So, as the title says, I'm trying to open a door by shooting a trigger. So I made a door with the regular kvps that all doors have with the targetname door6, and made a trigger_damage as well with the targetname "Secret_Trigger" and then in my maps .gsc I came up with my first (horrible) script!
I've been reading all I can on scripting, and I THINK most of this makes sense. I just don't know what function I should use to open the door. Would ent delete(); work instead of door_open(door6, player);? Now that I think of it, doesn't self delete(); refer to the Entity, which is the door? 0-o How would I correct this script?
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So, first things first, since you said your trigger is targetname secret_trigger you would put it as this
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trigger = getEnt("Secret_Trigger", "targetname");
The first parameter is the name in radiant the second is the type, like script_noteworthy or of course targetname.
So, next thing is in your infinite loop (while loop) like Harry said, secret_trigger isn't a default notify it has to be notified somewhere else because of something you do, but really if you are doing a trigger, you would do this
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trigger waittill("trigger", player);
So, what you would be doing is the trigger you are waiting for is the ent you defined above, so when you wait for it to be damaged and the damager is the player it will go past the waittill and call your function or do what you want it to do after.
Next thing is the door open function now since you don't have thread before it, it'll wait till the function is done then do what you want which you have here is the iprintlnbold, which I would think you want to be done as soon as the function is called, so you would do this:
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thread door_open(trigger, player); player iprintInbold("You hear an unlocking sound."); trigger waittill("moved"); //This is what I was talking about above, you are gonna //notify this from your door_open function and then it will delete the trigger after the move is done trigger delete();
So, finally here is how your code should look.
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secret_door_trigger() { trigger = getEnt("Secret_Trigger", "targetname"); while(1) { trigger waittill("trigger", player); thread door_open(trigger); player iprintInbold("You hear an unlocking sound."); trigger waittill("moved"); trigger delete(); break; //You are gonna break out of the function because you wont be using it anymore since you're deleting //the trigger } }
Now for the door_open function use this
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door_open(trigger) { //Now gotta get the door so door = getEnt("input_a_name_from_radiant", "targetname"); //Make the door a script brushmodel and give it these kvps door moveTo(); //Put in the x,y,z coords of where you want it to go trigger notify("moved"); //This is how you call the waittill by notifying it }
I believe that is it, so that should work, I wasn't able to test in game, but if you have any errors just pm me.
One thing you may notice is connectpaths(). That is important if you want the zombies to walk through this area as well. Also if you want to spawn more zombies in another area once it is shot, then you would need to add something to set that flag as well. That is not in the script but could be added around the connectpaths() line, with a check for a script_flag kvp.
Last Edit: June 21, 2016, 12:16:10 pm by MakeCents
you could instead make the door and trigger the exact same way you made all the other doors but with a trigger_damage instead of a trigger_use. then in zombiemode_blockers_new.gsc make a check to see if the trigger is a trigger_damage instead of trigger_use. this way the door would act the exact same as the rest of the doors in your level except you wouldnt have to press "use " and it wouldnt check for the score when its opened
for the check do a search for
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is_player_valid( who )
there are multiple the one you are looking for is in the method door_think()
under neither that previous if statement and before the if checking who.score do something like this
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if(IsSubStr(self.classname, "damage") { //i know it seems weird to make an empty if statement, but you have to ensure that the player wont loose its points if its a damage trigger } else if( who.score >= self.zombie_cost ) { // set the score who maps\_zombiemode_score::minus_to_player_score( self.zombie_cost ); if( isDefined( level.achievement_notify_func ) ) { level [[ level.achievement_notify_func ]]( "DLC3_ZOMBIE_ALL_DOORS" ); } bbPrint( "zombie_uses: playername %s playerscore %d round %d cost %d name %s x %f y %f z %f type door", who.playername, who.score, level.round_number, self.zombie_cost, self.target, self.origin ); }
door = getEnt("door6", "targetname"); //Make the door a script brushmodel and give it these kvps door moveTo(-704, 896, 0); //Put in the x,y,z coords of where you want it to go trigger notify("moved"); //This is how you call the waittill by notifying it }
well that script has some un-necessary stuff going on in your script such as the while loop and the notify, I would change it to this:
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secret_door_trigger() { trigger = GetEnt( "Secret_Trigger", "targetname" ); trigger waittill( "trigger", player ); trigger Delete(); door = GetEnt( "door6", "targetname" ); door MoveTo( ( -704, 896, 0 ), 1, 0.1, 0.1 ); player IPrintLnBold( "You hear an unlocking sound." ); }
And why do you have all those extra KVP's like script_flag and target and script_fxid and script_firefx and script_noteworthy. This script requires absolutely none of that.
But your script does look like it should work so yeah.
Last Edit: June 21, 2016, 11:09:28 pm by alaurenc9
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