hpl3:community:other:door-button-interaction
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| + | ====== How To Connect Doors With Buttons ====== | ||
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| This quick tutorial will show you how to create a door, that can be opened and closed via two buttons, that change their state, when pressed. | This quick tutorial will show you how to create a door, that can be opened and closed via two buttons, that change their state, when pressed. | ||
| - | **Step 1:** | + | ===== Step 1: ===== |
| - | Open the level-editor and create a map with a door and a button on each side of the door. I will call the door "door1" and the buttons "button1" and "button2". | + | Open the level-editor and create a map with a door and a button on each side of the door. I will call the door **"door1"** and the buttons **"button1"** and **"button2"**. |
| + | ===== Step 2: ===== | ||
| - | **Step 2:** | + | Click on **button1** and select **Entity**→**Connections**. There is the field **"Connected Entities"**. There you must write **"door1, button2"**. |
| - | Click on button1 and select Entity->Connections. There is the field "Connected Entities". There you must write "door1, button2". | + | Do the same for **button 2**, but here you write **"door1, button1"**. |
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| - | Do the same for button 2, but here you write "door1, button1". | + | |
| You will see, that through this entry you change the state of the connected entities, when you interact with a button. | You will see, that through this entry you change the state of the connected entities, when you interact with a button. | ||
| - | **Step 3:** | + | ===== Step 3: ===== |
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| + | Click on the door and select **Entity**→**Internal State**. Activate the box **"Interaction Disabled"**. | ||
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| + | Now your door can not be opend by player interaction. Only the connected buttons can open it. | ||
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| + | ===== Note: ===== | ||
| - | Click on the door and select Entity->Internal State. Activate the box "Interaction Disabled". | + | This will work with most doors, **but there are doors in the game that require a script**. For these you need to write a **callback function** and call it under both buttons **Entity**→**Basic Callbacks**. |
| - | Now you door can not be opend by player interaction. Only the connected buttons can open it. | + | There is a field called **"ConnectionStateChangeCallback"**. Place your functions name there and it will be called whenever the button is pressed. |
| + | ===== What Button's Work? ===== | ||
| - | **Note:** | + | The buttons and switches can be accessed by selecting **Entities** in the **Level Editor** and by clicking **Station**→**Panels**. |
| - | This will work with most doors, but there are doors in the game, that require a skript. For these you need to write a callback function and call it under both buttons Entity->Basic Callbacks. | + | Experiment with different buttons to see which one is most suitable for your level. The most commonly used button in SOMA is **theta_panel ** and **theta_panel_front**. These are located in Entities, Station and Panels. Other doors like the **Bulkhead doors** from Upsilon would work well with the **panel_large_inside** button. |
| - | There is a field called "ConnectionStateChangeCallback". Place your functions name there and it will be called whenever the button is pressed. | + | ===== Sources: ===== |
| - | Best of luck :D | + | **HPL3 Tutorials Part 3 Creating a Map** - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGhwsa1k1LU|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGhwsa1k1LU]] |
hpl3/community/other/door-button-interaction.1446138704.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/10/29 17:11 by kanthos
