message when opening doors

[m4rine]

i am trying (but failing) to get a message appearing when you open a door, and a grenade given to you automaticly.

i.e.

open door:

get a grnade

message: you found a greanade

the message is second priority, it matters but the grenade is the important bit.

any help would be much appriecated.

[jv_map]

You can try a script_door with an openthread key.

Example:
key / value : openthread / dooropenend

Script:

dooropened:
$player ammo agrenade 1 // for singleplayer only!
end

Not sure if this works but you can try

[m4rine]

thanks jv! ill try it and let u know if it works

[tltrude]

Trigger_multiple will print a message in the center of the screen. So you could place the trigger just inside the door opening and set:

Key: message
Value: Pick up a granade!
Key: cnt
Value: 1

That will only be triggered one time. Maybe you can use that on the door entity itself--it does have a built-in trigger. Don't give the door a targetname, or the built-in trigger will be disabled.

You could also put a small trigger_multiple on the granade, with a message. But, if the player has to hit the use key to get it, a trigger_useonce might be better.

[m4rine]

thanks

which method would be better? jv_map's or tltrude's?

jv's is scripting, and i dont particulally mind that. i dont mind not scripting.

[crunch]

Don't forget, if you use tltrude's method, you will need to copy the localization.txt file, and add your message to the file. If you don't, instead of "Your message" you will get "ERROR:Your maessage needs localization".

Like jv_map said, his mehod will work for single player.

Now, this is untested, but you could also try opening the entity window with your grenade selected, and try to add k/v message/yourmessage, and see if it works.
That is not tested, and just a suggestion. If you try and it works, let us know!

Kill Ya Later!

[Alcoholic]

if you update to 1.1, you dont get that needs localization stuff anymore.