[SOLVED]Is it possible to make flashes?
146 Posts
Posted Apr 27, 2014
Would it be possible to create white flashes (in a small area, not on the player/player's screen) and then replace whatever is inside the flash. For example, say there is a companion cube, a white flash occurs around it, and during that flash, it becomes a regular cube? Would that be remotely possible? 
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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Best option would be particle effetcs.
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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You could put an env_sprite over the cube, and quickly turn it on and off. When you do that , that's when you could switch the cube. You could also crete a custom particle system and do that. (I have no idea how though.)
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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Thanks!
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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Followup question: The only way I could get this to work is with templates and env_entity_maker (i believe it is), and those don't have parenting features, neither does the cube I am using as a template. Would it be possible to keep them together somehow?
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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You may be able to use a phys_cpnstraint attached to both cubes, and somehow make one visible and one not. It may be a tad unstable, but you MAY be able to do the same with env_entity_makers.
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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Env_entity_makers can be parented (point_templates can't). What you should probably do is turn on the sprite/particle effect, ClearParent the env_entity_maker, Kill the first cube then ForceSpawn the second and then Kill the env_entity_maker (with a 0.01s delay between each). Finally turn off the particle effect so the player can see the new cube.
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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I believe I still need the point template, and when it is not in the same area of the cube, the entity that is created is in the void (I assume)
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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You want to have a point_template (not in the void to stop it leaking), just put it in the middle of the cube you are using as a template.
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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I know that, but what if the player were to move the cube, before it was activated.
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Posted Apr 27, 2014
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That would be okay. As Teamspen said, env_entity_makers can be parented.
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Posted Apr 28, 2014
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CamBen wrote:
As Felix said...
Sorry for coming here just to call you out, but it was actually TeamSpen.
On topic, yeah, parenting an env_entity_maker is easily done and will work for what you want.
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srs bsnss wrote:
CamBen wrote:As Felix said...
Sorry for coming here just to call you out, but it was actually TeamSpen.
On topic, yeah, parenting an env_entity_maker is easily done and will work for what you want.
Whoops, read that wrong. Fixing it.