Global Trams Created 19 years ago2005-07-24 12:49:29 UTC by Slayerwraith

I need a quick explanation on how to make the same entity (func_tracktrain) have a 'Global status' and move on to the next level. Like how they did in the beginning of HL1. Please help.

It's not good to do this, but suspiciously looks around you might decompile the Hl1 maps with teh tram and look how it was done...

I don't think I have the right tools to do that

Get them, then. Have a look at the Links page.

Daub., I think it's generally considered acceptable to peek at VALVe's stuff.

got the tools, looked at the maps, and still made no sense

I think they its a one way transition, so that means you respawn in a new train each time you changelevel. You tryed that?

Yes, I've been doing that thus far, but only becuase I couldn't do it before. But I want to do it this way becuase if you changelevel and put a new train in, your player drops for a split second and appears inside the new tram, so you have to raise the first tram up higher or second tram lower so you have free falling space.... and I don't want that

You notice every load point the tram has to accelerate again and makes the sound.. I would just make a new tram every level and make a trigger_auto start it right when you load up. Go in close to make the start just 1 unit off of the start of the tram.. 0 and you may get stuck, but the 1 unit fall shouldnt be that noticable

or you could give the tram a global name, in the level you switch to copy and paste tram and set it up and all that and give it the same global name. And put it in the same position as the other tram where it ends. But the grimreafer's solution does the same thing

Yep.. Use 2 different trams.. It would be the easyest...

ok i waS MAKING THE SAME THING :
1: make you train give a name and a GLOBAL NAME
2:put both train in the 2(of more) maps the train goes to
make sure the names mach and it worked for me
that way it will go through level change!!

thanks!

So simple! I'm speachless!!!

or you could give the tram a global name, in the level you switch to copy and paste tram and set it up and all that and give it the same global name. And put it in the same position as the other tram where it ends. But the grimreafer's solution does the same thing

ok i waS MAKING THE SAME THING :
1: make you train give a name and a GLOBAL NAME
2:put both train in the 2(of more) maps the train goes to
make sure the names mach and it worked for me
that way it will go through level change!!

seadao, i had posted the same thing on 25th

Yea but his was simpler