Interesting lighting idea

HanzGruberHanzGruber Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 47Members
in Mapping Forum
<div class="IPBDescription">Well...it was to me</div>I made this funky little sequence of lights and triggers...

just go for a run down the corridor...you'll see what I mean...

what you think?
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  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    It was interesting, indeed.  One problem, though, was that the lights would turn off in the wrong order.  Also, they didn't seem to turn on as a result of the player's presence, but rather in a sequence that progresses faster than the player can move.  I think if you changed those two things, this would be an awesome lighting trick to stick into a corridor or two.
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  • HanzGruberHanzGruber Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 47Members
    hmmm
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  • realityisdeadrealityisdead Employed by Raven Software after making ns_nothing Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 94Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Nice effect, Hanz. I agree that it would be better if the lights turned on once you actually walk up to them rather than have it simulated. It reminds me of something... oh, that's it... the Half-Life intro. Nice work.

    I might be doing something similar to this in my map... only the lights would flicker a bit before turning on... don't know how well that would work out for online play though...
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  • JaciusJacius Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 43Members
    Hehe I broke it. I made it so the last light was on when it should be off and off when it should be on! I've got da skillz

    Very nice little effect, been features in countless sci-fi movies and novels, and now it's brought to our very own NS!

    Nice work.

    I'll start improving on it tomorrow <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo--> Can you say "trigger_prescence"? <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> The lights will be on while you are standing there, but they will turn off a few seconds after you leave. Cool huh?

    -Jacius
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    It crashed my computer the first time I ran it. Let me try again.

    [edit]Crashed it the second time as well. Tried a third time, and managed to break the sequence in about fifteen seconds. You need trigger presences to toggle the lights.[/edit]



    <!--EDIT|Moleculor|Mar. 12 2002,19:09-->
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  • HanzGruberHanzGruber Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 47Members
    what is it with people and trying to crash my ideas?

    it was just an idea...I mean, come on! do you think that that piece of small mapping was delicately done...I had the idea...banged it together...seemed to work ok...then I posted it...come on...hrrrrmmmmm  <!--emo&???--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'><!--endemo-->  
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  • JedisarJedisar Join Date: 2002-03-03 Member: 264Awaiting Authorization
    Back in your hole of mapping, you <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
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  • HanzGruberHanzGruber Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 47Members
    /me thwaps Jedisar with a giant func_wall brush
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  • realityisdeadrealityisdead Employed by Raven Software after making ns_nothing Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 94Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Lol! <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

    Most of our comments were simply referring to what would need to be done if someone were to use this in a real map... I think. Again, nice idea. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • JedisarJedisar Join Date: 2002-03-03 Member: 264Awaiting Authorization
    Ow! That doesn't hurt me as much as your pride..afterall, you were the  one who accidentally changed the walls funct. and tried to fix it! probally tried to turn it to water to make it pulsate!
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  • HanzGruberHanzGruber Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 47Members
    /me looks at Jedisar's medical chart and writes down "no more drugs for this one"
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