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Ladders

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:59 am
by thefwf
How do I make ladders? Is there anyway to do it without invisible sectors?

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:06 am
by cccp_leha
Use the search Luke... or just click here for a relevant topic. :)

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:59 am
by The Ultimate DooMer
Either use a very very steep staircase or a water zone thing.

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:15 am
by Lexus Alyus
Or a thing thrust that is activated when you push the wall... or use the wall...

:twisted:

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:28 am
by Shockwav3
The Ultimate DooMer wrote:Either use a very very steep staircase or a water zone thing.
don't forget the transfer heights thing.

ungayst has the nicest example of a ladder i've seen so far, dunno exactly how it's done tho, i think it's made with very little steps and wind blowing at the lightest level. take a look at it if you want, the map is pretty cool also.

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:54 am
by Ixnatifual
Couldn't you drown on the ladder if it was water? ^^

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:12 am
by Enjay
LilWhiteMouse's ladder example (mentioned in the other thread that leha linked to) was very effective. Anyone have a link? I dunno if the file is still up anywhere.

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:56 am
by David Ferstat
You could always try Cyb's Helm's Deep.

This uses ThrustThingZ to get the player moving up the ladder.

It's also great fun, if something of a resourse hog. :)

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:23 pm
by Talonos

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:20 pm
by The Ultimate DooMer
Shockwav3 wrote:
The Ultimate DooMer wrote:Either use a very very steep staircase or a water zone thing.
don't forget the transfer heights thing.
You don't actually need Transfer_Heights, the water zone on it's own is enough. (Transfer_Heights is for the surface of the water only, the actual swimmable water is provided by the thing)

Ixnatifual wrote:Couldn't you drown on the ladder if it was water? ^^
You could, but only if you stuck around long enough. (and you don't want to do that in deathmatch maps, which are the only place I've seen them used)

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:22 pm
by Bio Hazard
but its still a bit unprofessional

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:35 pm
by BetaSword
Yeah, there's the thrust-z command, which is what I've seen used most often, there's the very steep steps, possibly deep water... But I think the thrust-z thing is the best.

And that Helm's Deep thing... Holy crap... That's friggin insane!

Edit: Oh, and it looks like the LWM Hellspawn thingy is no longer up... Sucks, cause I wanted to take a look...

Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 12:52 am
by Bio Hazard
hellspawn used PROP_FLY

Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:43 am
by Enjay
Talonos wrote:LWM link can be found here: http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=2583
I didn't actually mean the full Hellspawn map. LWM put together a little example map. here you go. :)

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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:47 am
by Cutmanmike
No offence or anything but I dislike that method. There's always gotta be a ceiling at the top. The flybob gives it away too.

Here's my version if anyone cares