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Ladders into crawl space
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:03 pm
by 007craft
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
headroom
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:14 pm
by tltrude
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:31 pm
by 007craft
is that the only way? that could take me hours because of the way i have the part designed lol
Script_object
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:00 pm
by tltrude
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:12 pm
by rOger
Is there perhaps a way to force the player into a crouching position? A trigger and a script perhaps?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:34 pm
by wacko
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:42 pm
by Wilson
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
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:44 pm
by Alcoholic
maybe when you get to the top of the ladder, you could make a script that does
$player forcelegsstate CROUCH_IDLE
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 12:58 am
by nuggets
you'd need something a bit more complex than that
local.player = parm.other
local.player physics_off
lcoal.player exec global/fullanim.scr anim/crouch.scr
local.player crawl_walk //$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
*/
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 1:02 am
by Alcoholic
i dont think you can give players anims?
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 1:08 am
by nuggets
hmmmm... then scrap that whole idea
