Hello!I would like to know how can i make my character die after he falls a specified time or a specified distance and then colides with someting(my char should take damage when colides with something but also if it falls more than 5 seconds for instance,it dies)...How can i do this?Any examples?
Thanks!

I'm also interested, how to create simple damage from falling... I tryed many examples, but all of them are too buggy... you can find what you need in user contributions...

action stair()
{
VECTOR temp;
while (1)
{
c_move (my, vector(0, 0, -5 * time_step), nullvector, GLIDE);
player = me;
camera.x = player.x - 100 * cos(player.pan);

camera.y = player.y - 100 * sin(player.pan);

camera.pan = player.pan; // the camera and the player have the same pan angle

camera.z = player.z + 70; // place the camera above the player, play with this value

camera.tilt = -25;
vec_set(temp, my.x);
temp.z -= 5; // trace downwards 500 quants below
c_trace (my.x,temp,IGNORE_ME);
if(c_trace == 0)
fall = 1;
if(c_trace >= 0)
fall = 5;
wait(1);
}
}

What is wrong hereeeeeeeeeeeeee????I got just an entity in my level but fall = 5(c_trace detected something)

what happens with your entity? does it fall, does it not fall?

yes,it falls
c_move (my, vector(0, 0, -5 * time_step), nullvector, GLIDE);

and where is your Problem?

Bzw. Wo liegt denn genau dein Problem?

The c_trace detects something but it is no other model or sprite or terain etc.

ah, ok, i think your problem is this line:

if(c_trace >= 0) //if c trace hits something ( ctrace > 5) or ctrace hits nothing (ctrace = 0)

so, if there is nothing under the model, ctrace will always return a 0, and your fall damage will always be 5.

try it with

if(c_trace > 0)

lol,unbelivele newbie mistake...Yes,now works!Thanks

i managed to make a code:

var life = 100;
var life2 = life;
var fall = 0;
var life_for_fall = 100;
var fall_prec = 1;
ENTITY* stair;

PANEL* pDisplayy =
{
pos_x = 10;
pos_y = 20;
digits (10, 10, 5, *, 1, fall);
flags = VISIBLE;
}

PANEL* pDisplayyy =
{
pos_x = 10;
pos_y = 40;
digits (10, 10, 5, *, 1, life_for_fall);
flags = VISIBLE;
}

PANEL* pDisplay =
{
pos_x = 10;
pos_y = 30;
digits (10, 10, 5, *, 1, life);
flags = VISIBLE;
}

function main()
{
video_mode = 7;
level_load ("work.wmb");
fps_max = 150;
wait (2); // wait until the level is loaded
}

action stair()
{
VECTOR temp;
while (1)
{
c_move (my, vector(0, 0, -25 * time_step), nullvector, GLIDE);
player = me;
camera.x = player.x - 100 * cos(player.pan);

camera.y = player.y - 100 * sin(player.pan);

camera.pan = player.pan; // the camera and the player have the same pan angle

camera.z = player.z + 70; // place the camera above the player, play with this value

camera.tilt = -25;
vec_set(temp, my.x);
temp.z -= 5; // trace downwards 500 quants below
c_trace (my.x,temp,IGNORE_ME);
if(c_trace (my.x,temp,IGNORE_ME) == 0)
fall += fall_prec * time_step;
if(c_trace(my.x,temp,IGNORE_ME) > 0)
fall = 0;
if (fall > 100)
life = 0;
if (fall += fall_prec * time_step)
life_for_fall -= 1 * time_step;
if (c_trace(my.x,temp,IGNORE_ME) > 0)
life = life2 - life_for_fall;
if (c_trace(my.x,temp,IGNORE_ME) > 0)
fall_prec = 0;
if (life < 0)
life = 0;
wait(1);
}
}

tested and works fine but i'm not sure if it is very logical...so the ideea is:If it falls more than 100 metters it dies...if it falls a metter life -= 1