Hmm can’t get basic black smoke to work… like it does on the tank in Goldrush.
Entity Parameters:
classname: Target_smoke
targetname: bridge_smoke
origin XYZ (correct)
smokeon is selected
black color selected
script has “setstate bridge_smoke default” in the spawn and a few other
places like a trigger setup.
Any ideas?
does it actually need to point somewhere real or is this merely a placeholder?
Thanks alot.
If you have “setstate bridge_smoke default” in your script, then your target_smoke has to have a scriptname “bridge_smoke”.
where do u want the smoke, cause if u just want smoke from a fire, put the target_smoke entity above the fire and check the smoke on button and the color(black/white)
Do u have the smoke setstate set to default?
Or could u post a bit of the script in here
At first I tried using only the parameters in the target_smoke object but that didn’t work. Setting smokeon and black wasn’t enough to cause it to function as mentioned in my first post.
Chavo_one was correct, as there was a small script in goldrush pertaining to the smoke (called tank_smoke).
I still haven’t got it working after setting smokeon and using the script, but it’s just a matter of time before I figure it out.
Doc
Just trigger the target_smoke to toggle it on/off.
from scripting with alertentity <targetname>
(you might want to use a target_relay between script and smoke entity)
from other entities the normal way.
Why would you want to use the old RtCW way of alert_entity->target_relay->target_smoke, when you can use the new and much simpler way of setstate->target_smoke?!
You don’t have to use target_relay, using alertentity directly on the target_smoke works fine.
Hence
If you want to toggle the smoke from its present state -> use alertentity or an entity triggering the target_smoke.
If you want to set the smoke to a known state -> use setstate.
Toggling with setstate or setting a known state with alertentity requires you to keep track of the present state with variables.
http://user.tninet.se/~fzo823r/smoke.htm
btw, I just made a smoke reference page with pics of the effect of different keyvalues etc. Do you know about changing the angle while in game? (No5) I can’t get it to work. 