[Daedolon]

It's to align sprites to the angle of the wall. Though you should always manually move the sprites away from the walls with the grid lock off in order to avoid the sprite disappearing during gameplay.

It doesn't disappear, it just gets pushed on another wall further away, take a look. It's a bit fiddly but you can get used to it.

[DotK3D]

Hello,

I have spotted where the sprite go, I haven't watch correctly (And it's hard to spot with the default sprite... )

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Though you should always manually move the sprites away from the walls with the grid lock off in order to avoid the sprite disappearing during gameplay.

Good to know.

Bye and thanks for your answer,
DotK3D

[Mister Sinister]

Hey there guys, I need your help.
Here is my problem:
- switch #1 opens Door #1 (switch responds to activator 1, it also has SE=10 set to 100 in the same sector and activator 2)
- switch #2 opens Door #1 and Door #2 (switch responds to activator 2, it also has SE=10 set to 100, activator 2 responds to both doors)

What happens is switch #1 opens door #1 first, then opens door #2 (after 100 tics has passed), and only then closes both doors.
Why does it happen? Is it possible to force switches to open doors they are associated with only and autoclose them in a correct way?
I can see that switches have no problem operating with multiple activators as long as there is no SE=10, which fucks everything up.

Here is a little demonstration in the attached files:

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[The Mechanic]

Autoclose works by firing all activators in the same sector. So anything sharing any activators as door 1 will trigger. Instead, use a two way train to open and close door though you may need to be careful which switch sprite you choose ... you need one that wont retrigger until effect completes.

TTFN,
Jon

[MC84]

Hi all, not sure if I'm posting in the correct section - I just had a quick (and hopefully simple) question to ask: is there a way to increase visibility in large, outdoor maps? Specifically, how can I make far-off objects still retain their shade and be visible from the other end of the map? I'm sure this is possible as I noticed in Alejandro Glavic's map ADG6 the cityscape off in the distance retains its bright shade. Is it just a matter of increasing brightness of all of the wall textures? Or is there a trick that I don't know about?

[Mark]

In 3d mode, aim at the floor, press and hold the left ALT button while rolling the mouse wheel to set visibility. Or you can press the ' key and F. That brings up another handy little menu of stuff to adjust.

[MC84]

Mark., on 31 August 2017 - 08:04 PM, said:

In 3d mode, aim at the floor, press and hold the left ALT button while rolling the mouse wheel to set visibility. Or you can press the ' key and F. That brings up another handy little menu of stuff to adjust.

Awesome! thanks mate

[thisbecasper]

Hey guys, I'm currently building a room with some doors. The room is above another room. I cant get to set the door to have lotag of 20 because it's the room below who will be assigned with the lotag of 20. How can I get to only affect things in the upper room?

[Mark]

In 3d mode point at the floor and press ' and T. Then enter the lotag. Its ' and H if you ever need to set the hitag. These work for walls and ceilings too.

[thisbecasper]

Mark., on 17 September 2017 - 01:36 PM, said:

In 3d mode point at the floor and press ' and T. Then enter the lotag. Its ' and H if you ever need to set the hitag. These work for walls and ceilings too.

Can you somehow explain where " ' " is on the keyboard? My keyboard layout is different from the american one :/

[Mark]

It is the same key as the " ( quote ) symbol.

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[blizzart]

1. Is there a way to let a spotlight travel with a 2-way-train?

I have a 2-way-train in my map and a spotlight within that moving sector. As long the effect isn´t triggered and the moving sector stnads still, the spotlight does shine as it should.
When the effect is triggered by a touchplate the sector moves and the spotlight disappears.

Is there any soultion to this?

2. Do I have the chance to let a 2-way train travel through two or more sectors?

I want to create a nice effect, where a train chrashes into another one. For that, a 2-way train should come out of a tunnel and drives into a trainstation where another train stands. Is there any way to realize something like that. In my case, the 2-way-train moves into the second sector and then suddenly disappears.

[BestViking]

1:

Can one make a door that has both activatorlocked and activator? switch 1 with tag 1 unlocks and switch two with tag 2 is tagged like the activator. I tried this but it didn't work.

2:

Can I have ambient, repeating sound that is activated with a switch?

[Mark]

I think that to have sprites stay on a moving sector you have to press R to align them to that sector's floor. Maybe that goes for SE 50 light sprite too. Or did you try that already?

[Mark]

could you use this? and place your switches in the 2 places you want them to be instead of next to each other
http://infosuite.duk...age=ae_doors_d8

[blizzart]

Mark., on 18 September 2017 - 02:49 PM, said:

I think that to have sprites stay on a moving sector you have to press R to align them to that sector's floor. Maybe that goes for SE 50 light sprite too. Or did you try that already?

Thanks Mark, but this didn´t help either. It also causes a map corruption in Mapster.

