Issue with Lockbox

[NeonsStyle]

Heyo,

 

I'm making a lockbox (first one) and found the model, and defined the handle as atdm:lockbox_lever_01,

and then made a top for it out of a brush and tried to define it as atdm:mover_door but it

won't do it. It just remains worldspawn.

 

Is there something I'm missing?

 

Also, I selected a hanging oil lamp from Entity lights and there doesn't seem to be a spawnarg to

adjust it's light radius. How is this done?

 

Thx

 

Ven

[Obsttorte]

Regarding the light: Extinguishable lights have the actual light entity attached to them. The attachment name is usually "flame". If you want to change a spawnarg on an attached entity, you have to use "set spawnarg on attachmentname". In your case it is "set light_radius on flame". Similarely, you can change the light_color using "set _color on flame".

 

Regarding the first issue it would be helpful if you could upload an example map.

[NeonsStyle]

Regarding the light: Extinguishable lights have the actual light entity attached to them. The attachment name is usually "flame". If you want to change a spawnarg on an attached entity, you have to use "set spawnarg on attachmentname". In your case it is "set light_radius on flame". Similarely, you can change the light_color using "set _color on flame".

 

Regarding the first issue it would be helpful if you could upload an example map.

 

Thanks for first part. Take a look at the hanging light in the Barracks, I don't see a flame entity.

 

Also is the chain ok? I needed the lamp to hang lower, so only thing that made sense was a chain. Just not sure if there's a simpler way to do it, it's 2 x 4 patches in X arrangement. all textured with chain texture. Was the only way I could get it visible from all sides.

 

 

 

Thx Ven

Edited September 26, 2014 by Venus

[Tels]

Thanks for first part. Take a look at the hanging light in the Barracks, I don't see a flame entity.

 

The flame entity is spawned during map load, so it doesn't exist in the editor. That is why the complicated "set foo on bar" spawnarg is nec. to change properties of the flame.

 

Also is the chain ok? I needed the lamp to hang lower, so only thing that made sense was a chain. Just not sure if there's a simpler way to do it, it's 2 x 4 patches in X arrangement. all textured with chain texture. Was the only way I could get it visible from all sides.

 

Yes, patches are only visible from one side, so you need both sides (or have one side with a "twosided" texture on it, in that case the game engine will create the other side during map load.

 

As for chains, TDM is a bit lacking in that department. The chains we have are never the right length... It would be cool if there was a chain-prefab where you can cut the chain to the length you need.

[NeonsStyle]

Ahh that explains more of it of why it's not visible in editor (flame). Ok next question re the flame,

are the spawnargs entered just in the entity editor, or do they need to be done in a script?

 

Ahh good, was wondering about chains and alpha channel objects. It looks good in game

from all angles so I guess it's ok.

[Tels]

Ahh that explains more of it of why it's not visible in editor (flame). Ok next question re the flame,

are the spawnargs entered just in the entity editor, or do they need to be done in a script?

 

You can place them in the editor on the "light holder" entity, in this case the torch. The spawnargs will be parsed and applied during loading the map.

 

More info is on the wiki: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Combined_light_entities

[NeonsStyle]

Thanks Tels, now if someone can tell me why the lockbox lid brush can't be defined as an atmd:mover_door it'd

be great. The lid is just a brush placed over the top of the lockbox model.

 

If you aren't sure what I mean, take a look at the map above, it's the lockbox in the guards quarters

(6 beds in there).

[stumpy]

for a normal worldspawn brush you have to select it, right click it, select convert to func_static, then change the func_static into what ever type of mover you need, via the entity window, just click on the classname and select what you need , it will then inherit the properties for that type then you can change them.

Edited September 24, 2014 by stumpy

[NeonsStyle]

Well, that solves that problem.

 

Thanks guys

 

Ven

Edited September 25, 2014 by Venus