How to bring objects to follow a path?

[Area51]

FIRST: I'm 14 years old and from germany, so my english is not very good ;) I hope that's not a problem for you.

Now my problem: I want an object to follow a path, but i don't know, how. And I also don't understand how to make a trigger to move an object. If I "give" the object the func_button it moves not on a path. Pls help me and maybe you can make some screens or send me a testmap.

[UltimateSniper]

----- Making The Moving Object -----

well you need to make an object that u make 'func_train' and give it a 'name' (like 'movingthing1') and then make a line of path_corner entities which link to eachother like shown below:
(path_corner #1)
name:"movingthing1_path0"
target:"movingthing1_path1"

(path_corner #2)
name:"movingthing1_path1"
target:"movingthing1_path2"

(path_corner #3)
name:"movingthing1_path2"
target:"movingthing1_path0"

that will make a path for the object to go around, then in the func_train you change the 'first stop target' to 'movingthing1_path0' which links the moving block to the path...

----- Adding The Button -----

you make an object and then make it func_button, then change the 'target' to the name of the entity u want to start (like 'movingthing1')


Hope this helps

[Area51]

Yes, this helped a little bit, but the when i want to change the path-corner properties there is no target.

Edit: And the button moves... How to stop that?

[Tras]

Spawnflags of the func_button -> Don't move

[UltimateSniper]

oh now that ive started up the editor i see that:

target = 'Next stop target'

hope this helps

[Area51]

Yes, thx, but i found out now :D I made a path with the Path Tool and there i couldnt find a target-option. But the entity path_corner has got one ;) :)
Thank you much. But you dont know how to make a TV what shows you the picture of a camera? (In nightfire, not real ;) )

[UltimateSniper]

thats impossible, you can only see what a camera is showing as full screen, like in ctf_safe and ctf_towers... theres no real other way to do it

[Area51]

Okay, but thats good, how to do? ;)
(And one more question: is it possible to find out, where people are in the map? Like i can see a map and there are all people marked with red points... thats not important, cause of that is it in ( and ) ;) )

[UltimateSniper]

the player coordinates are stored in memory, and displayed only on screen... there is no in-game function to display player coords. However, the new release of DSS has a player coord map that you can open when you start a server and have players in it

#1: Make a brush and make it a func_button entity which has the 'target' set to something (eg. 'targ1')
#2: Make a trigger_camera with the 'name' set to the 'target' of the func_button ('targ1') and then set the 'target' to something else (eg. 'targ2')
#3: Make an info_target where u want the camera to be pointed at, then set the 'name' to the 'target' of the trigger_camera ('targ2')

hope this helps

however i strongly advise u look at tutorials rather than ask us here, thats why they exist

[Area51]

Yes, but there are 2 things: I dont find the right tutorials and the second is that my english is to bad to understand them.
But thank you so much ;)

And one more question :s :D : How can i make an explosion what is triggered by a button?

Im making a map with a cool secret room and there i need all this things ;) The button-triggered object is good for a door to hide the room ;)

Edit: I tried the trick with the camera out and i could see all things, but the camera hasnt looked to the info_target

[Dynamite]

hey ich hab nen tipp für dich, viele dinge werden zwar von der nightfire-engine vollkommen anders gemacht, aber die wichtigsten eigenschaften findest du auf dieser seite

www.thewall.de

da ist alles perfekt und in deutsch erklärt ...
guck dir die tutorials für half-life an,
damit kommst du schon ganz gut weiter
greetz

[Area51]

thx / danke ;)

[UltimateSniper]

env_explosion and ty dyna for helping

[Area51]

i dont know what "dyna" means, but thank you ;) (And i dont know why you say ty)...

[Smith]

"thank you dynamite"

as in dyna, as in our lovely police officer :)