Hi there fellas!

Was wondering about the door sounds. There are two ways to do it. I did the "simple" method, giving a target and targetname to door+origin, and then this entry in my gsc file:

	thread doorsound1();


doorsound1() 
{ 
	sound = getent("door_wood1","targetname"); 
	doorsound1 = getent ("door_noise1", "target"); 
	doorsound1 waittill ("trigger"); 
	sound playsound("dooropen"); 
	wait (3.8); 
	sound playsound("doorclose"); 
	self thread doorsound1(); 
	return; 
} 

It works fine. I did same thing for locked doors, adding key:angle and value:.01 so doors doesn`t seem to open...Works too.
All in all, I have 48 doors making sound like this, so it makes a whole lot of different targets and targetnames.

I am wondering if the scripted method like the one below would eat less game engine ressources:

	SetupDoors();
}

SetupDoors()
{
	doors = getentarray("rotatingdoor","targetname");
	if(isdefined(doors))
	{
		for(i=0;i<doors.size;i++)
		{
			doors[i] thread SetupDoor();
		}
	}
}

SetupDoor()
{
	left = getent(self.target, "targetname");
	right = getent(left.target, "targetname");
	left thread TriggerDoor(90, self, right);
	right thread TriggerDoor(-90, self, left);
}

TriggerDoor(angle, door, trig)
{
	time = door.time / 800;
	while(1)
	{
		self waittill("trigger", other);
		dme = distance(other getOrigin(), self getOrigin());
		dmh = distance(other getOrigin(), trig getOrigin());
		if(dme > dmh) {
			nangle = 0 - angle;
		} else {
			nangle = angle;
		}
		self triggeron();
		trig triggeron();
		
		// Do the rotation in 2 steps
		// Hold use button to slam the door
		angle8 = nangle / 8;
		time8 = time / 8;

		door playsound("dooropen");

		door rotateto((0, angle8, 0), time8, time8, 0);
		door waittill("rotatedone");
		{
			door rotateto((0, nangle, 0), time - time8, 0, time / 2);
		}
		door waittill("rotatedone");

		self triggeron();
		trig triggeroff();

		self waittill("trigger", other);
		dme = distance(other getOrigin(), self getOrigin());
		dmh = distance(other getOrigin(), trig getOrigin());
		if(dme > dmh) {
			nangle = 0 - angle;
		} else {
			nangle = angle;
		}
		self triggeroff();
		trig triggeron();

		door playsound("doorclose");

		door rotateto((0, 0, 0), time, time / 2, time / 2);

		wait(time-0.1);

		door waittill("rotatedone");
		self triggerOn();
		trig triggerOn();
	}
}

triggerOff()
{
	if (!isdefined (self.realOrigin))
		self.realOrigin = self.origin;

	if (self.origin == self.realorigin)
		self.origin += (0, 0, -10000);
}

triggerOn()
{
	if (isDefined (self.realOrigin) )
		self.origin = self.realOrigin;
}

Could a scripting guru tell me what method is better in comsuming less game ressources, or do they both come down to same thing?

Thank you,

T.E.C.-Leader

I Think The Resources used up by the game will be the same no matter how you do it.

The Secound Section of code is Cleaner and Is What I Would use.

Just My Opinion.

Even though I still haven`t tried it yet, the scripted method seems slightly better, in the way that there are less variables to take into account. As I said, I did not try it yet, as other aspects of the map are still more important to finish in my priority list...I will compare soon though...

Thx,

T.E.C.-Leader