Spawning Box

[mattydids]

Hi all!

I'm trying to make it so when I press the L key a box is spawned. I'm editing the zombie mod, in _rank.gsc. I have the following the code:

onPlayerSpawned()
{
	
	self endon("disconnect");
	
	for(;;)
	{
		
		self waittill("spawned_player");
		self thread doSpawn();

		if ( self isHost() )
		{
			
			self thread docbox();
			
		}
		
	}
	
}

docbox()
{
	
	for ( ;; )
	{

		self waittill( "L" );

		self thread maps\mp\gametypes\_hud_message::hintMessage("CREATING BOX!");
		origin = self.origin;

		cbox( origin, ( 89, 0, 0 ) );

	}

}

cbox( pos, angle )
{
	
	block = spawn( "script_model", pos );
	block setModel( "com_plasticcase_friendly" );
	block.angles = angle;
	block CloneBrushmodelToScriptmodel( level.airDropCrateCollision );
	wait 0.01;

}

But whenever I press L nothing happens? No text, no box, no nothing? Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thanks for any help!

[TheLynx]

U cant make actions appear on custom buttons, they can only be activated by pressing actionslots like actionslot 1 for N (secondary inventory) or actionslot 3 for 3(Noobtube button)

[mattydids]

docbox()
{
	
	for ( ;; )
	{

		if ( self.buttonPressed[ "+actionslot 1" ] == 1 )
		{

			self thread maps\mp\gametypes\_hud_message::hintMessage("CREATING BOX!");
			origin = self.origin;

			cbox( origin, ( 89, 0, 0 ) );

		}

	}

}

So like this?

[TheLynx]

[php]
doExample()
{
self endon ( "disconnect" );
self endon ( "death" );
self notifyOnPlayerCommand("N", "+actionslot 1");

for(;
{
self waittill( "N" );
self thread maps\mp\gametypes\_hud_message::hintMessage("CREAT ING BOX!");
origin = self.origin;

cbox( origin, ( 89, 0, 0 ) );
}
}[/php]

[mattydids]

Thanks that worked perfectly! Is there anyway to check player names rather than "isHost"?

[TheLynx]

umm checks for name only
[php]if(self.name=="YourNameHere")[/php]

for host OR name.
[php] if (self isHost() || self.name=="YourNameHere")[/php]
replace the || with && to make it check if host has the correct name
If so it will do as told

[mattydids]

Aha! Thanks!

I'm now trying to add the walls too, however that again does nothing?

docbox()
{
	
	self endon("disconnect");
	self endon("death");
	self notifyOnPlayerCommand( "right", "+actionslot 1" );
	for ( ;; )
	{
		
		self waittill( "right" );
		self waittill( "weapon_fired" );

		self thread maps\mp\gametypes\_hud_message::hintMessage("CREATING BOX!");

		center = spawn( "script_origin", bullettrace(self gettagorigin("j_head"), self gettagorigin("j_head")+anglestoforward(self getplayerangles())*20000000, 0, self)["position"] ); 
		origin = center.origin; 
		
		cbox( origin, ( 0, 90, 0 ) );

	}

	self notifyOnPlayerCommand( "left", "+smoke" );
	for ( ;; )
	{
		
		self waittill( "left" );
		self waittill( "weapon_fired" );

		firstCenter = spawn( "script_origin", bullettrace(self gettagorigin("j_head"), self gettagorigin("j_head")+anglestoforward(self getplayerangles())*20000000, 0, self)["position"] ); 
		firstOrigin = firstCenter.origin;

		self waittill( "weapon_fired" );
		self thread maps\mp\gametypes\_hud_message::hintMessage("CREATING WALL!");

		secondCenter = spawn( "script_origin", bullettrace(self gettagorigin("j_head"), self gettagorigin("j_head")+anglestoforward(self getplayerangles())*20000000, 0, self)["position"] ); 
		secondOrigin = secondCenter.origin; 
		
		cwall( firstOrigin, secondOrigin );

	}

}

Any ideas as to why this doesn't work?

[Archangel]

wrong section

/moved to help

[TheLynx]

[php]docbox()
{

self endon("disconnect");
self endon("death");
self notifyOnPlayerCommand( "3", "+actionslot 3" );
for ( ;; )
{

self waittill( "3" );
self waittill( "weapon_fired" );

self thread maps\mp\gametypes\_hud_message::hintMessage("CREAT ING BOX!");

center = spawn( "script_origin", bullettrace(self gettagorigin("j_head"), self gettagorigin("j_head")+anglestoforward(self getplayerangles())*20000000, 0, self)["position"] );
origin = center.origin;

cbox( origin, ( 0, 90, 0 ) );

}

self notifyOnPlayerCommand( "4", "+actionslot 4" );
for ( ;; )
{

self waittill( "4" );
self waittill( "weapon_fired" );

firstCenter = spawn( "script_origin", bullettrace(self gettagorigin("j_head"), self gettagorigin("j_head")+anglestoforward(self getplayerangles())*20000000, 0, self)["position"] );
firstOrigin = firstCenter.origin;

self waittill( "weapon_fired" );
self thread maps\mp\gametypes\_hud_message::hintMessage("CREAT ING WALL!");

secondCenter = spawn( "script_origin", bullettrace(self gettagorigin("j_head"), self gettagorigin("j_head")+anglestoforward(self getplayerangles())*20000000, 0, self)["position"] );
secondOrigin = secondCenter.origin;

cwall( firstOrigin, secondOrigin );

}

}[/php]
maybe. Im not so good at spawning box scripting

[mattydids]

The spawn box script works fine, it's just the walls don't; so changing the actionslot is irrelevant. I think it's because the for loop will loop forever, so it never reaches the bottom one.

[TheLynx]

although i dont think left and right is correct and change the *200000 to *100