doTouch

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Mon May 17, 2004 7:25 pm

I'm havin some problems w/ doTouch in my trigger...I want a trigger that is activated only when someone is inside. When the player gets out, the stuff stops...In, stuff...Out, no stuff...

Can somebody help?

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Mon May 17, 2004 9:28 pm

if(istouching) is what you're looking for, dunnoi the syntax, try looknig at a stock map.

i think, not sure, but think it's like this...

if($player istouching $trigger)
{
//blah blah blajah
}

diego · Post by **diego** » Mon May 17, 2004 10:34 pm

I don't know anything about this dotouch, but what is wrong with using a trigger >multiple? My scripting knowlege is very basic. But this does do what you are talking about:

If I'm inside the trigger multiple, I take damage, or activate an alarm. If I'm outside the trigger, nothing happens.

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Mon May 17, 2004 10:38 pm

Yes a trigger_multiple will work 100 times better, and I can't even find (or heard of) a doTouch, oh wait that's probably a scripty thingy.

fuhrer · Post by **fuhrer** » Tue May 18, 2004 4:02 pm

can u use isinside?, but u would need a trigger multiple

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Tue May 18, 2004 7:56 pm

A trigger multiple activates a thread. When you leave the trigger, the thread continues. we have to use istouching w/ the trigger multiple.

diego · Post by **diego** » Tue May 18, 2004 8:23 pm

Maybe it would help if you told us exactly what you wanted to happen when you are inside the trigger? I still don't see why a trigger multiple won't help you. If you leave the trigger, the thread is no longer being called.

The French Tourist ! · Tue May 18, 2004 8:44 pm

When you want to be hurted while being inside a trigger_multiple, use the command volumedamage. This command is only available when you are inside the trigger.
A trigger doesn't have to activate a thread. Il does if you enter the key/value : setthread/mythread. But you can use this syntax :

main:

level waittill spawn

thread mythread

end

// Thread

mythread :

$mytrigger waittill trigger
$mytrigger volumedamage 10

loop:
// Commands for the alarm
while ( $player istouching $trigger )
{goto loop}

end

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Tue May 18, 2004 9:03 pm

Use a "while" loop.

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Tue May 18, 2004 9:13 pm

wooo! lots of ideas....

while($player istouching $trigger)
{

//blah blah
}
right tltrude?

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Tue May 18, 2004 9:24 pm

lizardkid wrote:wooo! lots of ideas....

while($player istouching $trigger)
{

//blah blah
}
right tltrude?

To some extent, yes... but you need to get ahold of the player as well: and just writing $player is not enough as that will be an array of players...

This can all be done, but depending on what you want to happen it will be done in different ways. So Krane: can you tell us what you want to do with it? Just in a very non-technical way... what are you aiming for?

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Tue May 18, 2004 9:55 pm

i found DoTouch, in g_allclasses...

doTouch( Entity touchingEntity )

sent to entity when touched.

it is not fake nor a weird unknown command! *using valient voice*

nuggets · Post by **nuggets** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:42 pm

local.player = parm.other
while (1)
if (local.player isTouching $trigger)
{
}
else
{
end
}
end

//you need all that crap otherwise the second time the trigger is touched what ever happens to local.playe will happen twice then 3 times etc... etc...

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Wed May 19, 2004 3:24 am

Ah, now it's clear

!

We need the while on top!

Txs m8!

The French Tourist ! · Wed May 19, 2004 11:26 pm

Well. But be careful with while(1) because it makes an infinite loop, so u must quit the loop when the player does not touch the trigger anymore.