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**GET multi_level elevator**

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:12 am
by nuggets
here for all you people who hate scripting, can d/load a global elevator script for use with any map

*pro's
.will work for any number of levels
.will work for any number of elevators
.works just like a nomal elevator
.never untriggerable
.comes with own debug
.comes with how-to-make guide
*con's
.none hopefully but let me know

http://www.angelfire.com/ne2/nuggets/z_ ... er1_01.pk3

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:45 am
by Axion
Sweet!

:D

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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:38 am
by tsensor
i dreamed this kind of elevator

if no earthquake, it is perfect

WOW!

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:46 pm
by tltrude
Works just like a real elevator. If you press all the buttons, it will stop at each floor on its way up or down, those darn kids!

Nuggets even supplied the .map file, so all you have to do is copy his stuff (improve the look), add two lines in your script, and move his folders into main. Very simple!!

The indicator lights work fine, but could be improved with hide/show script_object brushes.

Great work!

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:08 pm
by M&M
is there a red stop button and a yellow button that rings a bell i the elevator :P ?...no?i wont download it :P .
nice job,i guess i have 2 make another map with an elevator since its now very easy :D

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:47 pm
by Bjarne BZR
DUDE! :) Would you be willing to continue on this tutorial? http://dynamic6.gamespy.com/%7Erjukanpr ... e=Elevator

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:08 am
by nuggets
the tutorial looks pretty complete to me, what is it you want done to it?
examples of how to add more levels without scripting?

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:26 am
by bdbodger
I like it but can't you make it so that mulitple presses of the use key changes the floors ? The indicator light can maybe a bit smaller and another color like yellow maybe ? Didn't some one have a way to use an animated texture and advance the frames I thought I seen something like that once . Anyway good job I like it .

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:23 am
by nuggets
anythings possible, :D i hope...

multiple pressing of the use key to choose a floor is already an idea Wacko had, but it will then select every floor in the process and not know which one is the intended floor,

i saw a thead on here a while back (quite a while back actually) about changing a texture from script, without having to create multiple entites for the same purpose just to get the different image, this would work better allowing more accurate usage of floor selection illumination and save of fps by doing away with the dynamic lighting... did that get anywhere?

i did make the dummy/lights smaller, but they then didn't show up against the panel...

always open to ideas ;)

panel

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:03 am
by tltrude
For that panel, if the circles were white they would show the light more. But, I still think using hide and show brushes would be better. That way people could just add or remove sets of brushes to match the number of floors they want--it's only two brushes per light. Tiny coronas might work too.

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:27 am
by bdbodger
Well I was thinking that you could have a thread that moved the indicater light to the next floor all the way to the top and back down and you could just keep doing that untill the floor you want is selected . Then the thread can also be checking for the player useing the use key and when he stops useing it for say 2 seconds the elevator will move to the selected floor .

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:32 pm
by nuggets
ok leave it with me, i'll have a looksie :D

gotta go to work now though BOOOOO!!!

keypad

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:21 pm
by tltrude
I always thought it would be nice to use the keypad keys to contol an elevator. :)

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:14 am
by nuggets
lol i've thought about that myself too, but having it so every instance of key usage would be able, (some people use Keypad, WASD, cursor keys, etc...) so having to define it so that each it stored and replaced when leaving the elevator, would just make hardship

also using keys that may also hold other commands may be needed while in the lift, what then...? if someone can't crouch because they were selecting a floor i don't think they'd be too happy

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:49 am
by omniscient
haha, yea that would be unfortunate.