Ladders into crawl space

007craft · Post by **007craft** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:03 pm

ok i used the tutorial on this site to build the ladders in my level and it worked perfeclty... but now i want to make a ladder that leads into a crawl space. (like a vent shaft or something) But when i get to the top of the ladder i just hit the ceiling and wont enter the crawl space. Maybe i need to lowwer my ladder clip or something? please help

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:14 pm

Well, if you don't want to make a little platform outside the vent, you will have to make the enterance of the vent 128 units high above the top of the ladder brush.

007craft · Post by **007craft** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:31 pm

is that the only way? that could take me hours because of the way i have the part designed lol

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:00 pm

You can make the top of the vent opening a non-solid script_object. But the players will be headless while standing at the top of the ladder.

rOger · Post by **rOger** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:12 pm

Is there perhaps a way to force the player into a crouching position? A trigger and a script perhaps?

wacko · Post by **wacko** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:34 pm

What u could do is making a "very steep staircase" with 16 units up and 1 unit to the front. If u want it to be invisible, u could make it with clip brushes in front of a steep ramp. Players could crouch on it, but won't have to enter it like normal ladders but rather "run" up which is a little surprising for players.

Maybe - but I haven't tried so and getting on the ladder from above might be a little strange then - u could even make a combination of a func_ladder running up until the ceiling height is 128 and do the remaining distance with those steps. This way, u would have to "use" the ladder at the bottom just like a normal ladder.

Wilson · Post by **Wilson** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:42 pm

JUs make the area above the ladder high enough for the player to stand 128 units high, then when the player is in that position they would hav to crouch to cary on

Alcoholic · Post by **Alcoholic** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:44 pm

maybe when you get to the top of the ladder, you could make a script that does

$player forcelegsstate CROUCH_IDLE

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 12:58 am

you'd need something a bit more complex than that

local.player = parm.other
local.player physics_off
lcoal.player exec global/fullanim.scr anim/crouch.scr
local.player crawl_walk //$a named pathnode
local.player physics_on

/*as with all most of the posts on here, i haven't tested them so they may need some work

*/

Alcoholic · Post by **Alcoholic** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 1:02 am

i dont think you can give players anims?

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 1:08 am

hmmmm... then scrap that whole idea

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Ladders into crawl space

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