counting Created 20 years ago2004-08-17 13:46:32 UTC by Howdy

how do i make a counter?
leksample:
you kill monsters.
and after a while a game_text says how many you have killed.
the monsters must be killed randomly!

You could use multiple game_counters.
Set the limit to the value that the text message will display when triggered.

hmm, i never thought about that.
ill try that out
thx m8

it didnt work. when the text is suposed to be triggered, HL freezes
plz help

Well, that's the f**king bugged game_text entity. I also get very annoyed everytime this happens to me.
You should use env_message, if possible. This requires changing the titles.txt.

ah ok, ill have to read the tut 1st tho.
thx again

i want it to b played in an existing mod, so i probably cant edit the pak0.pak...
do anyonne have any sugestions?
plz?

Errh... buy a new computer?

hmm... ok and how th H*LL is that supose to fix my problem?!?
(bloody stam lover)

arg! i got 5 monsters that triggers 5 counters randomly that triggers 5 induvidual multisources (MS is triggered by 5 sec MM) that triggers 5 env_message...

MO > C -> MS < 5 sec

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MSG

my problem is that no mater how many monsters i kill, it ALWAYS triggers the first env_message

if u did'nt quite get that i could post a scetch whit the exact conections.

erm... the MSG goes down from the MS
sry, the forum shortend the space

Err... what exactly do you want to achieve?

ok.
exsample:
there is 5 scientists in a room when you enter the room you'll get exactily 5 seconds to kill 4 or 5 of them to qualify.
when the time is up, you're gun will be removed and there will be a text on the screen that tells you how many you have killed.
(this was only an example of what i want to achive)

anyone?
i realy need to know!
please help!

How are you triggering the ms from the monster? trigger_condition = Death and trigger_target = ms?

game_text (apparently) doesn't work with a monster trigger_condition. Very strange.

BTW, I did some testing and your game hangup is most likely due to an infinite loop. You don't turn off or disable the trigger for your event.

However, there is an apparent bug with game_text. It will not display when the original trigger is from a monster trigger_condition!

I setup a headcrab to trigger some logic which then triggers an env_explo and a game_text. I tried 'death' and 'see player.' The explosion occurs but not the game text. However, when that same logic is triggered from a func_button instead of the monster death, the text appears and the explosion occurs.

I then setup the headcrab death logic to trigger some already tested camera logic which displays the camera location in text when the camera is triggered.

When the crab dies, the camera turns on okay but no text! Triggering the camera from a camera button displays the text properly.

Still playing around with it.

By the way, triggering an env_message does work.

According to a web search (which YOU could do, too!), game_text is displayed to the 'player' that triggers it. Since the monster does the triggering (on death), the text is not displayed to the player.

Search VERC for 'game_text' and you'll find an explanation in one of the forums. It seems it's possible to display the game_text to the player using multiple multimanagers and multiple changetargets.

Set the 'all players' flag in the game_text entity.

That solved my test case, anyway.

See 'Using a game_counter' in the 'Unfinished Stuff' map vault.

gd work lol

thanks m8!

yeh u did it in the end and u should be proud oh and now that its in the vault other people can see how you did it if they ever get stuck so well done

Thanks. Some things just get to be a challenge!

ok...
but the monster thing was a example
im using func_breakable
do i do it the same way as monsters?

c'mon!
anyone???

Try it?

didnt work...

What didn't work? You'll need to post some information other than "didn't work," Howdy.

What did you try (entities, settings, etc.) that didn't work?

maby u can post on problems vault, and i will take a look at it

i have done something similar to this.

ps: has any1 noticed i have helped a lot of ppl out, yet i havn't posted any maps?