Frodo's "n00b mapping questions" thread

Lord_Frodo

<div class="IPBDescription">Are you experienced? help others out!</div>*eep!*... alright, going to go to valve-erc in the future...

/me slaps himself for not reading the FAQ

Alright, my first question: I've got a couple models tied to the func_door entity (I dunno if that's the right way of stating it... they're doors, anyway). And the only way I've figured out to make them open so far is by setting the "open on damage" property (they open when I spawn a crowbar in the level and bash them some).... GET READY FOR THE FIRST n00b QUESTION!!... how do you get a door to open when there's just someone standing in front of it?

Moleculor

*points at the Mapping FAQ*

Questions such as these are usually best asked/answered in Valve-ERC.

ChromeAngel

In normal HL or in NS?

In NS you need to target the door(s) with a trigger (trigger_multiple).  There was a very simlar question asked recently, search the mapping forum.



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Insane

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Make a momentary_door entity as your door.  Name this door (e.g. "door1").  Put a trigger_prescece entity (this is a world based entity) on the floor in front of your door, and in it's properties set it's "momentary_door to target" as "door1" or whatever your door is called.  When someone stands in the trigger_prescence, it will activate the door.

EDIT:  Ooer!  Beaten to it twice!

Plaguebearer

Best thing to do would be to make all the parts of your door to have the same targetname.

Then make a trigger_multiple brush entity, where the brush covers all the places you want the door to 'sense' people being in, to open. Give the trigger_multiple a target field the same name as your doors' targetname.

Then, when someone steps into the trigger_multiple, it will target and activate the doors.

Yeh, i know thi sshoulda been in valve-erc, but hey, i'm a sucker for mapping questions.

If I'm around, I'm always happy to answer anything in #nsmapping, as well.

Angel

In "C:\Sierra\Half-Life\nstr\Maps" should be some sample .rmfs (and a few .maps). What I did was learn from them, so I advise you to do the same.