Rolling objects

[chrisjbooth2001]

Does anyone know a way where you can make a spherical roll when a solid object touches it? The object would include, walls, boxes, and players...

Any help would be appreciated

[omniscient]

ofcourse my good man. make the soild object to touch it a script object and targetname it "toucher" w/o the quotes. then select all the thing that will rool and make that a scriptobject called "roller". make an invisible brush on the floor, (weapon clip maybe???) and make it a script object targetnamed "destination1" then in the script type

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if ($toucher istouching $roller){
$roller moveto $destination1.origin
$roller time 5 (how ever long u want)
$roller move
$roller rotatex -45
$roller rotatex -45
$roller rotatex -45
$roller rotatex -45
$roller rotatex -45
$roller rotatex -45
$roller rotatex -45
$roller rotatex -45 (check that this syntax is right)
end
}
]

that shud work, i hope, otehrwise a typed a lot for nothing

[tltrude]

Using "rotateX -45" it will just keep rotating forever at a speed of -45 degrees per second--if there was a move or waitmove command after the line, that is. "rotateX 0 would stop it.

The speed it rotates will determin how many times it rolls over before it reaches the destination. As an example, 360 degrees divided by 5 seconds = 72 degrees per second--one complete roll. By the way, I don't think you can roll the players, only push them. And, if rotateX doesn't work try rotateZ.

[omniscient]

i believe u are right, player can not rotate upside down. are u saying though that u could use rotatex 260 instead of all those 45s? i wonder if u pusta a box fit around a player ant said for it to flip upsidedown if it would..... i gotta try that.

[tltrude]

You're not reading it right.

$roller rotateX -45
$roller move
wait 5
$roller rotateX 0

"rotateX" makes it rotate like a fan at -45 degress per second. It does not stop at 45 degrees!!!

[omniscient]

o i get it. and also, itf u out a rotating box around a player he just gets hurt if it goes upside down.

[tltrude]

I think he wants to play soccer in mohaa. Might be possible, but I wouldn't know how. There is a trigger_pushobject, but it is beyond me.

[chrisjbooth2001]

I dont want a set roll each time, want it to be able to be walked into and the ball goes opposite way!

[M&M]

itf u out a rotating box around a player he just gets hurt if it goes upside down.

cant u glue the player 2 the box?

yay,my 200th post,i just had 2 make it b4 i went 2 sleep .sry if i annoyed any1

[tltrude]

What he wants is for the rolling ball to bounce off walls, boxes, and players. Wonder if that func_fallingrock thing would work?

I tried "bouncetouch" with a script_object ball, but it said I can't do that for a class script slave. I got the ball to roll, but can't get it to "moveto" a spawned script_origin target--just moves up and off the map. There is a trigger_multiple bound the ball with a setthread. Here is my current (non working) thread.

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	level waittill prespawn

	$ball_trigger bind $ball

end

ball_think:

	//$ball bouncetouch
	$ball playsound click
	local.angles = (vector_toangles ($player.origin - $ball.origin))
	$ball.angles = (0 (local.angles[1]+90) 0)
	$ball time 5
	local.b_target = spawn script_origin targetname "ball_target"
	$ball_target.angles = $ball.angles
	$ball_target.origin = $ball.origin + (1024 0 -8 )
	$ball rotateZ -64
	$ball moveto $ball_target
	$ball waitmove
	$ball rotateZ 0
	$ball_target remove

end

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The ball is 16X16X16 (12 sided) and the trigger is a slightly larger ball.

[nuggets]

i created a thread to push chairs away from the player a while ago, but the problem was you could push them through walls anyway here's the guts of it

/*what you will need to make the pushable object
create a chair,
key: targetname
value: chair //this can be changed but you will need to amend the script at point **1**
------------
create a small square brush the same size as the chair (height may be flat)
key: targetname
value: chair_spot //this can be changed but you will need to amend the script at point **2**
------------
create the trigger, same size as the chair (trigger->use)
key: targetname
value: chair_trigger //this can be changed but you will need to amend the script at point **3**
key: setthread
value: mover //this can be changed but you will need to amend the script at point **4**
------------
copy all this script!!!
*/
main:
//edit these bits -v-v-v-
level.object = $chair //**1**<---but only the end bit!
level.object_spot = $chair_spot //**2**<---but only the end bit!
level.object_trigger = $chair_trigger //**3**<---but only the end bit!
//edit these bits -^-^-^-

level.object_trigger bind level.object
level.object_spot notsolid
//level.object_spot hide
end

object_move_spot:
local.angles = (vector_toangles ($player.origin - self.origin))
self.angles = (0 (local.angles[1]+180) 0)
self speed 1000
self moveforward 16
self waitmove
end

object_move:
self speed 48
self moveto ((level.object_spot.origin[0]) (level.object_spot.origin[1]) (self.origin[2]))
self waitmove
end

//-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-this bit will only be needed once-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-
//-v-v-v-this bit will be the only script you use for each pushable entity-v-v-v-

mover: //**4**
level.object_spot thread object_move_spot //these bits you will need to edit if giving it new names
wait 0.01
level.object thread object_move
// level.object playsound //this will have to be defined by the scripter depending on what you want to push
end

[tltrude]

Thanks nuggets, it works now! Still doesn't bounce off stuff, but it will kick an AI guy up a few units while it rolls under him, ha ha. Mohaa bowling anyone?

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main:


	level waittill prespawn

	$ball_trigger bind $ball

	level waittill spawn

end

ball_think:

	$ball playsound click
	$ball time 5
	local.b_target = spawn script_origin "targetname" "ball_target"
	$ball_target.origin = $ball.origin + (0 0 0)
	local.angles = ( vector_toangles ( $player.origin - $ball.origin ))
	$ball_target.angles = (0 (local.angles[1]+180) 0)
	$ball_target time .001
	$ball_target moveforward 512
	$ball_target waitmove
	$ball.angles  = (0 (local.angles[1]+90) 0)
	$ball rotateZ -135
	$ball moveto ( ($ball_target.origin[0]) ( $ball_target.origin[1]) ($ball.origin[2]) )
	$ball waitmove
	$ball rotateZ 0
	$ball_target remove

end

[chrisjbooth2001]

Thanks guys.. Ill see if it works!

[jv_map]

Did you have any (more) luck with the method I showed you Monday?

[chrisjbooth2001]

Well mate, the physics line when added made ball disapear. As soon as i removed that line from the scr, it re-appeared... But with the none stop flying and clipping..

Either the line is wrong or its in the wrong place...

When you see this could ya check if im on msn?