How to make fake elevator? Created 7 months ago2024-04-27 09:06:34 UTC by D31V

I'm working on my Half-Life mod and i need to make elevator teleport you to the other one using multi_manager, how can i do it?

Take a look at the trigger_teleport entity guide here: https://twhl.info/wiki/page/trigger_teleport

Note that it will be obvious to the player they they have been teleported, as a trigger_teleport can cover a wide area, but will only sent the player to a single spot, so they will appear to warp to a certain point inside the elevator.

I'm curious as to why you cannot simply use a regular elevator?

The reason why it won't be a normal elevator is because it has doors.

If this is a singleplayer campaign, you can fake the elevator just like how it's done in the HL1 campaign (e.g. the transition from c1ac1 to c1a2, the end of Unforeseen Consequences and start of Office Complex). This is probably the easiest solution.

Basically there's no moving elevator whatsoever. Just a room that looks like an elevator, a set of doors, and a button inside to trigger a trigger_changelevel.
After the level transition you're taken to an identical "elevator" room. An env_shake creates a rumbling and various ambient_generics creates noise, together creating the illusion of movement. Do this for a few seconds, then trigger a ambient_generic with a "ding!" sound and trigger the doors to open.
Add other details/effects to taste.

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If it has to be within one level, then as Urby says a trigger_teleport has no relative offset in vanilla GoldSrc which would be very obvious and immersion-breaking. Additionally, to "toggle" a trigger_teleport you need to use a multisource master as trigger_teleport cannot be triggered on/off directly.

Another solution, which is a lot more complex than the others, is instead of using func_door for the doors you use func_train. Essentially 3 trains moving together to create the elevator.
This sort of setup needs careful timing and path_corner's Fire on Pass key can be of great help with that.

I wrote a tutorial for this, but haven't published it because there's no screenshot yet. If you can work with text alone, here's a snippet:

If your elevator is part of a single level, I'd recommend looking into the example map below.
Note that this particular setup is meant to go to multiple levels; if your elevator only goes from A to B it won't have to be nearly as complex, and the part about changing path_corner targets can be ignored.