Spotlight controlled by the player

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:42 pm

Not sure what you mean but the light does do a trace I guess if I want to rewrite it I could make the light stop a bit short of where the trace hits but like I said a dynamic light will show through a wall depending on the raduis of the light . I used a lightradius of 250 so I guess if it stops short by 125 units then it won't shine through the wall .

MPowell1944 · Post by **MPowell1944** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:41 pm

I set this up but it only spawns the base and nothing else.

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:25 am

Did you execute it like this after spawning your bases?

exec global/player_spotlight.scr mytargetname

No $ on the targetname . It says how to use it at the top of the script . If you don't see the searchlight in the off condition when you start your map you did something wrong .

MPowell1944 · Post by **MPowell1944** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:54 am

i called the thread spotlights

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spotlights:

local.allied = spawn script_model model miscobj/searchlightbase.tik origin ( -874.54 -3469.43 123.83 ) angles ( 0 90 0 ) targetname allies
local.allied.color = ( 0 0 1 )
local.allied nodamage

local.axis = spawn script_model model miscobj/searchlightbase.tik origin ( -689.72 -1046.02 600.13 ) angles ( 0 -90 0 ) targetname axis
local.axis.color = ( 1 0 0 )
local.axis nodamage

exec global/player_spotlight.scr allies
exec global/player_spotlight.scr axis

end

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 8:00 am

Well should not make any difference but it say this at the top of the script

To use this script, make script_models with model miscobj/searchlightbase.tik and give them
// all the same targetname

I think you may have another mod that is useing those or one of those targetnames try changeing the targetname and see if that helps .

MPowell1944 · Post by **MPowell1944** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:14 pm

I just checked and the spotlights are the only things with those targetnames.

Green Beret · Post by **Green Beret** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:11 pm

i made my spotlights the same targetname" myspot "
the biggest part was calling the
exec global/player_spotlight.scr myspot
after it.

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:36 pm

Well I can't find the problem he is haveing works fine for me and others who have tryed it so what can I say and yes you only need to use 1 targetname for all the spots you can still give them different light color values etc .

MPowell1944 · Post by **MPowell1944** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:24 pm

Alright I'll try that.

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:05 pm

is there any way we could put this stuff into PA?

Green Beret · Post by **Green Beret** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:13 pm

maybe a custom map.dunno about scripting it in stock,i dont remeber if it had spotlights?

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:33 am

I do not have PA but from what I seen of the dump all classes someone posted a while ago it seems most of the mohaa scripting is the same for PA or almost the same so I do not know .