Hi Marshall,

I did that, now am getting this error

http://www.metal-headz.co.uk/error.jpg

getent only works if you use a unique targetname. but you got it 3 times, so either use different targetnames or use getentarray instead (recommended):

trains = getentarray("train", "targetname");

for (t = 0; t < trains.size; t++)
{
thread trains[t] do_something();
}

do_something()
{
// self will refer to a train entity
}

If I use dif targetnames the trains at the back still overtake the ones at the front

How would I alter this code? so I could use one targetname to see if that stops the prob.

main()
{

level thread planes();
}

planes()
{
level.PlaneSpeed = 21;

stuka1 = getent ("stuka1","targetname");
//stuka2 = getent ("stuka2","targetname");
//stuka3 = getent ("stuka3","targetname");

temp = getent (stuka1.target,"targetname");
stuka1.dest = temp.origin;
stuka1.start = stuka1.origin;
stuka1 hide();
//temp = getent (stuka2.target,"targetname");
//stuka2.dest = temp.origin;
//stuka2.start = stuka2.origin;
//stuka2 hide();
//temp = getent (stuka3.target,"targetname");
//stuka3.dest = temp.origin;
//stuka3.start = stuka3.origin;
//stuka3 hide();

wait 2;

while (1)
{
stuka1 thread plane_flyby("stuka_flyby");
//wait .15;
//stuka2 thread plane_flyby("stuka_flyby");
//wait .15;
//stuka3 thread plane_flyby("stuka_flyby");

wait 60;
}
}


plane_flyby(sound)
{
// If you specified a sound to play then play it
if (isdefined (sound))
self playsound (sound);

wait 15;

self show();

self moveto(self.dest, level.PlaneSpeed, 0.1, 0.1);

wait level.PlaneSpeed;

self hide();
self.origin = self.start;
}

edited on Dec. 3, 2008 05:13 pm by 45king

Am really beginning to think that its not possible.

I can get 10 train models moving at the same speed side by side with np, but as soon as I line them up together to make one train the overtake each other.

Why not decrease the speed of each train as you move down the line of cars.

For example:

Train 1 has a speed of 10
Train 2 has a speed of 8
Train 3 has a speed of 6
and so on..

To me it sounds like because they are going the same speed they are catching up to each other. Try slowing the speed of the trains and make it a little slower than the train in front of it and see if that works.

codmp writes...

Its not the speeds in the script beacuse if there like this

http://www.metal-headz.co.uk/t1.bmp

they all arrive at the script origins at the same time without overtaking each other.

But if I line them up like this

http://www.metal-headz.co.uk/t3.bmp

The back train starts over taking the front trains nearly straght away with the same script.

http://www.metal-headz.co.uk/t4.bmp