[|HSO|Pretsell]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to make a catapult and having a couple of issues... I thought I should air them to see if anyone else has tried anything similar.

This is what i have so far...




the catapult arm is a rotating door with a targetname of 'catapulflip'. that is all working fine apart from the wait key (have messed around with various values, but no joy... the damn thing won't automatically close...



Then on the end of the catapult arm we have 2 triggers. Trigger push to provide the launch ('catapult') and a trigger multiple which targets the door ('catapultflip').

Then we have another trigger just past the push target to close the door again.


There has got to be a simpler and cleaner way of doing this...

Any ideas let me know :)

Thanks for reading,

Pretsell.

[FS Markinho]

Try deleting the wait key and move the closing trigger farther, perhaps it activates too early.. I got it working this way

Btw from notes

Quote

Rotating doors cannot be shot open, and will only close or open if activated
by a player. They will not automatically close after a period either. In
game modes not listed under either gamemode_open or gamemode_shut, the doors
will open and close normally.

[|HSO|Pretsell]

done :p

looking a little bit better now.

not the final design but looking good i think,

http://youtu.be/13M8XZvQjP4

This post has been edited by Pretsell: 06 June 2013 - 12:11 PM

[fr.Biddle]

By the way, your mass seems to not be timed well :>
It falls down while the player is already getting thrown in the air.

[|HSO|Pretsell]

i know >.<

from first person it looks really bad. but when you watch someone launch it looks ok.


at the moment i just have the mass trigger above the push & flip triggers, but i guess this is not enough time.


so how to fix this? target_delay? but what is the correct wait syntax (can't find it documented anywhere)? does 1 = 1 second?

[uJ|Driller]

I remember some english castles in the wood map, symmetric, with 4 catapults in the corners. And you have 3 levels you could fight/run to other side, and also fly with the catapult. But they didnt move, so good job if you got it working!

[thelionroars]

Driller, on 08 June 2013 - 08:26 PM, said:

I remember some english castles in the wood map, symmetric, with 4 catapults in the corners. And you have 3 levels you could fight/run to other side, and also fly with the catapult. But they didnt move, so good job if you got it working!

ut4_kingsgambit_a9 I think.

[uJ|Driller]

^^ Indeed that map should have real catapults too, thanx lionroars

[|HSO|Pretsell]

I had a look at the kings gambit catapult and it is very sexy. might have to copy the design.

But I have made a little progress. I have improved the auto close mechanism.


So rather than having another tigger in the air to close the door. I have added a target replay with the same name as the door. It works really well :)

Edit:


theres the copy :p will modify bucket in final version.

This post has been edited by Pretsell: 22 June 2013 - 06:06 PM