tindust, do you have a biped model using your code? my model is a basic plbiped model, using a template script. can you show me an example of your script you use for your model that uses the flashlight script?

Sure, here's a code for a flashlight action. Just move closer to the flashlight
entity with your player ent to get the flashlight "attached". When it is, it
becomes invisible and the flashlight comes on whenever you press the f key. The
light will turn with the player.
Code:

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/****************************************************************************************
2007-01-17

 Dynamic Flashlight and Torch: type dynamic spotlight 
 becomes "attached" to player as the player gets closer than 100 from the model that has 
 the flashlight action attached to it, in example below it is plBiped01_entity.
 
 Make it work by placing a flashlight model (any model) in your level, attach 
 the action "flashlight" to it and change the player (plBiped01_entity) to 
 whatever your player entity name is, and yes include this wdl in your include 
 list at the end. 
 
 This kind of lighting on block geometry looks "blocky". It's a property of 
 dynamic lighting, looks great on models though.
 
 cheers
 tindust
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var energy = 100;

action flashlight  
{ 
     // d3d settings optional;
     d3d_lightres = off; // quality  of dynamic light setting. set to "on" can give better result sometimes
     //d3d_spotlightcone[0] = 30; // optional settings, look up in manual. Applies to all spotlights in level
     //d3d_spotlightcone[1] = 15;
     //d3d_spotlightcone[2] = 1;
     //
     while (plBiped01_entity == null) {wait (1);} 
     my.passable = on; 
     while (vec_dist (plBiped01_entity.x, my.x) > 100) {wait (1);} 
     my.invisible = on; 
     my.lightrange = 0;
     my.spotlight = on; // off for using as Torch
     my.lightred = 250; 
     my.lightgreen = 250; 
     my.lightblue = 170; 
     while(1) 
     { 
          vec_set(my.x,plBiped01_entity.x);    
          vec_set(my.pan,plBiped01_entity.pan); 
          while (energy > 0 && key_f == 1) // press the "F" key to use the flashlight 
          { 
               my.lightrange = 1000; 
               vec_set(my.x,plBiped01_entity.x);    
               vec_set(my.pan,plBiped01_entity.pan); 
               my.tilt += 5; // degree upward tilt of flashlight, value depends on using third or first person view
               //energy -= 0.5 * time; 
               wait (1); 
          } 
          my.lightrange = 0; 
          wait (1); 
     }
 } 

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Hey Tindust, isn't using a spotlight in such way, causing a lower framerate.

Hey Blink, you can use winzip or winrar for compressing a small demo, and then use;
http://rapidshare.com/
for releasing it for download.

In general that's true, but it's only important when using many dynamic lights
to lighten a large and complex level with lots of surfaces. In small fps levels
in dark environment it's not a problem in reality. The flashlights here have
too short range to significantlt slow down the fps.

I tried the action above in a large room level with a bunch of models spread
out. The level was a quick template build with the WED Project Manager used to
add plBiped01 and camera3rd01, and whatever additional wdls the Project Manager
added. The action was put into its own wdl.

The fps was set to 64 and didn't change whether the spotlight, pointlight or no
light was on.

By the way if setting "my.spotlight..." to "//my.spotlight..." above, the
action can be used as a Torch action by the player, lighting up the surroundings
up to the range set to the light model.

Hey Tindust, I tryed it out, but it's not working right, because it doesn't light up blocks, only models.

so, i cant use it? the levels i want to use it on have prefabs. do i have to replace them all with map entities?

Hmm. That's odd. I have no problems like that. The lighting works fine on blocks and prefabs here. They need to be textured though, but you probably have that alredy. What are your graphic cards? Perhaps that will shed some light (heh) on our problem. I'm using a nVidia Quadro FX.

Where`s your problem with this code ? The works good and has no Errors.

When you picked up the Flshlight you must pusch tef "F" Button then the

Flashlight in burning That`s all.

i will try this code when i get home. so let me understand...instead of:
while (plBiped01_entity == null) {wait (1);}
it should say:
while (player == null) {wait (1);},
although my model is using plbiped01 template script?

yes, my model is named "player" by the way. or should it say:
while (player.mdl == null) {wait (1);}

If you open the template wdl plBiped01 you will see that it uses the name plBiped01_entity, that's what is assigned to the model to which you attach the action irrespective of what name the model file has. Use the code as shown.

cheers