thanks DM!  The reason I don't post it like that is because I like to combine these script snippets into larger scripts.  I'm going to actually begin experimenting with a jumping code that requires absolutely no physics objects like velocity or force.

Well My idea for a resource-less Jump ran into a little hitch.  My idea was to use iObjectLocationSet/Get to introduce an offset to the x axis, which would be applied when the character jumped... It didn't create the "slingshot" (I could swear that I accidentally created this effect before...) inertia effect that I had expected and instead just transported and dropped the character from the x location.  I suppose it might work as an alternative still, but it's not as fluid as the script that I already posted.  Therefore I won't  be bothered to post it.

....I believe to not use the character object

Ah very wise words.
Although 3D Rad provides a lot of useful objects which make game making easy for the beginner, these objects lock a serious developer in, and limit expanded possibilities. Don't get me wrong, these objects are great, and do what they must.
The best way to fly higher in the creative game making arena is to script your own stuff that you can change and extend beyond the capabilities of the visual and logic objects.... They are after all only made from code - but the code is closed, and therefore imposes it's own limitations.

Not likely to happen CronoBJS. Fernando has moved on, and the chances of him spending time on something that does not pay him, is not very likely.. unless it's a hobby he does not want to let die. Time will tell

3D Rad is what it is - a free (partially) game development system for noobs. Although you can do amazing things with it, it's still a noob toy. Now why would I say something like that about an engine I love? Simple facts. It's really a completed game that allows you to build other games.. 3D Rad's visual development environment is actually a fully functioning game/3D simulation written with 3impact.
 
As far as Unity goes - It's the holy grail as far as most folks today are concerned, even though it's help support is worse than Microsoft's. and their forum search is so useless, it borders on pathetic. Even with that, the engine is killing every other Indie game engine on the market. None of them has survived the onslaught, and most of them are going "free" or "open source", which in certain respects is a good thing. Even the mighty Shiva and little DXstuio have been swept away by the Unity tornado. Since the millions of dollars of venture capital injected into the engine, it has become more stable, more powerful, and even I must admit - pretty awesome.

With all that said. 3D Rad is still the fastest R&D prototyping engine, which not even Unity can match for simplicity and ease of use. It's by scripting one's own objects, that one can extend 3D Rad even beyond the existing objects and features, that makes it all that more powerful to the serious game developer.

In the spirit of keeping the 3D Rad design concept alive, I am looking at designing something similar to 3D Rad (based on a different c++ engine to 3impact), but this is just a concept I am am working on. Nothing definitive yet.

that sounds epic!!! (as 'someone' would say...)

 

In the spirit of keeping the 3D Rad design concept alive, I am looking at designing something similar to 3D Rad (based on a different c++ engine to 3impact), but this is just a concept I am am working on. Nothing definitive yet.

Very interesting - tell me you're thinking of including support for soft bodies and the like.

If it's something that is as simple to use as 3drad and could support soft bodies and liquids, then I'd buy it.

Good luck with your project jestermon, i like your choice for the scripting language.
be sure to tell us if you ever get anything ready to test!

ah here it is