Tram

Yarik · Post by **Yarik** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 6:18 pm

I am working on a map called Tram_Seige. TDM, DM, TOW.
I need someone that can tell me if i can use the elevator TUT to make it go sideways.
2. How can i add a script that when the tram gets to a certain point it will slow down and or stop.?

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 7:48 pm

presuming u have the wheels as seperate entities that rotate, you could use something similar 2 this

:tram_move_1
$tram_entity_name time 1
$tram_entity_name moveForward 5
$tram_entity_name waitmove
end

:tram_move_1
$tram_entity_name time 2
$tram_entity_name moveForward 15
$tram_entity_name waitmove
end

:tram_move_3
$tram_entity_name time 3
$tram_entity_name moveForward 30
$tram_entity_name waitmove
end

//hope u get the idea it'll speed up as it moves thro these stages and you can use threads to slow it down etc...

:tram_move_full
thread tram_move_1
wait 1
thread tram_move_2
wait 2
thread tram_move_3
wait 3
thread tram_move_3 //this can b added as many times as you like
wait 3
thread tram_move_2
wait 2
thread tram_move_1
wait 1
end
u can use moveForward moveBackward moveUp moveDown moveLeft moveRight moveNorth moveSouth moveEast moveWest, hope this helps, any other problems if u decide 2 use this technique my Yahoo id's mr_crazy_nugget

btw, u might b able 2 use waypoints and drive in the script don't know how this works exactly but some1 else has probably put that by the time i've written all this now

Hunter · Post by **Hunter** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:46 pm

Did I read your maps name right? tram_seige
Musn't that be siege

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:50 pm

oh gr8 thsi si smoething wroth notign, ew haev hunter teh onlien dicshunary, no nede 2 worre abote spelling now

mohaa_rox · Post by **mohaa_rox** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:04 am

What are you saying?

Angex · Post by **Angex** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 11:59 am

Just for Rox

nuggets wrote:oh gr8 thsi si smoething wroth notign, ew haev hunter teh onlien dicshunary, no nede 2 worre abote spelling now

Oh great this is something worth nothing, we have hunter the online dictionary, no need to worry about spelling now.

Actually spelling is quite an important skill if you wish to pursue a career in computing, e.g. level designer (Some companies prefer enviromental artist).

mohaa_rox · Post by **mohaa_rox** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 2:17 pm

Oh, it wasn't foreign language, just some "english".

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 7:41 pm

lol, sorry peeps

while scripting spelling is very important and HUNTER would b the ideal candidate,

while typing in a forum it still needs 2 b at least half understandable, sorry again 4 spamming, i hate it when u read a post and seek advice, and end up with conversation like this at the bottom

p.s excuse the irony

Post by **jv_map** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 8:50 pm

Just a minor thing, rather type 'tram_move_1:' than ':tram_move_1'

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nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 9:05 pm

lol, it seems i'm picking fault with everything u type now... but...

does it make any difference whether when creating threads the : is at the start or the end of the thread name?

battle of the scripters part 3 when i find ur next reply

lol

Angex · Post by **Angex** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 9:46 pm

Yes, it makes a difference, otherwise when MoH attempts to load the script, you'll have alot of unknown varaibles(MoH might call them something else), i.e. the names after the colon. Also all you threads will be called "". These problems will result in a script error, and your level will not function properly, nor how you intended it to.

The scripting language's syntax states you must have a colon after the thread name, unless you are referencing a thread. Otherwise how would in know which is a reference to a thread, and which is the content of the thread.

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 1:15 am

ermmm... yes... ahhh... ok

i've used the : after all threads i've been refering 2 and yet 2 encounter any problems, i don't wanna fight just a little rougha nd tumble should sort it, but i don't know if u'll b able 2 answer these 2,

if :thread_name defines a thread what does thread_name: do if anything

and why on some scripts does it need :: on it, can't remember where i saw it but it confused the hell outta me

Angex · Post by **Angex** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 9:45 am

nuggets wrote:if :thread_name defines a thread what does thread_name: do if anything

Its the other way around, threadName: defines the start of a thread.

nuggets wrote:why on some scripts does it need :: on it, can't remember where i saw it but it confused the hell outta me

The only example I could think of, is when you want to call a thread from a different script, i.e. the thread isn't in your level script. In this case you need:

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pathName/scriptName.scr::threadName

e.g.

global/objectives.scr::add_objectives

Often you will see parametes following the thread name. Also note that if you're referencing a thread that is in your level script, you only need to write:

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thread threadName

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Fri Mar 07, 2003 8:15 pm

cheers muchly ANGEX that'd also explain why i couldn't get other script threads 2 load in the 1 i am using, cheers again!