Newbie DarkRadiant Questions

[Fidcal]

Try creating a small nodraw func_static brush and bind the entity to it.

[Fidcal]

Not had time to read this but a quick search at bloodgate found...

 

http://bloodgate.com/mirrors/tdm/pub/doc/#entity-atdm:prop_spider_ceiling

[Melan]

Doesn't the nodraw impede player movement? I wouldn't want that to happen.

[Springheel]

I'll have to check and see, as I don't remember now, but I'm pretty sure I made a small dummy object that you can def_attach to a spider to make them hang. The behaviour is still a bit buggy (The spider's bounding box stretches all the way to the ground, so players can't walk underneath. Looks decent at a distance though.

 

You can also set off the animation with a trigger.

[Serpentine]

buggy... spider...

[Melan]

That's wrong. Spiders, being arachnidae, are not bugs.

 

If the setup is still buggy, I'll probably skip this for the time; plus it looks a bit too complex for me at the moment.

[Springheel]

It's not complicated--you just need to add "def_attach" "something" to the entity. That replaces his regular idle with the ceiling hang until he's alerted. But the issue of not being able to walk underneath is a problem depending on where you put them.

[ocn]

Not to brag or anything... But I have this fan... (crowd remains quiet) Ahem... And I want the blades to rotate. Now, I would bet my left pinky toe that I've seen this done, but I can't figure out how. So, how?

[Fidcal]

Doesn't the nodraw impede player movement? I wouldn't want that to happen.

No. You're thinking of nodraw_solid of which there are several for different impact sounds. Ordinary nodraw is not solid.

[Fidcal]

Not to brag or anything... But I have this fan... (crowd remains quiet) Ahem... And I want the blades to rotate. Now, I would bet my left pinky toe that I've seen this done, but I can't figure out how. So, how?

Make it this entity:

 

darkmod > Func > movers > func_rotating

 

By default it rotates around the vertical z axis or you can set x_axis or y_axis to 1 to rotate round those axes.

Set also:

speed

start_on (1 or 0)

invert_on_trigger (1 or 0)

 

You can trigger it from anything eg, a lever, objective, whatever. The invert_on_trigger setting will determine if it always goes the same way or the opposite way on alternate triggerings.

[Springheel]

It's not complicated--you just need to add "def_attach" "something" to the entity.

 

Ok, the actual line is "def_attach" "atdm:prop_spider_ceiling".

[Sotha]

2) On an unrelated note, how can entities be suspended in mid-air until the player grabs them?

 

Hm. Howsabout "nodrop 1"?

[Melan]

Thanks for your answers! My next question: how to implement a custom player map? I've got the source DDS file and the inventory icon, but examining FMs with maps in them, I don't see how they did it.

1) It looks like there is a map_area.gui file that, editing in my file name, looks like this:

windowDef Desktop {
rect 	0, 0, 640, 640
nocursor 1

windowDef background_map {
 rect 	40, -20, 560, 500
 background "guis/assets/maps/areamap-rttc2"
 visible 1
}
}

Will that work with a 1024x1024 map or is there something else to do?

2) How to actually put the map into the level? A custom readable? A special GUI file? Something else?

[Fidcal]

Here's the info for the one in the startpack for an in-game map.

 

http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Startpack_Mappers%27_Guide#Adding_an_In-game_Map_to_your_FM

[Melan]

Thanks again! That will prove most useful. I forgot it was in the startpack...

[Shadowhide]

why map crashing while loading when I add atdm:target_startconversation (dmapped succesfull) ?

Edited December 28, 2010 by Shadowhide

[Fidcal]

What error is reported in the console?

[Shadowhide]

What error is reported in the console?

nevermind,I fix that. Now I got working conversaion with 1 actor

 

how blend 2 textures on patch ?

 

what the hell is that ?

 

Edited December 30, 2010 by Shadowhide

[Aprilsister]

Whatever it is is looks cool and weird and horrible and...

 

btw, how far along would you say you were as far as a finished mission goes?

[Shadowhide]

btw, how far along would you say you were as far as a finished mission goes?

 

? I dunno,lot of work with architecture and editor learning

[Shadowhide]

anyone want replay my questions ?

[Fidcal]

You can't easily blend two textures on a patch in Doom3. Alternatives are a model with vertex blending, a custom texture that combines two textures, a 'crumb' texture like some of the dirt and grass decals is a bodged blend. This is a big question with no quick answer and it depends what you are trying to do exactly.

 

Are you asking what that vampire bat like shadow is in your image? If it is the lantern shadow then set the lantern model to noShadows 1. Almost all light models want that because the light is diffused around them so the only shadows would be very faint and soft.

[Shadowhide]

I just want tutorial dedicated to blending 2 textures on patch without custom models/textures

 

PS I just open training mission in DR and fall from the chair when I seen nothing exept caulk brush in floor of archery training area(where stone and grass blended) same thing in NHAT 3 in forest area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AluminumHaste]

I just want tutorial dedicated to blending 2 textures on patch without custom models/textures

 

PS I just open training mission in DR and fall from the chair when I seen nothing exept caulk brush in floor of archery training area(where stone and grass blended) same thing in NHAT 3 in forest area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He answered your question though, you can't apply two textures to one patch.

[nbohr1more]

Both of those examples are models with caulk brushes to prevent leaks and improve AI pathfinding. Doom 3 doesn't natively support vertex blended textures except on models. The effect you are trying to achieve will likely require some work in Blender unless Fidcal's "grass-edge" solution is sufficient for your needs.