Hiho..

I was asking here (click here ) about a door opened with an special code, and about buttons and stuff.. and the answers was fast and good! but not good enough for me

i searched around, and i found this (click me) and this is an example for a Game designed in GameStudio.. and there is a model used how i want to use mine for buttons.. u can click there on each "Symbols" and it does something..
as i know, the different the symbols are, the different the door opens there in this game..
the idea behind is the same!

now i ask myself, is this model with the symbols on it the same model, or are this symbols each one an model.. is is possible to do such a model in MED? or is there maybe another tool i can use to do it as "no-time-consuming" as possible
i thought about it, in code, it would be an array... can i do array-models?

hopefully u understand my question!

and i hope it isnt too bothering for you out there in the forum that i post the question again.. i really need help at this one.. thx a lot!

cheers, Flutschi

in a quick summary

make them models seperately,
create the door, save it
then create each button, and save those seperately to it's relevant position to the door

then create
action act_switch_door() in your code

place just the door model in wed and give it an action act_switch_door

and then these placed doors will spawn each additional button


then use EVENT_CLICK or on_mouse_left = door_button
through this you will be able to find out now which door the switch is connected to, it's corresponding value and all it's other corresponding switches.

Hope this helps

Wow, this helps a lot..

when i understand this right, i have to model all the buttons in MED (or WED?) but dont have to place then in WED.. then i place them with the action-code? that sounds "easier" then i thought

what u mean with "and save those seperately to it's relevant position to the door"
u mean that in MED, i need to place them where they are after on the switch?
can't i calculate the position with the "ent_create("button1.mdl", my.x, door_button)" my.x coords? i'm more the calculater.. but as some reason u wrote this, so im wondering what is better?


this helps me a lot.. thx very much!

hey

create all models in MED, then place only the door in WED

create the door, save
using the door, create and all the switches to align to the door and save as template
then delete the door and switches 2-9 (leaving only switch1) and save as switch1
open template and repeat for switch 2thro 9
now the switches will have the correct coordinates to the door by creating the offset in the model

you can create all the switches in MED at 0,0,0 and then calculate their position to the door in code, but it'll be a pain when the door starts moving