Is there a good script that can remove a manhole. I was looking at the door tuts and it isnt really working for me. I want to be able to remove a manhole. Is there a script that does this? Basically pick the manhole up a bit and then put to the side. thx

you could do something like...

manhole()
{
trig  = getentarray("cover_trig", "targetname");
for(i=0;i<trig.size;i++)
trig[i] thread cover_think();	
}

cover_think()
{
self.cover = getent(self.target, "targetname");
self.open = getent(self.cover.target, "targetname");

self waittill(trigger);

self.cover movez(2, 1, .25,  .15);
self.cover waittill( "movedone" );
self.cover moveto(self.open.origin, 2, .25 ,.15);
self.cover waittill("movedone");
}

this is a very simple and should work... of course i just through it together so look for syntax issues.

It is set up as an array script so you can have multiple sewer grates (i assumed you would enter and exit different ones)

in radiant, make your sewer grate 2units thick and flush with the ground, and this should lift it up and slide it to a script origin.

have a trig target the cover, which targets an origin and it should work.

Hopefully this helps , but being i am a little late you may have a gotten another fix by now.

Give this a try.

main()
{
	thread  manHole();
}

manHole()
{
	trig = getEnt ( "NAME HERE", "targetname" );
	manHole = getEnt ( "NAME HERE", "targetname" );
	
	while(1)
	{
		trig waittill ( "trigger" );
		trig delete();
		manHole moveZ ( 4, 1, 0.5, 0.5 );		//move the manhole up (distance, speed, accel, decel)
		manHole waittill ( "movedone" );		
		manHole rotateYaw ( 180, 1, 0.5, 0.5 );		//(distance, speed, accel, decel)(X = rotateRoll, Y = rotatePitch, Z = rotateYaw)
		manHole waittill ( "rotatedone" );
	}
}

Just remember:
The trigger and the manhole have different targetnames.
The trigger is NOT connected to the manhole.
The manhole has an origin (texture) on one of it's edges, so it has a hinge, and knows what point to rotate from.
The origin is part of your script_brushmodel family for the manhole.


edited on Mar. 20, 2011 01:33 pm by DeekCiti

Nevermind, this is OLD.