main()
{
thread elevator ();
}

elevator ()
{
ele = getent ("elevator", "targetname");
eles = getent ("elevatorswitch ", "targetname");
while (1)
{
ele waittill ("eles"); 
ele movez (200, 5, 2, 2);
ele waittill ("eles");
ele movez (-200, 5, 2, 2);
ele waittill ("movedone");
}
}

Ok, on this script, my brush moves without waiting for my trigger. In my map i have these settings:

entity/key/value

trigger/target/elevator
trigger/targetname/elevatorswitch
scriptbrushmodel/targetname/elevator

Ok, I can get the script to stop and wait for a trigger, but the trigger that I have set to target it will not trigger the elevator, causing the script to carry out the movement. Any ideas on how I can resolve this? or am I stuck with a brush that moves back and forth nonstop?

Thanks,
-=MO=-Mag-DooM

I would check out the elevator tutorial in the CoD mapping section.

I have, but it didnt help at all. And I'm using the getting started in scrpiting (moving things) tutorial for cod1
But I cant get it to activate by using a trigger. Either the trigger is bad, or the script is bad.

Anyone else have ideas?

-Thanks,
-=MO=-Mag-DooM

PS-I'm not only going to be using this basic script for elevators. I'm going to use it for moving platforms and stuff like that. Thank you

Hello, The problem is this: There isn't in script, the button's triggering, so here is the god script:

main()
{
thread elevator();
}

elevator () 
{ 
ele = getent ("elevator", "targetname"); 
eles = getent ("elevatorswitch", "targetname"); 
while (1) 
{ 
eles waittill ("trigger"); 
ele movez (200, 5, 2, 2); 
ele waittill ("movedone"); 
wait (2);
ele movez (-200, 5, 2, 2); 
ele waittill ("movedone"); 
wait (2);
}
}

try this script instead. i am using it for an elevator and it works great.

make a script_brushmodel. give it the targetname elevatormodel

creat a triger_use give it the targetname elevatorswitch

ad maps\mp\elevator::main(); to yourmap.gsc and put save the script below as elevator.gsc just change the height in the script to fit your needs

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","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", "targetname");
level.elevatorMoving = true;
speed = 2;
height = 840;
wait (0);
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;
}

Ok, I gave up on this topic for awhile and started working on alpha blending. Now im back on it and need help (my problem was never resolved)


pretty much the same as above, accept I'm useing a different script.

main()
{
thread movingplatform
}

movingplatform()
{
platform = getent ("platform","targetname");
platforms = getentarray ("platformswitch","targetname");
while (1)
{
platforms waittill ("trigger");
platform movez (600,10,4,4);
platform waittill ("movedone");
wait (2);
platforms waittill ("trigger");
platform movez (-600,10,4,4);
platform waittill ("movedone");
wait (2);
};
}

My problem is this. Either, A) the platform doesnt wait for trigger, it just keeps going up and down, or B) the platform does not move at all.

What im looking to do is pause the script here:

platforms waittill ("trigger")

and wait for the platforms to be triggered ingame.

and again at the next

platforms waittill ("trigger")

.

But I have a few questions in the meantime.

1) Is trigger a command that COD2 knows, or am I supposed to replace "trigger" with something else (like platforms... maybe redo it to [platform waittill ("platforms")]?)

2) Is there any way I can pause the script to wait for the trigger?

3)(JUST CLARIFYING THIS)-the While (1) means that it fulfills the rest of the script while the platform and platforms are set to getents that are called, correct?

I have a similar problem - I've got these entities:
- a script_brushmodel with targetname "brush0"
- a trigger_damage with targetname "trigger_brush0"

I'm trying to get the brush to move when I shoot at the trigger. Here are the interesting parts of my gsc file:

main()
{	
	maps\mp\_load::main();
	thread brush_control ();
}

brush_control ()
{  
	brush = getent ("brush0", "targetname");
	trig = getent ("trigger_brush0", "targetname");		
	
	while (1) {
		trig waittill ("trigger");
		brush movey (-128, 2, 0.5, 0.5);
		brush waittill ("movedone");
	}
	
	return;
}

The odd symptoms I am getting are:
- I have a mounted machine gun that I shoot at the trigger for a very long time and nothing happens.
- If I throw a grenade at the trigger, immediately the brush moves, then if I shoot it with the mounted gun or even my pistol, the brush will move every time. I haven't set any of the values of my trigger except for classname and targetname.
- If I use devmap to load my map instead of using "Start New Server", it works as expected without having to throw a grenade at the trigger first.

Any ideas?

@ magdoom try this

main()
{
thread movingplatform
}

movingplatform()
{
platform = getent ("platform","targetname");
platforms = getentarray ("platformswitch","targetname");
while (1)
{
platforms waittill ("trigger");
platform movez (600,10,4,4);
platform waittill ("movedone");
wait (2);
platforms waittill ("trigger");
platform movez (-600,10,4,4);
platform waittill ("movedone");
wait (2);
};
}

Forget what I said about getting different behavior when I open using devmap. But I still can't figure out why I have to throw a grenade at my trigger to get it started... ?

ok, not on the right computer to test it atm, but looking over the scripts, i dont see a change at all :?