I know it is possible to change the player's origin but how can I move the player applying the game's velocity engine? Like when you get knockback or gravity applied. Any idea if this is possible?

Impossible? Oh well.

get the players origin and spawn a blank script_model at that location

then link the player to that script_model

use the movegravity command to move the script_model

wait unitl movedone

then unlink the player from the script_model

Impossible???


I put a trigger Multiple in my map, named it move_trigger
This will be the trigger that initiates moving the player

I put a Pathnode on the ground, named it playerfallpos
This will be Position the player is moved to so put it far away from the trigger

Then I wrote a Script Like This:

move_player()
{
level.player freezeControls(true); // optional
startnode = spawn("script_origin",level.player.origin);
startnode.angles = level.player.angles;
level.player linkto (startnode);
tempnode = getnode("playerfallpos", "targetname");
landnode = tempnode.origin;
startnode moveTo(landnode, .25, 0, 0);
startnode waittill ("movedone");
level.player unlink();
level.player freezeControls(false);  // optional
wait 1; 
startnode delete();
}

This should work I havent Tested It Fully.
But Im Confident that it should do the job or at least get You started.

I LOVE MAPPING/SCRIPTING

Brent:
I mean't with collision and gravity, falloff etc..

Stryder:
Glad you understood what I mean't but there are two things wrong with this.. the player has no control over walking around as they are pushed and if you've tried this before you'd notice when you use movegravity on a spawned script_model it goes right through the ground.

..couldn't get quotes to work properly...

edited on Feb. 3, 2006 05:49 pm by earth

What I showed You Earth is SP stuff. You see I cant Get SP Crap Out Of My Head.
But If You Looked Closer To Even The SP Script You would See Its Pretty Much there. If NOt. Its Close.

Hmmmmmm. Move Player MP....Off The top Of My Head....

move_player()
{
trig = getent ("move_trigger","targetname");
trig waittill ("trigger");
players = getentarray("player", "classname");
for(i = 0; i < players.size; i++)
{
startnode = spawn("script_origin",players[i].origin);
startnode.angles = players[i].angles;
players[i] linkto (startnode);
tempnode = getent("move_here", "targetname");
landnode = tempnode.origin;
startnode moveTo(landnode, .25, 0, 0);
startnode waittill ("movedone");
players[i] unlink();
}
thread move_player();
}  

Maybe.........Test It Let Me Know ... OK.
Should still have control while moving.
This Has got to get you going in the right direction.
And I'm Toooooooo Busy To dig into this any further.
Enjoy.

Moveto moves you in a straight line with no gravity or collision. I'm wanting the sort of way you go went you get knockback. If you turn up the knockback and throw a grenade it is a lot more noticable.

you could try to script an explosion with an invisible effect and no damage, that explodes and blows you back...
that would give the knockback effect :)
Just trigger the explosion with a trigger somewhere...

(Don't ask me exactly how to do it, I don't know :))