Hi all,


I'm kinda new to the Gamestudio Enginge and all its stuff, im trying to learn it all on my own at home (at home, i dont have inet, so im dl'ing all the tut's and read and read and read :p ) but now im on a point at where i really dont know how to manage this..

I'm trying to set up a door (sliding) who only opens if i press the right numbers on a tablet..
i found a lot of tutorials to actually script a door who's sliding, and i can also manage to open the door with a switcher.. but now the problem is i want to have my switcher to be a (little) terminal with the numbers 1-9 on it.. and i have to press the right numbers to open the door.

so my first problem is:

can i model the hole switch into one model, and somehow read the buttons 1-9 out of it? or do i have to model the buttons seperately and move it onto the switch?
the problem is, i wanted to have many of the switches.. now do i have to do it for each door seperately? it would be perfect if i can use one model for all doors

second problem then:

if i get this right, is it fast enough for gamestudio? or is the hole idea bad?


hopefully u got my problem

and hopefully u have some answers


thx, cheers and rock'n roll

Flutschi

Do you want this to come up in a panel or do you want the player to just bend down and tilt to look at the panel up close?

Ok here is a little example i threw together. It basically gives you a keypad where you can enter a 4-digit key-code and check whether it is correct or not.

It is easily extendable to any digit-size key-code.

For your specific situation i would assign a pin-number to each keypad using the model's own skills or strings, and then when you press enter on the keypad, let my liitle example test against this key-code.

It is much easier to bring the panel up than to do it using the model. This is how games like splinter-cell did it, and it works.

Here is the example >>>
http://www.djbm.kawanda.net/public_files/keypad_example.zip

very cool example

nice example. thnx

thx @ djbmaster

i know with inputs its much easier, but i didnt make myself clear enough i dont want to solve it with inputs.. i wanna do it with models, because i need it also for other things..
and i wanna learn how this works.. so i really like to have the model-trace thing..

thx a lot anyway!

edith says:



i just want him to look at the panel and with a key (mouse or some use-key) to activate the numbers.. i thought about making a extra panel when he clicks on the switch that the panels come to show up and he can click there on the screen, but still i would like to do it with model-detection..

thx a lot

ok i'll try and re-do my example a bit for what you want. Gimme a day...lol.

hmm, u dont have to give me the hole code

just some input.. like how do i create a model with 9 models on it that i can later detect with scan / trace?

i mean, if i create a model in MED.. then its ONE model... so later on in WED i can't find for example the button 1.. or does it exist something like array-modeling?
its hard to explain because english is not my main-language but i hope u get my point

your trace-scan approach doesn't seem the best way to accomplish this task.
Let me understand what exactly you are asking for.

A player walks up to a locked door. There is a keypad next to it with 9 digits on it.

Do you want the player to press "enter" next to it and a 2D key-pad comes up where you enter the code, and the door opens?

Or do you want to be able to click on the keypad in a 3D view?

i want to be able to click on the keypad in a 3d view!

thats it


its not that it doesnt exists other solutions.. but its not only for a door, i mean for example a computer with keyboard, anithing with keyboard actually

just a few idea's i try to figure out the best way to do..