This is my third version of a keypad. I reduced the number of entities by about 25. It has a different function, but is better for people brute forcing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpY2RWvpcofmt=18

The code can be changed in about 20 seconds, with a quick edit in hammer. I am making a tutorial for the dev wiki.

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How convenient. It reminds me of a storyline quest in Fallout 3...

I won't spoiler, but anyone who played the game will know what I'm talking about.

But it looks and seems to work great. Must've been a lot of work too. Entity logics can be a real pain, but the results are often totally worth it.

That's a cool idea. I like the way the buttons really push down. Can you also set a code that uses the same digit more than once?

BTW I'm looking forward to that tutorial.

Ricotez wrote:
[...]But it looks and seems to work great. Must've been a lot of work too. Entity logics can be a real pain, but the results are often totally worth it.

Yeah, tell me about it...

HMW wrote:
That's a cool idea

Currently, no you cant reuse the same button, it is possible i suppose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_awmz7xLLmo

It can be programmed in under 30 seconds

Ill put it on the dev wiki either tonight or tomorrow.

I was going to post my idea of making one, that could use the same number more than one time, but i saw a bug in it so i didn't. Looks awesome. Keep up the good work :3

I've been thinking about something like this for a future BTS map (where you have to find the code to a control room or whatever) and making the keypad so that it can re-use ditgits is a lot more complicated than the simple and elegant solution used here. We're talking about a video game after all, not about Fort Knox.

@sbrown:
I've watched the video where you program the keypad. The template is surely user friendly. I assume that the pk1_button_a, pk1_button_b etc. are control entities that all have to be activated for the code to be valid, am i right? How then do you enforce the right order of the digits? (So that when the code is 4862 for example, entering 2684 doesn't work.)

HMW wrote:
@sbrown:

The kp1_button_a buttons are middlemen of the sorts. They can be locked to prevent the keypad from being unlocked, but still allowing the buttons to function on the outside. I guess ill write up that tutorial tonight