Trigger FX after turning on Power in Scripting

Created on: October 31, 2016, 01:41:42 am

I have been trying to spawn some fx after turning on the power, but I have no idea why it isnt working.

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#precache("fx", "zombie/fx_mainframe_tip_zmb");
#precache("fx", "zombie/fx_mainframe_linked_rings_zmb");
#precache("fx", "zombie/fx_mainframe_linked_arcs_zmb");
function main()
{
	thread precahce_fx();
	zm_usermap::main();

	thread zm_buildables::config();
 
	level._zombie_custom_add_weapons =&custom_add_weapons;
 
	//Setup the levels Zombie Zone Volumes
	level.zones = [];
	level.zone_manager_init_func =&usermap_test_zone_init;
	init_zones[0] = "start_zone";
	level thread zm_zonemgr::manage_zones( init_zones );

	level.pathdist_type = PATHDIST_ORIGINAL;

	level._model["p_axe"] = "xmodel/p7_farm_tools_axe";
	//Cash back-----------------------------------------------------
	perk_triggers = GetEntArray("under_perk", "targetname");
	level.cashback_amount = 100;

	for(i = 0; i < perk_triggers.size; i++)
	{
		perk_triggers[i] thread cash_back();
	}
	//-----------------------------------------------------------

	//Power-------------------------------------------------------
	level.struct_rings = GetEntArray("fx_ring", "targetname");
	level.struct_arcs = GetEntArray("fx_arc", "targetname");

	thread init_power();
	//-------------------------------------------------------------
}
function precahce_fx()
{
	level._effect["arcs"] = "zombie/fx_mainframe_linked_arcs_zmb";
	level._effect["rings"] = "zombie/fx_mainframe_linked_rings_zmb";
}
//-------------------------------------------------------------

//-------------------------------TRIGGER FX WITH POWER---------------
function init_power()
{
	level flag::wait_till("power_on");

	for(i = 0; i < level.struct_rings.size; i++)
	{
		ring_fx = Spawn("script_model", level.struct_rings[i].origin);
		ring_fx SetModel("tag_origin");
		PlayFXOnTag(level._effect["rings"], ring_fx, "tag_origin");
	}	
	for(i = 0; i < level.struct_arcs.size; i++)
	{
		arc_fx = Spawn("script_model", (-552, -1267, -14);
		arc_fx SetModel("tag_origin");
		PlayFXOnTag(level._effect["arcs"], arc_fx, "tag_origin");
	}

}

struct_arcs and struct_rings are script_structs placed in my map to be used as the spawn origin/location

Thanks in Advance

Marked as best answer by ZigorPowered 8 years ago

Reply #1 on: November 01, 2016, 06:35:02 pm

MakeCents
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Amusing you can add a iprintlnbold("power is on"); after the flag wait and it prints, and add one in the loop for each struct and it prints the origins of these structs, then:

Do you have the fx in your zone file?
Have you tried using the string instead of the level var?

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PlayFXOnTag("zombie/fx_mainframe_linked_rings_zmb", ring_fx, "tag_origin");

Did you verify these fx work and show up in radiant?

Reply #2 on: November 01, 2016, 09:30:00 pm

Quote from: MakeCents on November 01, 2016, 06:35:02 pm

Amusing you can add a iprintlnbold("power is on"); after the flag wait and it prints, and add one in the loop for each struct and it prints the origins of these structs, then:

Do you have the fx in your zone file?
Have you tried using the string instead of the level var?
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PlayFXOnTag("zombie/fx_mainframe_linked_rings_zmb", ring_fx, "tag_origin");
Did you verify these fx work and show up in radiant?

Before trying this script I placed the fx in the map and it worked fine in Radiant and the game. What do you mean by having the fx in the zone file?

Double Post Merge: November 01, 2016, 09:53:09 pm

Nevermind, I browsed some of the built in zone files and figured it out. I added this to the end of the zone file

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//FX 
fx, zombie/fx_mainframe_tip_zmb
fx, zombie/fx_mainframe_linked_rings_zmb
fx, zombie/fx_mainframe_linked_arcs_zmb

Thanks for pointing this out!

Last Edit: November 01, 2016, 09:53:09 pm by ZigorPowered

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Trigger FX after turning on Power