Well, I see several things that may prevent the light from showing up. First, if you use proc_late it should go to the beginning of the function just like molotov says. Don't think you would need it though. Another thing, I don't see were you tell the my pointer what it is. You may have to specify that either by adding me = player in the beginning of the function, or by adding it in the function call:




EDIT: paragraph deleted, did not apply to question





Also, if you are using the code from your first post, the flashlight will run out of power real fast, perhaps even before you see it. Temporarily turn off the power decrease line:

// power -= time*0.5;

Finally, increase the range to at least 1000. Depending on how big your level is, the light might not reach anything to illuminate. These are just some thoughts, hope they help,

cheers,
tindust

Thanks tindust, but i think i am really confused now. i am using plbiped01, how do i modify that? not too sure how to add to the functions in that script. i did change the range in the flashlight script though.

I'm sorry. Didn't want to confuse it more. Took a look at the flash light code. Forget about what I said regarding the my pointer. It applies to a different type of flash light script. Also, don't worry about "player = me" here since the player entity is called "plBiped01_entity". In fact I don't think you should have to change the plBiped script.

I think in order to get it to work you need to:

1/ change player to plBiped01_entity everywhere in the flash light script
(alternatively add the line "player = plBiped01_entity" as first line)

2/ change "energy -= 0.5 * time;" to "//energy -= 0.5 * time;"
(keeps flashlight charged at max, just for testing purpose)

3/ make sure you have a flashlight model somewhere in your level, as described
in aum 18. It could be just a ball model or something.

4/ make sure the action flashlight_pickup is attached to that model
(through entity properties in the World Editor)

5/ not sure how you have added the flashlight script to your project, but it
needs to be included somewhere, in a separate wdl file I suppose

hope this works now,

can i make the same changes for the other script? i dont want to use the flashlight pickup and battery pickup. i just want to hit a button for the light to toggle on and off.

see the code again:

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
define flash_light skill96;
var max_dist = 700; // use it for distances smaller than 10,000 quants

function flash()
{
var temp2;
while (player == null) {wait (1);}
my.passable = on;
my.invisible = on;
my.lightred = 250;
my.lightgreen = 250;
my.lightblue = 170;
while(player.flash_light == on)
{
my.lightrange = 100;
temp.x = max_dist * cos(player.pan) * cos(player.tilt) + player.x;
temp.y = max_dist * sin(player.pan) * cos(player.tilt) + player.y;
temp.z = max_dist * sin(player.tilt) + player.z;
trace_mode = ignore_models + use_box;
vec_for_vertex(temp2,player,711);
my.skill1 = trace (temp2, temp);
if (my.skill1 != 0)
{
temp.x = (my.skill1 - 30) * cos(player.pan) * cos(player.tilt) + player.x;
temp.y = (my.skill1 - 30) * sin(player.pan) * cos(player.tilt) + player.y;
temp.z = (my.skill1 - 30) * sin(player.tilt) + player.z;
vec_set (my.pos, temp);
}
wait(1);
}
my.lightrange = 0;
ent_remove(me);
}

function flashlight()
{
IF (player.flash_light == on)
{
player.flash_light = off;
return;
}
ELSE
{
player.flash_light = on;
ent_create("flash.mdl",player.x,flash);
return;
}
}

on_l = flashlight;

I think the code looks OK, except that "function flash()" should be "action flash".

Still any errors?

ok... same error. let me ask, this is going to sound stupid. but could the problem be that since the flashlight script says player, should the player script say player as well everywhere in the script, and not plbiped01?

nevermind..tried it, didnt work at all, too many errors.

Well, technically yes, but the template files are heavily interconnected. It's probably better to not change their code much if possible. It's better to adapt added scripts to the definitions used in the templates. One reason I'm not using templates much.

Have you tried to debug by using a breakpoint? I see one place where the flash action probably gets stuck:

function flash()
{
var temp2;
while (player == null) {wait (1);}
my.passable = on;

Try using:

function flash()
{
var temp2;
while (player == null) {player = plBiped_entity; wait (1);}
my.passable = on;

Hey Blink, here is a small demo from me, which include my inventory system(press i) and the flashlight(press L). Try to see if the flashlight works in this demo on your computer, it did work on mine. This way you can see if it is a script related problem or a computer related program. Let me know if it works or not.
http://rapidshare.com/files/11848793/inventar_and_flashlight.rar.html