Mapping Q&A

[EpicBox]

Hey, I've got a problem here:

Let's say that at the round start, one player gets randomly choosed to be teleported to an X destination (the player can only be detective or innocent). How do I make it so only one random player is choosen?

[Silverstream]

1. Overlay each spawn point with a trigger_teleport (name them 1,2,3,....) and have their state to initially disabled. (Under its properties, ensure only clients is checked)

2. place a single info_teleport_destination entity in the area of the map you want the player to be teleported to.

3. Place a logic_case into your map and put a,b,c,d,e,f etc for the case names. Name this logic_case "random_teleport"

4. For the outputs of the case, do the following:

OnCase01 -> 1 -> enable 0.00
OnCase01 -> 1 -> disable 0.20

Continue on with OnCase02 etc. for each trigger_teleport entity.

5. Place a ttt_map_settings entity in your map and under its "Outputs" tab, put the following:

RoundStart -> random_teleport -> PickRandom 0.00

Thats it.

Note: You may need to use more than one logic_case depending on how many player spawns you have.


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In other News: I recently found out that the following func_physbox or func_physbox_multiplayer outputs are not functional at all in TTT.

    * OnPhysGunPickup

    Fired when a player picks this object up, either with the physgun or +USE.

    * OnPhysGunDrop

    Fired when a player drops this object.

    * OnPhysGunOnlyPickup

    Fired when a player picks this object up WITH THE PHYSGUN. +USE pickups do not fire this output.

If possible, could the next revision of TTT become possibly compatible with this entities outputs?

The OnPlayerUse output does however seem to be functional.

I believe the issue lies with the fact that the engine is searching for a "PhysGun" whenever the func_physbox is picked up or dropped, however perhaps the magneto stick is not seen as one, therefore the output is never executed. These outputs have great potential.

[EpicBox]

AMAZING Silver, <3 I gotta say lots of thanks. If I ever finish my map you'll be on support :)

[Bad King Urgrain]

I've put physgun outputs on my list (in fact I've implemented them, but can't test them because the gmod SVN build is broken right now). It will only be OnPhysGunOnlyPickup and OnPhysGunDrop, because those are consistent between prop_physics and func_physbox, unlike OnPhysGunPickup.

[Silverstream]

Great! Thanks for the update.

[Bad King Urgrain]

Bad news, got the build working again, but my approach only works on scripted entities. You can't really trigger an output on a non-Lua entity from code. You can of course fire inputs, but that doesn't help, at best I could fire FireUser4 and hope a mapper isn't using it for anything else.

If you have a specific aim, there might be another way to accomplish it. One can easily tell via Lua whether an object is currently being carried, for example.

[Silverstream]

The only purpose I was using a func_physbox for was when:

1. "OnPhysGunOnlyPickup" occurs when a player picked up the func_physbox, a ttt_damageowner would set the player as the damage owner.

2. "OnPhysGunDrop" occurs when a player drops the func_physbox, a ttt_damageowner would clear the player from being the damage owner.

Through LUA ill see if I can get it working. Thanks again for the update!

[NaPStone2]

How would I go about making a door breakable?

I am trying to make a rotating glass door, but have it able to break.

[Citizen_001]

func_breakable in shape of breakable part of door parented to func_door_rotating in shape of non-breakable part of door.

[NaPStone2]

So a func_breakable as the door, parented to a tiny func_door_rotating near the sidewall (whatever those are called), with the rotating prop nonsolid to player more or less?

[EpicBox]

Or I would say make the doorframe a func_door_rotating entity, and the glass inside the frame should be breakable (parent it to the door). Make sure the space inside the doorframe is big enough to let a player in. (A character model is 32 units wide/depth and 72 units tall)

[Joey Skylynx]

Hey guys I was wondering if theirs any possible way I can make a TTT Map, propkill, and crowbar kill only.

I was also wondering if it's possible to disable the traitor/detective menus. (For sake of keeping the propkilling, as propkilling)

[NaPStone2]

Everyone, this is joey.

You might remember him from KENTUCKY FRIED TATOR.

Do not attempt to persuade him away from a prop kill only map, it will only make him want it more.

[Joey Skylynx]

Everyone, this is joey.

You might remember him from KENTUCKY FRIED TATOR.

Do not attempt to persuade him away from a prop kill only map, it will only make him want it more.

I'm making it regardless. Just need to figure out how to disable a good majority of TTT shit.

[Bad King Urgrain]

People only start out with the crowbar + carrying tool. All you have to do is not have any weapon spawns, as well as prevent traitors/detectives from using any credits. The easiest way to keep them from using credits is keeping them from having credits, which you might do using a big trigger linked to a ttt_credit_adjust entity that removes 1 credit. As long as you can keep that trigger firing fairly rapidly that should do it.

[Fuffe]

Ever since Garry did that update that lets you see yourself in RT cameras, RT screens in the maps have been zoomed in too much to me. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there any way to fix it? Other than moving the RT camera far backward, which really isn't practical...

[Joey Skylynx]

Thanks for the concept Bad King! But I had something on my mind I thought I put out there... Possibly just make a trigger called, TTT_PKL(Propkilling League).

[Bad King Urgrain]

Ever since Garry did that update that lets you see yourself in RT cameras, RT screens in the maps have been zoomed in too much to me. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there any way to fix it? Other than moving the RT camera far backward, which really isn't practical...

Lower/increase the camera's FOV? point_camera seems to have a setting for that.

[EpicBox]

When I try to add the TTT .fdg to Hammer, it freezes.
Also when I try to open the ttt vmf exampel files it freezes too. any ideaS?

[CrazyChicken]

When I try to add the TTT .fdg to Hammer, it freezes.
Also when I try to open the ttt vmf exampel files it freezes too. any ideaS?

Have you tried adding it to an existing FDG? When I map I just add it to my CSS configuration for more models and such.

As for Hammer freezing when the VMF loads I don't have any idea why it would do that.