Hey guys, I had another question.

I have the model mapmodels/bulb.mdl in my map, but here's what I wanted to do with it and I can't figure out how.

1) I want it so that when it get's hit (either by gunshot or explosion) it will trigger it's swing sequence.

2) I also need to attach a light entity so that it will also move when the swing sequence is triggered.

Can you guys tell me if this is even possible?

Both are things which are really not possible in the HL engine. The swinging, maybe, but the moving light would be a bit too much.

I would either leave that out of the map or wait for Half Life 2, where you can do loads of stuff like that.

you cant make the light move, but you could trigger it to turn off, or trigger another light to flicker when it gets hit. If you have the entities to spare you could trigger a huge sequence of little things, ie: dust falls from ceiling, bulb swings, light flickers, glass breaks, whatever

or you could make a semi-transparent yellow brush tied to the func_pendulum entity, so the light "beam" is moving, but this is buggy and can cause rough FPS!

Okay. Thanks guys.

You could probably create a line of lights that trigger on and off in a sequential line creating a sway effect. I've thought about this previously but never really tried it though.

Originally posted by Gorbachev
You could probably create a line of lights that trigger on and off in a sequential line creating a sway effect. I've thought about this previously but never really tried it though.

Yeah was thinking this, but will most likely get out of sync after a while

If you used a multi-manager to do this I don't think it could de-sync.