[Mark]

I tried adding a se 49 and 50 to a 2way train in one of my maps. They both show fine in Mapster. But in Eduke32 neither one shows. Although the game I tested in is one of mine that uses a way old version of Mapster and eduke

[blizzart]

Mark., on 18 September 2017 - 04:35 PM, said:

I tried adding a se 49 and 50 to a 2way train in one of my maps. They both show fine in Mapster. But in Eduke32 neither one shows. Although the game I tested in is one of mine that uses a way old version of Mapster and eduke

Don´t ask me why, but now it works. I resetted the hitag of the SE50 to 0 and set it back to the previous 5000 and now it work and travels with the moving sector.

[Mark]

I have had plenty of times where an SE light that was in the map and working for a long time would one day not light up. I delete it and remake it. Poof it stays working once again. Just one of those little quirks I live with.

[blizzart]

OK, this seems to do the trick to transport a SE50 spotlight with a 2-way-train:

1. the SE50 isn´t allowed to be directly on the moving sector´s ground. It has to be "floating" above it.

2. the light has to touch at least a very small part at the front of the moving sector.

NOTE: If you follow step 1 but the light is completely out of the moving sector, the light will randomly flash while traveling (but will be shown correctly when reaching the destination point) --> I think this can be useful for some effects.

NOTE 2: the SE50 doesn´t have to be wall or sector aligned.

Pictures:

[blizzart]

Aren´t slopes allowed on a two-way-train?
I made a relative complex construction out of my two-way-train with slopes in the containing sectors and it all looks like garbage (huge slopes u to the ceiling, glitches) when the train moves in game.

[Rhaisher]

So, after a really long Mapster32 break, I'm back into action. Sadly, I've forgotten lots of how the level editor works, so I'm checking tutorias again and whatnot.

After a nightshift, I've been toying around with TROR and a doubt came to my mind: is it possible to "disconnect" two sectors joined by TROR, change the shape of the extended loop and then reconnect them again?

I've been trying with Ctrl + J and that sort of thing without success. I'm not sure if this is doable or not. Or if I should erase one of the sectors attached to the extended loop and then start again.

Any advice?

Thanks.

[Paul B]

Rhaisher, on 28 November 2017 - 12:08 AM, said:

So, after a really long Mapster32 break, I'm back into action. Sadly, I've forgotten lots of how the level editor works, so I'm checking tutorias again and whatnot.

After a nightshift, I've been toying around with TROR and a doubt came to my mind: is it possible to "disconnect" two sectors joined by TROR, change the shape of the extended loop and then reconnect them again?

I've been trying with Ctrl + J and that sort of thing without success. I'm not sure if this is doable or not. Or if I should erase one of the sectors attached to the extended loop and then start again.

Any advice?

Thanks.

This should be totally possible. You just need to make sure the upper and lower sectors contain the identical amount of sectors and that the same sectors for the TROR group have the exact amount of verticies in the corresponding locations. You also need to make sure that the top sector floor height is at the same height as the bottom sector ceiling height. I've broken and re-joined sectors before. Once they are re-joined you can go back to the upper or lower sections of the TROR group and join sectors to reduce the amount of sectors being used since some may not be necessary. I usually do this to tidy up things but it can be dangerous if you accidentally join the wrong sectors. Then you'll have to rebreak the TROR area and rejoin it again.

Note: To do this type of work you need to use the Side view in mapster (F3 key) so you can select both the upper and lower sections that you want to re-join. CTRL-J is the right key to use to re-join broken sectors.

[December Man]

Hey, sorry if this was already asked, couldn't find it. How to create a revolving door which has to be activated like a normal door? e.g. a revolving bookcase in Blood.

[Hank]

December Man, on 20 September 2018 - 02:11 PM, said:

Hey, sorry if this was already asked, couldn't find it. How to create a revolving door which has to be activated like a normal door? e.g. a revolving bookcase in Blood.

not 100% certain ...
This is for like open a 90deg rotating Door. Scroll down to "Rotating & Rising Sectors"
https://wiki.eduke32...t_Rise_and_Fall

If you are looking for permanent, activated rotating sectors, use this
https://wiki.eduke32...b5/Rotatedr.map

If the above is to cryptic, just open the "Bank Roll" map to get a better idea.

p.s. I never played Blood.

[December Man]

Hank, on 20 September 2018 - 04:09 PM, said:

p.s. I never played Blood.

#TRIGGERED

[Hank]

December Man, on 20 September 2018 - 05:19 PM, said:

#TRIGGERED

Shadow Warrior – The [ring] game that rules them all.

[Forge]

Hank, on 20 September 2018 - 04:09 PM, said:

If the above is to cryptic, ...

then use the info-suite

http://infosuite.duk...age=ae_rotate_b

[December Man]

Thanks guys.

[December Man]

Sorry for bothering you again, but when I created a rotating door, it looks like this after opening it:



i.e. it disappears half way. From what I understand it's because the floor and the ceiling rotate with the door. However, the tip

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Press R on the floor or ceiling if you want them to rotate with the sector.

from http://infosuite.duk...age=ae_rotate_b does not appear to work.