Custom movable items

[letran]

I'd like a plank of wood to be movable. I've looked through the entities but can't find one. Am i missing it somewhere ?

 

If i create custom movable items, could someone clarify what the wiki says. I create the brush, texture it, add the atdm_movable_base entity and add the spawnargs listed in the 'simple brush movables'

http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Moveables

 

When i map i just get what look like small crates ?? No plank. they move and sound OK though.

 

I've missed something simple i'm sure.

[Springheel]

There are several movable planks. Try under "junk".

[grayman]

I'd like a plank of wood to be movable. I've looked through the entities but can't find one. Am i missing it somewhere ?

 

Create Entity->Moveables->Junk->*plank*

[demagogue]

Aside from using a pre-made one like they're suggesting, in what respect does it look like a small crate? Is it literally the crate entity, or is it just a small cube? Is it an issue with misspelling the entity definition, with the texture scale...? Maybe the brush inadvertently changed into a cube in the entity transition? I'd think about converting the brush into a func_static first (right-click menu IIRC) and then change the entity type.

[letran]

Thanks for the help. Planks now added and looking good.

 

With regard to the boxes (!) they are small dark grey cubes. I didn't do any collision models ? Should I have. I was just following the wiki and I think I did convert them to func_static first. Added the sounds, added weight and density.

If like to know what I did wrong in case I need to create one in future.

 

It's all a steep learning curve at the moment but I'm psyched to produce an immersive map.

[demagogue]

I was thinking missing entity types render as cubes IIRC (I can't remember exactly), which would suggest you somehow made it the wrong entity type, or maybe misspelled it, or the wiki could even have it wrong, or it might have changed since it was written, or who knows... The next thing I'd do is look up an FM that has something like that & open it in DR just to triple check everything (like that early FM that has the moveable brick).

[letran]

I just made the entity class atdm:movable_base as the wiki suggests.

 

If anyone can think what that mission with the movable brick is i'll load that up and investigate.

[demagogue]

It's moveable_base. Is that the issue?

 

You used the other spelling every time in the thread so far & I mentioned a misspelled entity was one possible reason, so I'm guessing that.

[Moonbo]

If anyone can think what that mission with the movable brick is i'll load that up and investigate.

 

I believe it's Heart of Lone Salvation

[Obsttorte]

There is another way to create custom moveables. Use item/custom/custom_grabable_item. Give it the brick as model via the "model" spawnarg. Also create a copy of the brick and texture it collision. Use that as collision model via the spawnarg "clipmodel".

[letran]

It's moveable_base. Is that the issue?

 

You used the other spelling every time in the thread so far & I mentioned a misspelled entity was one possible reason, so I'm guessing that.

 

Sorry, that was just my spelling ! I picked it out the entity list when linking so it should have been right. I'll try some of the other suggestions.

 

incidentally, if this was a weird shape for something that no model had been created for, would Obsttorte's method work OK ?

 

All good info folks. I've been reading Sir Taffs thread of questions and am picking up loads. Seems best to read all these first before doing lots of mapping as it's teaching me how to do things right !