an example of the .map file, in which the objects are defined:

<object id="atm8" doublesided="false" model="2942" interior="0" dimension="0" posX="-1980.5885009766" posY="131.54470825195" posZ="27.33039855957" rotX="0" rotY="0" rotZ="270" type="atm" /> 

Edited May 22, 2011 by Guest

[qaisjp]

Now without creating the object with script, restart the resource that contains the map file. and see if it finds it then.

[Lavire]

I restarted the server a hundreds of times... still won't work =/

Btw: it recognizes other objects created by other .map files, just not the .map file with my ATMs...

[qaisjp]

remove the part type="atm" and then test it

[Lavire]

nope, still no luck, even when removing the type-tag...

[Lavire]

*push*

Still no solution? It recognizes ALL other objects in other .map files, just my ATMs in my atm.map not...

[qaisjp]

Definitely weird, I have no idea what to do then. I will try and get more people to see this topic and if they can't fix it I recommend you report it to MTA Bug Tracker

EDIT: Really sorry for the late reply, I know how it feels when someone doesn't help you.

[Lavire]

Just for the ones having the same problem:

You have to add an

collision="1" 

to each of your objects in the .map file, if you want them to be collided with colShapes.

Thanks anyways for the help, qaisjp.

[qaisjp]

No problem, glad you solved your problem.