Newbie DarkRadiant Questions

[ERH+]

Yes I needed a magic detector, showing to player an illusion sigils (not visible to common people). My map Is pretty big city section (and canals, and area behind city walls) so player would need to scour it all once again -someone could get frustrated.

[ERH+]

I want a dropable item with rat model, but when I copy/paste model from ragdoll rat, I have only black cube ingame. Do I need to do a rat model or is there some way to utilise existing one?

[Obsttorte]

Did you try the *normal* model (so not the ragdoll)? Did you dmap? Are there any warnings in the console?

[ERH+]

Is there a rat model, like this snail under nature/animals? I just found model arg in ragdoll rat and copy it to func_static.

[Springheel]

The rat is an md5mesh, so you can't treat it like a regular prop model.

 

The ragdoll rat is already a droppable item, however, so maybe it's better to start with that entity and add whatever other qualities you want.

[ERH+]

Yes but I want it to go to inventory, then player should be able to drop it. Ragdoll have all those 'shoulderable' args and I don't know if I just have to delete them and add inv_xxx args from playertools base.

[Obsttorte]

You could just use the frob_action_script spawnarg, which would be pointing to a script which

• removes the ragdoll
  
• adds a custom item to the players inventory with an appropiate inv_icon
  

If the rat is supposed to be non-dropable, that's it. If not you have to modify the custon item, so that it

• removes itself when beeing dropped
  
• spawns a rat ragdoll instead
  

[Goldwell]

Hey guys,

 

I have been searching through this thread trying to find an answer to my question but I can't quite understand and have tried multiple things which all failed so I would love to have someone explain the following to me.

 

In my map I want a custom sound/music to play at different intervals and I was wondering how you can get a custom sound (that I recorded myself) to play when say I push a button for example.

 

Thanks in advance!

Edited May 21, 2013 by TylerVocal

[Sotha]

Hey! Convert the sound file into .ogg. Check the 'sound file format' entry from the wiki what it should be like.

Then make a soundshader for it, you can check from my LQD .pk4 the folder 'sound' how those are made. File.sndshdr is the file where the definitions are stored.

Then the sound should be visible with the soundshader name in DR when you are creating a speaker.

The speaker needs to have spawnarg 's_waitfortrigger 1'

Then all you gotta do is trigger the speaker using a lever or a button.

[Goldwell]

Hey! Convert the sound file into .ogg. Check the 'sound file format' entry from the wiki what it should be like.

Then make a soundshader for it, you can check from my LQD .pk4 the folder 'sound' how those are made. File.sndshdr is the file where the definitions are stored.

Then the sound should be visible with the soundshader name in DR when you are creating a speaker.

The speaker needs to have spawnarg 's_waitfortrigger 1'

Then all you gotta do is trigger the speaker using a lever or a button.

 

Thank you very much

[someTaff]

how to deal with this issue?

Edited May 21, 2013 by someTaff

[ERH+]

I would like to bind emitter to bobbing entity (ie water circles to bobbing boat, and similar), but emitter animation seems to speed up (or maybe reset), looks like its timer interfering with bobbing entity timing. Is there some solution to get proper animation?

[demagogue]

how to deal with this issue?

 

If I understand what you're posting right (you should make the problem you have explicit just to be sure), one reason light leaks through brushes happens when "noshadows" is "1" on the light, and turning it to "0" would fix it. If it's not that, then I don't know off-hand.

[Obsttorte]

It can also happen if the sides of the brushes that are not seen are textured with caulk. I get this problem from time to time, too. Try to avoid caulk if possible.

bind emitter to bobbing entity

What exactly do you mean? Do you want to *bind* it like attaching it or do you want it to be active depending on the behaviour of the bobbing entity?

[ERH+]

I want emitter to follow other entity, for instance I have func_bobbing with boat model, and both water volume and water waves emitter are bind to boat. Or moving water column falling from water mill wheel, it need water splash emitter moving simultaneously.

[someTaff]

How to use Shadow shader correctly to make shadows?

(used it on patch, converted to funcStatic, supposed to ber a shadow under the table - it didnt wiork out)

[Fidcal]

Not sure but try turning the patch over.

[someTaff]

Hi there! Is there any basic dust particle anywhere around 1.08 ?

And another, how to change color of sfx/colored_light_rays?

Many thanks!

Edited May 22, 2013 by someTaff

[Obsttorte]

There are. Look under tdm_dust or similar.

 

Regarding the colored_light_rays. Convert to func_static and set shaderParm0, 1 and 2 to the RGB values ranging from 0 to 1 or try using _color. shaderParm3 is alpha.

 

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

[someTaff]

Not sure but try turning the patch over.

not working(

[grayman]

not working(

 

It will work if the side of the patch painted with the shadow texture is facing AWAY from the light. I used these in several places in ItN.

[someTaff]

It will work if the side of the patch painted with the shadow texture is facing AWAY from the light. I used these in several places in ItN.

Works fine! Thanks grayman!

[Fidcal]

Erm... But that's why I said turn the patch over which you said didn't work! haha!

[someTaff]

@Fidcal my bad!

[Capela]

An Entity like a torch, can we change the light source, i mean if its to bright for what i need is there a parameter where we can change that?