knowing the size of an object?

[sfunk]

okay, this is probably a newbie question to ask, but how can you figure out what the size of an object is on alice? i have cubes im using to make a health bar, and i cant get it to work since the size of the cubes are unknown to me, so all the increments i have the cubes move to make the healthbar work are all guess and check, is there a better way?

[jediaction]

Well, you never really know. Because it doesnt tell you exactly. It is valued 1 in the editor and can be resized from the resize method/function. Thats about it

[sfunk]

Originally Posted by jediaction

Well, you never really know. Because it doesnt tell you exactly. It is valued 1 in the editor and can be resized from the resize method/function. Thats about it

okay, well i have been trying to use the objects orientation to give me an approximation of the objects size, but this number seems to be slightly off at times

[jediaction]

Well, Alice does its best

[sfunk]

yeah, even with its limitations in some areas, it is still a great tool to use

[jediaction]

Until a point in life where you are super good at it and you want to move on. I have already moved on, but I still help people everyday

[sfunk]

Originally Posted by jediaction

Until a point in life where you are super good at it and you want to move on. I have already moved on, but I still help people everyday

well i appreciate the help you have given me very much. im just using alice as a hobby and to hopefully make working games for myself and friends to play, and eventually i want to be able to implement some formuals i know into the game, (i'm a high student who is taking calculus and physics so i know atleast some things)

[x2495iiii]

Wrong jedi. You can know exactly what the size is.

Also, you can set the size to whatever you want as well.

Examples and explanations below.

[sfunk]

Originally Posted by x2495iiii

Wrong jedi. You can know exactly what the size is.

Also, you can set the size to whatever you want as well.

Examples and explanations below.

okay, i finally got it to work, for some reason, it kept saying everything was 0.0 when i clicked other, and it would go bck to opacity

[jediaction]

Originally Posted by x2495iiii

Wrong jedi. You can know exactly what the size is.

Also, you can set the size to whatever you want as well.

Examples and explanations below.

I know that, thats why I said "Valued", but there is no really real way to know the size other than that, like size = 1