Need help on a transport portal

(mr yellow needle) #1

Im making a map and need a transportation portal(i think theyre called portals but when it takes you from one place and puts you somewhere else on the map) but i need the player to first push a button then i about 6 rings to come out of the ceiling then be transported… how would i do this? i know how to get the rings to come after you press the button but how would i delay the transport?

(Mr_Tickles) #2

Your making a stargate mod aren’t you!

Edit:

Sorry, ignore this post, useless information

(MadJack) #3

target_invisible_user on the button that will call the 6 rings to move (with a path_corner from one position to the other for each ring). You can probably setstate those rings invisible at start of map and change their state as the button is pushed. Same for the teleporter.

HTH

(Mr_Tickles) #4

Now that I think of it, I seem to remember a hidden level called “Space” in Quake II. They had the same thing as what you’re talking about. The way they did it was by moving the ground the player was standing on upwards, and into the portal. The rings were thick enough so as to not make it too obvious that the ground moved. Lol, you could even make the ground mover out of caulk which would make it appear as if the player was being sucked upwards.

(mr yellow needle) #5

no its not a stargate map but i do love stargate which is where i go the idea and it ties in with the map im making. But i know how to move the rings and do the button… what i need help with is waiting for the player to be teleported until the rings have moved all the way down… they come from the cieling, surround the player… then transpot in case you were confused on what was going to happen… thanks for all replies

(mr yellow needle) #6

o sry i accidently logged in under teh wrong name but mr yellow needle and lildrblerr2009 are both me

(Mr_Tickles) #7

Well, I don’t know if you read my last post but you could make the ground the player is standing on act like a lift. This life could then lift the player into the portal that you have quite niftily placed above.

(mr yellow needle) #8

yes i had seen the post but i didnt get it but now i understand what you mean and il give it a try but if anyone knows how to delay the transport please help

(LaggingTom) #9

add a wait in the script for the lift until the rings finish their movement.

(MadJack) #10

I’m not too sure I understand about the waiting player… The way I understand it, leave the rings down for say… 5 secs, then have those go back where they belong. Maybe the player wants to wait a bit or changes his mind…

(LaggingTom) #11

If he changes his mind, and runs at the rings, he should go squish!

(MadJack) #12

Yeah sucker should have gone when it was time :smiley:

(joop sloop) #13

just setstate invisible the teleportal entities, and setstate them on after the rings are in place?

(mr yellow needle) #14

thatnks joop slopp i never thought of that but im not much of a scriptor so but anyway mad jack here is a little movie some guy made that shows the rings… its just the first bit

(Mr_Tickles) #15

Lol, you’re nuts!

(mr yellow needle) #16

no im not nuts its just the rings tie in with the theme of my map and would be a big feature to the objectives unless you wanted to climb a ladder about 40-80 feet!!!

(Mr_Tickles) #17

Cool, sounds great anyway, I love Stargate also and would love to see the rings in action. I’d also love to see a Stargate mod, but I’m pretty sure that’d be rather difficult to get permission for :frowning:

(mr yellow needle) #18

actually it wouldnt but youd have to wait til i think jan- feb next year!! the copyright goes out and as long as they dont buy the rights back its free domain!!! which would KICK A**… but also if anyone could help me with a prefab from the movie i linked to it would help greatly

(Mr_Tickles) #19

Woah! I’m tempted to start work right now on at least something for it. Sorry bout the prefab. I’m not that far into things yet…

(mr yellow needle) #20

well it alright but i could use a prefab of just about everything because i cant model anything except buildings and little things like tables etc etc but im tempted to turn this into a stargate map/mod so please send me anything you wish to offer… im on AIM as lildrbler2009 or my email is lildrbler@yahoo.com… and thanks everyone for the quick posts!