Questions about DP

[JasonX]

Hello Guys,

I have some more questions about the Quake Engine, specifically, the DarkPlaces engine.

1) How can we create entities? For example, under Radiant or Hammer, i would select the info_message and place it in the map. When the player walks over it, a message is displayed.

I would like to study the creation of entities, since i would be using them extensively, for example: entity_switch, that when activated, opens a door, or turns a light on/off.

2) Has anyone "ported" or developed entities and gameplay control (by entities) from the Half Life engine? Scripted sequences.

[Electro]

[Spirit]

[JasonX]

I already read some QuakeC tutorials, including the "Scratch" series, although it seems to be incomplete. Were i can find the rest of it, by the way?

Regarding my questions, any tutorials regarding triggers or something? How can i verify if player is within an area and so on?

[Spirit]

http://hosted.planetquake.gamespy.com/w ... index.shtm
http://web.archive.org/web/200701060427 ... uide02.htm
are two handy general guides.

Also check out free/open map sources to see how things are setup: http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=60094


edit: if you are not interested in what Quake already has builtin but really want to code yourself, please tell me to shut up.

[MauveBib]

An entity in a map has a classname, say info_message as you mentioned. This will call the void() info_message function in QC to define the characteristics of this entity, and this is how you add custom entities to a mod. By defining the function in QC you can then add an equivilent entity to your map.

[JasonX]

[avirox]

[JasonX]

[avirox]

[JasonX]

Well, i tried running it into DP, but lot's of problems, like buttons not opening doors, player falling outside the map (had to use no clip to test the maps), and etc. Also, initially, DP was not finding the WADs, though i fixed this by moving them to a "textures" folder.

However, even if this is not working well with DP, i'll study the code a little bit, because that's what i was looking for. Thank you for the great piece of code, avirox.

[ceriux]

[avirox]