Func _weldable

ChromeAngel

<div class="IPBDescription">What's the plan?</div>Currently the func_weldables always look totaly soild, even if you can walk though them.  Does Flayra plan to leave them this way?

* walks out on to a ramp made of func_weldable, falls to death in chasm bellow *

As it is now it has limited applications.

liquidscript

I figured this out last night at around midnight. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

Basically you set the func_weldable to render in Texture mode, and you leave its FX Amount at 0 (or about 25 if you want to give the marines a hint that this area is weldable).  Then when the marine walks up to the weldable area and welds it shut, it changes the FX Amount to 255 so its visible and it makes it solid.

CyonPro

It would be hilarious to have weldable hollow crates that one marine could stand inside and then welds "shut". Instant hiding spot <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

Of course, this is totally pointless <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

pielemuis

yeah i thought you couldn't "break" a thing after it was sealed with the welder?

CyonPro

If you set a func_weldable's strength to "-1" then it is invincible. Any other value gives it hitpoints of that quantity, similar to the strength of a func_breakable I assume.

In other words, welds can be broken. The ones to break them will probably more often be the aliens, though.

liquidscript

Will marines be able to reweld areas that they have already welded shut, but the aliens have destroyed them?

CyonPro

Hmmmm, I don't know that one.

/me looks for the number for the "Flayra Technical Assistance Hotline"

Cremator

is there any test maps that show how to use the weld?  it would be very helpful...

Moleculor

Nope, you can't reweld something that has been broken. Sorry.

liquidscript

why not? I can rebuild a card tower if it collapses. Just put the pieces back together.  

You could even make it last about 10x longer, since they have to weld together all the broken pieces.  <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

pielemuis

then you'd have to give the marines tubes of glue....

The_Artist

i was thinking about putting weldable boxes and crates near blockades that make it look like in the film aliens were there are barracades with just like monitors and tables were the aliens have broken thru but could the marines wled em back shut.....hhmmm now theres an idea <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

HanzGruber

I'm sorry...but I didn't understand a word of what you just said The Artist...

repeat it again...but in english

Kassinger

He meant to put a lot of boxes as a barricade somewhere, where you could weld them so they made the barricade impassable. Or something like that.

Relic25

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I was thinking about putting weldable boxes and crates near blockades to make it look like the sets in the film Aliens, where there are barricades made from monitors and tables.  There were places where the aliens had broken through barriers, but the marines could weld them shut.  Hmmm, now there's an idea.

Elowind

that idea with teh crates would be cool, cuz then instead of the aliens ambushing the marines everytime, they marines could ambush the aliens