hey all.

ive been building my map for some months now and have finally got two working elevators. There are also a pair of doors for each lift at the top of the elevator shaft, that are in a fixed position, dont move with the elevator.
Now at the moment you open the doors seperate from the control of the lift which i dont like.
Can anyone tell me how i could sync the lift doors with the control switch for the lift, so when you press the button to call the lift the doors open as the lift arrives?

thanks

maybe you could link the doors to the trigger of your elevator. So if your elevator takes 6 seconds to reach the top, just script your elevator doors to open 6 seconds after the trigger is triggered. I'm not expert at scripting, but it sounds like a shabby way to get it done. I'm not sure how you'd go about boarding the elevator though...maybe a better scripter(RICSTA? RASTA?) might be able to help you out with this.

Hi md, if you download my last map for CODuo called Heavy water Plant (CODuo maps section) take a look at the .gsc I have in there for the lift. I have remarked all the function lines indicating what they do so you should be able to understand it after a bit of study.

Watch out for the missing sound file in that pk3, there is a link for a quick fix.

regards doa

ok thanks...i think that should work.

each of my lifts have double doors top and bottom but i should

be able to figure it out...ill post again if i get stuck

ok im not sure how to do this but this is the script as ive edited so far. As each of my lifts has two doors top and two at the bottom. Is there a way i can use my existing lift gsc file somewhere in this script?

main()
{
thread gate_init();
}
gate_init(){
level.gatemoving=false;
level.gate1 = getent("lift1top","targetname");
level.gate2 = getent("lift1bottom","targetname");

level.gate3 = getent("lift2DL","targetname");
level.gate4 = getent("lift2DR","targetname");

level.trig = getentarray ("lift1doors","targetname");

if (isdefined(level.trig))
for (i=0;i level.trigthread gate_handler();
}

gate_handler() {
while (1) {
self waittill ("trigger");
if (!level.gatemoving)
thread move_gate();
wait(1);
}
}
move_gate() {
level.gatemoving = true;
level.gate1 movez (83,2,0.5,0.5); //the top doors open
level.gate2 movez (-59,2,0.5,0.5);
wait (10); //this is the time to get in lift at top
level.gate1 movez (-83,2,0.5,0.5); //the top doors close
level.gate2 movez (59,2,0.5,0.5);
wait (14);
level.gate3 rotateto ((0,-90,0),2); //the lower doors open
level.gate4 rotateto ((0,90,0),2); //the lower doors open
wait (10);
level.gate3 rotateto ((0,90,0),2); //the lower doors close
level.gate4 rotateto ((0,-90,0),2); //the lower doors close

wait (3);
level.gatemoving=false;
}

You can add more to a script by calling a new thread. The thread your calling in this script is 'thread gate_init();'

You can add a line such as thread elevator(); then add the new script at the bottom of the existing script, so:

main()
{
thread gate_init();
thread elevator();
}
gate_init(){
level.gatemoving=false;
level.gate1 = getent("lift1top","targetname");
level.gate2 = getent("lift1bottom","targetname");

level.gate3 = getent("lift2DL","targetname");
level.gate4 = getent("lift2DR","targetname");

level.trig = getentarray ("lift1doors","targetname");

if (isdefined(level.trig))
for (i=0;i
level.trigthread gate_handler();
}

gate_handler() {
while (1) {
self waittill ("trigger");
if (!level.gatemoving)
thread move_gate();
wait(1);
}
}
move_gate() {
level.gatemoving = true;
level.gate1 movez (83,2,0.5,0.5); //the top doors open
level.gate2 movez (-59,2,0.5,0.5);
wait (10); //this is the time to get in lift at top
level.gate1 movez (-83,2,0.5,0.5); //the top doors close
level.gate2 movez (59,2,0.5,0.5);
wait (14);
level.gate3 rotateto ((0,-90,0),2); //the lower doors open
level.gate4 rotateto ((0,90,0),2); //the lower doors open
wait (10);
level.gate3 rotateto ((0,90,0),2); //the lower doors close
level.gate4 rotateto ((0,-90,0),2); //the lower doors close

wait (3);
level.gatemoving=false;
}
elevator() {


ELEVATOR SCRIPT GOES HERE!


