[SCRIPT / MDL ED] Replace an entity / Creating a lamp

[palistov]

There might be a way to replace the entity. I'd rather not type it all out, so I'll try out some ideas I've had.

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Got it working. Here's what you do.


In the model editor, create your entity with a light attached to its body. Make sure this light's name is "PointLight_1". In your map script, add these two following two lines to OnStart().

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// in this script, your sword is named "sword_light_1"
void OnStart()
{
    FadeLightTo("sword_light_1_PointLight_1", 0, 0, 0, 1, -1, 1.5f);
    SetEntityPlayerInteractCallback("sword_light_1", "PickSword", false);
} 


Next, add this function to the main body of your script

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void PickSword(string &in entity)
{
    FadeLightTo(entity+"_PointLight_1", 1, 1, 1, 1, -1, 1.5f); 
    SwordPickLoop(entity);
}
void SwordPickLoop(string &in timer)
{
    if(!GetPropIsInteractedWith(timer))    
    {
        FadeLightTo(timer+"_PointLight_1", 0, 0, 0, 1, -1, 1.5f);
           return;
     }
     AddTimer(timer, 0.0166f, "SwordPickLoop");
} 


Then, you're good to go! The sword's light will fade in/out over 1.5 seconds when the player picks it up or drops it. Enjoy.