Keyboard and Triggers

[wabogenadod]

Is it possible for a trigger to wait for a key to be pressed or a varriable to be above a certain point and then trigger?
Also, is it possible to have a door that can reduce a variable when activated. Are you able to tell me how this is possible.
Thanks

[QuestOfDreams]

Is it possible for a trigger to wait for a key to be pressed or a varriable to be above a certain point and then trigger?

Best option would be to use a LevelController entity and script the desired behaviour.

Also, is it possible to have a door that can reduce a variable when activated.

Depends on the details. If, for example, the door is activated by a trigger you may use the same trigger to activate a ModifyAttribute entity (a player attribute can be regarded as a variable).

[wabogenadod]

Does a LevelController act like a trigger?
Would this work?

"
{
K_OpenDoor = [16]

Setup[()
{
LowLevel("RunPlayer");
}]

RunPlayer[()
{
If(IsKeyDown(K_OpenDoor))
{
If(GetAttribute("points", "Player") > 75)
{
ModifyAttribute("points", -75, "Player")
How would you trigger door??????????????????????????????????????????????????
}
}
}]

}


(The main problem is that i don't understand how to use it to trigger models or entities)

[QuestOfDreams]

The LevelController itself is not a trigger but provides a way to control triggers, doors, platforms, globals script flags, ...
LevelController scripts have their own set of script methods (many of them are similar to the pawn script methods) and are purely low level.

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{
  K_OpenDoor = [16]

  CheckKeyPress[()
  {
    if(IsKeyDown(K_OpenDoor))
    {
      if(GetAttribute("points", "Player") > 75)
      {
        ModifyAttribute("points", -75, "Player");

        // activates the specified Trigger entity
        ActivateTrigger("DoorTriggerEntity");
        // or
        // activates the specified Trigger (no Trigger entity required)
        SetEventState("DoorTrigger", true);
        // or
        // directly activates the door "Door" and makes it run to the given animation time 2.0
        SetDoorTargetTime("Door", 2.0);
      }
    }
  }]
}

[wabogenadod]

What needs to go in the entity attributes if the script is called levelcontroller(door)?

[wabogenadod]

Why is it that the levelcontroller is crashing my game when i have entered all of the attributes correctly?

[QuestOfDreams]

What needs to go in the entity attributes if the script is called levelcontroller(door)?

You should not use parentheses in file names (or other identifiers). Stick to alphanumeric characters and underscores.

Why is it that the levelcontroller is crashing my game when i have entered all of the attributes correctly?

You need to provide more information, i.e. entity parameters, script, RealityFactory.log file.

[Veleran]

Did you use console (true) to watch messages for during which part it stops,if the script is that crashes it,or checked other simple details like: in the triggername entry where you have to write the word "programmed" .