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(De)Activating ropes - Darkfire - 02-24-2015
As said in the title. I want to make the rope inactive to make it appear in puzzle later.
I tried deactivating both of the areas (Rope and PosNode), but no luck. Perhaps this isn't possible at all ? In that case maybe you know an entity/static object that I could use. I know there's one for chain, not sure if for rope. Oh, and I can't change it into a chain, it wouldn't make sense at all :\
RE: (De)Activating ropes - MrBehemoth - 02-25-2015
Could you make a rope entity out of billboards? (You could make give it segmented bodies and hinge them. Be sure to make it a grab object so it moves and is switchable.)
RE: (De)Activating ropes - Darkfire - 02-25-2015
And how is that done ? Wouldn't it look like few sticks joined together ?
Ps. I could also make it out of a billboard, but I don't think they can be deactivated.
RE: (De)Activating ropes - MrBehemoth - 02-26-2015
(02-25-2015, 09:05 PM)Darkfire Wrote: Wouldn't it look like few sticks joined together ?Well, yeah, kinda. Depends on how many segments you want to give it. Maybe a static rope would be more convincing.
(02-25-2015, 09:05 PM)Darkfire Wrote: Ps. I could also make it out of a billboard, but I don't think they can be deactivated.Make a switchable entity with a billboard attached to it.
RE: (De)Activating ropes - Mudbill - 02-26-2015
You can also attach the billboard to a light and use FadeLightTo to fade the billboard out, either over time or instantly depending on the values you put.
RE: (De)Activating ropes - Darkfire - 02-26-2015
I'm having a problem with creating the entity. When I open the folder with it in LvlEditor it crashes. I have a billboard, body (material: generic_soft), and it's set to object-static. Perhaps it's because it lacks a mesh ?
RE: (De)Activating ropes - MrBehemoth - 02-26-2015
Yeah, it doesn't like entities without a mesh, so that could be it. Import the block_box mesh and set show/hide mesh in the properties.
RE: (De)Activating ropes - Daemian - 02-27-2015
I would use a copy of the chain entity/staticObject with a rope's texture.
RE: (De)Activating ropes - Darkfire - 02-27-2015
That's an idea... gunna work on this right now
The block_box idea worked perfectly, problem solved.