I need to create a security panel in a wall that rolls back. When the wall opens, a little platform connected to some cylinders will extend and on the platform will be armour. I already have the panels opening correctly. The question concerns the platform - composed of five pieces - that needs to extend.

How should I do this. It seems to me I need a script that activates the platform - probably a func_mover - and that I need to bind the pieces together. Can it be activated with a relay, since I can't script for spit?

it seems to me that you answered your own question. yes, use a func_mover and a trigger_relay to do this and script the func_mover.

You are going to need to use
sys.waitFor(entity)

I can't think of how to do this properly without making a script for it.

The script would be damn easy. You would use either $entname.move (360, 128 ); or $entname.moveTo('0 128 0'); or something like that depending on the distance or the origin you are moving to.

Then, as mentioned before, between each move you want to wait for the first move to be completed.

You know.. this is pretty well explained by a 3DBuzz.com tutorial here: http://www.3dbuzz.com/

Right there on the front page are downloads for the scripting tutorials (a little to the right).

I kinda figgered as much. In the editor I have already bound the entities I want connected to the mover together, but when I run it, in the console I get an error stating that I am trying to run an unknown function. This is the script I have written for it :

// this script initializes a security panel mover

void 1stmover()
{
sys.waitFor($wallpanel_2);
$1stmover.time(1);
$1stmover.moveToPos(32 224 64);
}

void main()
{
1stmover();
}

I'm not sure what the problem is. The wallpanel_2 that I wait for doesn't close, I've set it up as a triggerable door through a console and toggled it not to close. Could this be the problem?

ok... the unknown function part. The easiest way to get rid of this is to name the script in the same directory with the same name as the map. (mapname.map, mapname.script)

Also just to save your map time, don't call to the function in main: call to the function with the trigger relay that gets the panel open.

right on Liquifier. The reason you get an unknown function error is because the map didn't load your script. You can forcable load it with a command in the worldspawn, but you can be assured less trouble by naming them the same name.