How do i: spawn a gib and delete it 10s later

[Bikerdude]

Evening

 

I would like to spawn a gib, let it drop into some water and then after 10 seconds or so delete it from the game. I would also like the spawning to be sorta random.

 

ta.

[grayman]

Random in what way? The gib that gets spawned, or the origin it's given, or something else?

 

If you let a script handle it, the script spawns the gib, waits enough time for it to drop, then waits 10 more seconds, then removes the gib. If you want to handle more than one gib, the script can deal with each of them separately.

 

If you don't want to use a script, then you could hide the gib in your blue room, teleport it in when you need it, and let it fall into a trigger_once_entityname in the water that's looking for it. Put a 10 second delay on that trigger, and target it to a func_remove targeted at the gib. Do this for each gib.

 

That's two methods. Perhaps other folks can suggest even more.

[Sotha]

Yeps, script would be like:

 

Entity e=sys.spawn ("moveablegib");

E.setOrigin (location);

(Possibly need to sys.target e here to make sure that the physics activate)

Sys.wait (10);

E.remove ();

[Goldwell]

As for the random part I am unsure but in terms of spawning it and moving it.

 

I would just create some gibs in a room not accessible to the player, teleport the gib to an area and start a trigger once/multiple that has a 10 second delay which teleports it back to the room.

 

That would be the easiest way without having to script but i'm unsure how you would solve the random placement part

[Bikerdude]

@Gman/Sotha

 

Could one of you whip a basic map with what you suggested? I find much easier to grasp a concept when i can see it etc.

[grayman]

Random in what way? The gib that gets spawned, or the origin it's given, or something else?

 

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[RJFerret]

If it's a random teleport position, there's a spawnarg for that:

"teleport_random_offset" "5 5 0"

[Bikerdude]

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as in not a regular spawning every 10 sec etc.

[RJFerret]

Ah, so it should spawn over and over again repeatedly, not just once? Does it do it from map start?

 

I'd use a trigger_timer for that, which allows for the duration to be randomized.

 

spawnargs: "wait 10", "random 3", "start_on 1" <-- this would make it happen anywhere from 7-13 seconds at map start

 

http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Triggers#trigger_timer

[grayman]

@Gman/Sotha

 

Could one of you whip a basic map with what you suggested? I find much easier to grasp a concept when i can see it etc.

 

Not enough info.

 

Please describe what you want to happen.

[Bikerdude]

@Gman, I am gonna add you to the PM.