}

dont i have to put the lift script at a certain point in the gsc file above for the lift to move at the right time? like after the top two doors close?



edited on Feb. 17, 2006 05:22 pm by Maddogg8472

Post your elevator script!

ok but b4 i do i did try pasteing it into the space but when i ran map i got a script compile error - bad syntax i think.

main() {
level.elevatorDown = true; // elevator starts at bottom: true/false
level.elevatorMoving = false; // elevator is not currently moving
thread elevator_start();
}

elevator_start() {
elevator = getentarray ("elevatorswitch_1","targetname");


if ( isdefined(elevator) )
for (i = 0; i < elevator.size; i++)
elevator thread elevator_think();
}

elevator_think() {
while (1) {
self waittill ("trigger");
if (!level.elevatorMoving)
thread elevator_move();
}
}

elevator_move() {
elevatormodel = getent ("elevatormodel_1", "targetname");
level.elevatorMoving = true;
speed = 8;
height = 608;
wait (1);
if (level.elevatorDown) { // moves to top
elevatormodel playsound ("elevator1"); // sound definition for soundaliases.csv
wait (1); // wait a second to hear the motor start and then start the movement of the lift - feels more realistic
elevatormodel movez (height, speed);
elevatormodel waittill ("movedone");
level.elevatorDown = false;
}
else { // moves to bottom
elevatormodel playsound ("elevator1"); // sound definition for soundaliases.csv
wait (1); // wait a second to hear the motor start and then start the movement of the lift - feels more realistic
elevatormodel movez (height - (height * 2), speed);
elevatormodel waittill ("movedone");
level.elevatorDown = true;
}
level.elevatorMoving = false;
}



edited on Feb. 17, 2006 05:39 pm by Maddogg8472

ok im still stuck on the lift doors, but heres my latest attempt which doesnt work.

But the lower lift doors open but only the left one of these doors close. lift goes up but then it just sits at the top and nothing else happens. Eventually the lift goes back down again.....
can anyone help here please

main()
{
thread gate_init();

}
gate_init(){
level.gatemoving=false;
level.gate1 = getent("lift2DL","targetname");
level.gate2 = getent("lift2DR","targetname");
level.gate3 = getent("lift1bottom","targetname");
level.gate4 = getent("lift1top","targetname");
level.gate5 = getent("elevatormodel_2","targetname");
level.trig = getentarray ("elevatorswitch_2","targetname");

if (isdefined(level.trig))
for (i=0;i level.trigthread gate_handler();
}

gate_handler() {
while (1) {
self waittill ("trigger");
if (!level.gatemoving)
thread move_gate();
wait(1);
}
}
move_gate() {
level.gatemoving = true;
level.gate1 rotateto ((0,-90,0),2); //the bottom left door opens
level.gate2 rotateto ((0,90,0),2); //the bottom right door opens
wait (10); //this is the time to get in lift at top
level.gate1 rotateto ((0,0,0),2); //the bottom left door closes
level.gate1 rotateto ((0,0,0),2); //the bottom right door closes
wait (4);
level.gate5 movez (608,8,0,0,6); //the lift moves up
level.gate1 waittill ("movedone");
level.gate2 waittill ("movedone");
level.gate3 movez (-59,2,0.5,0.5); //top door lower opens
level.gate4 movez (83,2,0.5,0.5); //top door upper opens
wait (10);
level.gate3 movez (59,2,0.5,0.5); //top door lower closes
level.gate3 movez (-83,2,0.5,0.5); //top door upper closes
wait (4);
level.gate5 movez (-608,8,0,0,6); //the lift goes back down
level.gate1 waittill ("movedone");
level.gate2 waittill ("movedone");
level.gate1 rotateto ((0,-90,0),2); //the bottom left door opens
level.gate2 rotateto ((0,90,0),2); //the bottom right door opens
wait (10);
level.gate1 rotateto ((0,0,0),2); //the bottom left door closes
level.gate1 rotateto ((0,0,0),2); //the bottom right door closes
//wait (3);

level.gatemoving=false;
}