(De)Activating ropes

[Darkfire]

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 :\

[MrBehemoth]

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.)

[Darkfire]

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.

[MrBehemoth]

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.

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.

[Mudbill]

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.

[Darkfire]

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 ?

[MrBehemoth]

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.

[Daemian]

I would use a copy of the chain entity/staticObject with a rope's texture.

[Darkfire]

That's an idea... gunna work on this right now

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The block_box idea worked perfectly, problem solved.