Anyone know how to make a door handle ( misc/model ) to be able to move with the door as it opens and closes? I'd like to add door handles to the doors I have because they look pretty bare right now and a little goofy without door handles.

Do I have to make a door prefab of it already built? If so, do I have to make the trigger with the prefab as well? Making a prefab isn't necessary though because I can make one door and duplicate it for all the doors in my map, once I make one. Just need to know how to link a model to a moving brushmodel.

See this thread.

It has scripts to make the door move, how to link the door handle, and how to add sound to the door.

Yeah, I saw that post, but its not clear enough on how to do it. There are pieces of the tut. all over the thread. Not easy to follow and parts of scripts tossed about.

Guy says to add this to the existing script, which is fine, but doesn't say where in the script to add it...

self.doorhandle = getent(self.doormodel.target, "targetname");
self.doorhandle linkto(self.doormodel);

or

self.doorhandle = getent(self.doormodel.target, "targetname");
self.doorhandle enablelinkto();
self.doorhandle linkto(self.doormodel);

Also doesn't explain how to link the handle to the door in radiant. He briefly explains how to set up the door, which I know how to do, but NOT how to set up the handle.

What I'm guessing you have to do is right click the 2D screen and make a script_model of the door handle. (One of the door handle models) Place it. Assuming I already have my Door + Origin + Trigger set up already. Select the Door, then the Door Handle and hit "W" to weld them. A red line should appear, not blue. Correct? Then in the script, it would look something like this...

main()
{
	thread door();
}

door()
{
	doortrigger = getentarray("doortrig","targetname");
	for(i=0;i<doortrigger.size;i++)
	{
		doortrigger [i] thread door_think();
	}
}

door_think()
{
	self.doormoving = false;
	self.doorclosed = true;
	self.doormodel = getent(self.target, "targetname");
        self.doorhandle = getent(self.doormodel.target, "targetname");
        self.doorhandle enablelinkto();
        self.doorhandle linkto(self.doormodel);
		while (1)
		{
			self waittill("trigger");
			if(!self.doormoving)
			self thread door_move();
		}
}

door_move()
{
	self.doormoving = true;
	if(self.doorclosed)
	{
		self.doormodel playsound ("dooropen");
		self.doormodel rotateyaw(-90, 1, 0.5, 0.5);
		self.doormodel waittill("rotatedone");
		self.doorclosed = false;
	}
	else
	{
		self.doormodel playsound ("doorclose");
		self.doormodel rotateyaw(90, 1, 0.5, 0.5);
		self.doormodel waittill("rotatedone");
		self.doorclosed = true;
	}
	self.doormoving = false;
}

I get an error on Map load





Not sure what else to try here...

edited on Apr. 24, 2008 03:57 am by DeekCiti

You have several options;

1) Place the "doorhandle" in the editor and link it to the door.
Then call it in script with doorhandle = self.target

2) use the linkto function in script eg..doorhandle linkto(door)

As far as placement of the code snippet you place it where you want your "handle" to link to the "door", basically before the actual movement.

ok, lol... How? is the grand question here. How do you properly link it to the door in Radiant... That is all I've been simply asking the whole time. You just need to be more descriptive on that part there...

I'm obviously doing something wrong in the editor. I'm linking the handle to the door through the method in my last post. What I was asking there in my last post is if that was the proper way to link the handle to the door in Radiant or not? I was also asking in my last post if this is the proper placement of your code snippet in the door script.

main()
{
	thread door();
}

door()
{
	doortrigger = getentarray("doortrig","targetname");
	for(i=0;i<doortrigger.size;i++)
	{
		doortrigger [i] thread door_think();
	}
}

door_think()
{
	self.doormoving = false;
	self.doorclosed = true;
	self.doormodel = getent(self.target, "targetname");
        self.doorhandle = getent(self.doormodel.target, "targetname");
        self.doorhandle linkto(self.doormodel);
		while (1)
		{
			self waittill("trigger");
			if(!self.doormoving)
			self thread door_move();
		}
}

door_move()
{
	self.doormoving = true;
	if(self.doorclosed)
	{
		self.doormodel playsound ("dooropen");
		self.doormodel rotateyaw(-90, 1, 0.5, 0.5);
		self.doormodel waittill("rotatedone");
		self.doorclosed = false;
	}
	else
	{
		self.doormodel playsound ("doorclose");
		self.doormodel rotateyaw(90, 1, 0.5, 0.5);
		self.doormodel waittill("rotatedone");
		self.doorclosed = true;
	}
	self.doormoving = false;
}

Because no matter what I do I still get the same error on Map Load that I got in my last post.