scripting question | Quadropolis

Anonymous | 2011-04-27 17:38

scripting question

I'm a little bit confused (again) about scripting:
I have read some documentation about sauerbraten scripting, during my tests i found an intresting scripting example by MeatROme (MapTriggerTest) a demonstration map (i found it in the cube wiki) but i suppose you already know about it.

the script is old but marked "for Sauerbraten" in the readme. The cfg shows a counter system.

but Im' focused on the function called beam_me.
This one seems switch in edit mode (during gameplay) add a new teleport in front of the player and returns in game mode.

In my mind this mean the player will teleported away on a specific event. but it seems not work.
I tray to play this level in sp but nothing happend, the level ended with no teleport. and executing this function the console shows some error.

what's the problem?
1-i'm a dumb and i miss understood the script
2-the justice edition scripting system is no more compatible with older scripts

in case 2 : there's some way to in newest scripting mode to do something similar?

thanks

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Chasester_aka_you | 2011-04-28 00:08

You have to be in mode sp (mode -1), simply type /mode -1 in the command line (the "t" key) and then reload the map through the command line (/map mapName). The script triggers are only ran in this mode. Other function are used no matter what mode you are in.

you can look at sauer typewriter is a similar concept.

chasester

bat | 2011-04-28 06:42

hi chasester
thankyou. i'll do some test now.
thankyou for the typewrite link too.

bat

srbs | 2011-04-28 08:58

Your understanding of beam_me is fine.
In Justice Edition and SP mode, the user must press Ctrl to enter editmode.
To try it out, press ctrl before running into that center carrot.

srbs

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-04-28 10:23

techically i think the way it it is written it just simply runs the editToggle command, so therefore you do not need the crl button down, that's if when they wrote the code that forced ctrl e in sp was written correctly ;P

chasester

srbs | 2011-04-30 08:49

"i think the way it it is written [..]"
> I know exactly how it is written. You are wrong. End of story.

And yes, you do need to press the Ctrl key, unless you override either allowspedit or allowedittoggle.

srbs

MeatROme | 2011-04-30 01:47

OK, so you looked at cube-wiki:Scripting Tutorial; well, that one is really old - it still works with the current release though - that's low-end editing for you ;-P
But - the bit about the beam_me - that's been disabled, it seems, in newer sauerbraten releases since when I did that example - the LCTRL/RCTRL message is from the engine. The idea behind the example was to "magically" transport you to the end of the level .. I guess "sp edit" is the way to do this nowadays; but be warned - toggleedit will reset ALL settings of the map .. so that demonstration you're refering to is actually a bad one, even if I say so myself - it's showing you stuff you shouldn't ever do :-P

bat | 2011-05-02 14:24

thank you all
@srbs
that's right it works only pressing the key.
@MeatROme
after a short analysis on how to build a level in map editor now i'm experiencing what script can do, so i'm trying all the examples i found. that include the "really old" example you do :)
In it you show a way to reach the end of level, but for a moment i figure a way to "switch" the gameplay in different places scripting some teleport during game. Now i know that actually it not may be done.

thankyou
bat

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