blinking func_illusionaries? Created 14 years ago2009-10-20 06:00:41 UTC by psilous

is there some means of making a func_illusionary that can appear and disappear (visually) ??

or some other entity that can be walked through that will create a similar effect?

Been a while since I've mapped for GoldSource, but can you use an env_render to toggle the visibility of a func_illusionary?

YES! Actually.. thank you! omg, i didn't even think of that..

more specifically the flag "norendermode" lol.

thank you sir!

I do what I can!

ok though.. another question.. not to familiar with these..

how would i go about toggeling the effect from off to back on.

if i attempt to hit the same env_render it just remains it off.. do i need to set up a second one and a change target?

also.. i cant seem to trigger the env_render through a multi_manager

what am i doing wrong here, please help?

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heres the scenario what i'd like to have happen.. (mour or less what i have it set at now)

button >to> mutlimanager (set up for various effect, one of them being another mm)
multimanager >to> 2nd multimanager (set up to seqentially toggle item named 'u01' through 'u08')
multimanager >to> env_render (named as 'u01' through 'u08', using flag 'norendermode')
env_render >to> func_illusionary (as the target of the env_render)

when i do it like that nothing happens..

but if i set teh button or a trigger to target the env_render directly it works fine (except for being able to cancel out the env_render and make the func_illusionary visible again)

You can't cancel the env_render by activating it again. If you look, you don't set the env_render to "settings A and settings B" and toggle between those, it just sets the render mode to the only one you've set. If you want to toggle between two render configs, you'll need two env_renders one for each state and two trigger_changetarget one for each env_render. Here's what I'd do:

1. Have your multimanagers and all that you already set.
2. Have the multimanager target a trigger_relay instead of the env_render.
3. Have the trigger_relay target the "off" env_render and a trigger_changetarget of the same name to change the target of the trigger_relay to the "on" env_render.
4. Have a trigger_changetarget with the same name as the "on" env_render, to change the target of the trigger_relay back to the "off" env_render.

There. Hope it helps.

oh man! thats great! thanks!

just for a complete understanding here..

trigger_relay 's 'trigger state' should be set to what? on?

/edits/

nvm, i have it set to 'off' it works fine

/2nd edits/

everything works great in my test map.. however the set up i have for the actual map seems to be non-functual..

i'm probably just uber stupid.. i will have to write down everything on a paper in front of me to make certain it all works correctly

i'm probably just uber stupid.. i will have to write down everything on a paper in front of me to make certain it all works correctly

Heh, I get like that too. As you're forced to put more and more entities into what was supposed to be an easy setup... get's confusing.

meh.. as i had thought

anoversight on my part.. i had the first multimanage triggering several trigger_once

i switched them to trigger_relay, so its resolved now

anyways.. this site doesn't let me post maps hosted at megaupload because isn't a direct link.. but i'll drop a download link in this thread as i get it.. (should be sometime tomorro, it's leafthread vis now. i have a Very old computer)

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link here?
http?//www.myspace.com/kingpsilocybe

Here is a beta of the map you've been helping solve my delima about..

download link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CO1K12YM

it's still got a bug here or there in it..

• a bad clipping near the racing game arcade cabinets
• toggeled custom light effect light won't appear
• a see through leaf error
• 1 too many lights on face error (widdled down from 7000!!!)
• and a no free edicts error (when it triggers a multithreaded multimanager... I THINK) (at dj booth.. activated by pressing 'use' on the center mixing board)

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anyone care to assist with this?