ok... is it possible to make a door a door?

thats probobly confusing so here is what i want...

i have a landing boat, with a working front ramp/door (rotating) is it possible to make that door still work, but make the whole landing craft a door, so when you get iun and push a button is starts going and stops where i need it to.

i got the rotating front door/ramp to work, as well as the whole boat to move and stop at the right spot, but i cant get them both to work.

um............movewith is about the only thing i can think of but how often does that work?

never

in short the answer is no

at least to my knowledge. i believe i've tried to do things of this nature in the past and it is impossible.

the short answer is no

however, it can be done if u have the patience, and the entities to play with;
first the boat:
if the boat (with door closed) was a func_train that moved along path_corners, then teleported away (disappearing), at the same time as u triggerred a different (copy) boat without the door (a func_wall_toggle) then u would have your boatride
then the door:
your func_door_rotating will be invisible until it opens, you can do that with some env_renders, it will however always be solid, even when invisible, UNLESS u tick the 'passable' flag

i'll let u figure out all the timing/masters/entities, but i think it could be done

On the HL1 engine it would be quite hard to do, as greenhorn has mentioned it will take alot of ents to make it work. Unless of course you used a model etc.

If you where using the Source engine it would be easy peezy :)

greenhorn is on the right track. make your boat func_door1, make the ramp, func_door2. have them both move the same distance so they look to be attached. once the boat stops, you trigger an env_render that makes func_door2 invisible. at the same time you render visible func_door_rotating3 (that is the same shape, and in the same position as func_door2). you now have a spiffy new ramp that will rotate down however you'd like. :D

if none of that made sense, let me know and I'll throw together a sample map.

*edit* I just tried this and I've got everything working except I can't make func_door2 change from impassible, to passable when I make it invisible. I don't have time to try it now, but maybe you could make it a func_train so that once you make it invisible, it moves down and out of the way.

When is a door not a door?












When it's ajar.

here ya go:
http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?doc=1047952695-83769900

almost exactly what you need.

thanks josh

Originally posted by Khakiass
When is a door not a door?












When it's ajar.
LOL!!!
You almost made me choke on my pineapple chunks! (eating pineapple as snack right now)