Mover Questions

gannonroader

ok, I just made a bar door(don't know the proper name. The door that swings up to allow the bar tender to get behind the bar).

I have the mover working, but it only works when I jump on the bar and stand on it. How do I make it work when I approach it?

Also, the door isn't receiving the same light for some reason. I'm assuming it has to do with the object moving now. What can I do to fix this. I can supply screens of anything you need to help figure this out, but I suspect it's a very "noobish" problem.

haiddasalami

You could make a trigger volume and make a kismet sequence.

gannonroader

hmm I thought that's how to do it, but I wouldn't know how to do it in kismet.

haiddasalami

Take a look in the example map that comes with UDK. There is a trigger volume there. Essentially take your builder brush, make a trigger volume, then just hook it up in kismet using the example map as reference.

gannonroader

Well I got it working somewhat, but the animation is really screwy. The door is supposed to just rotated 90 degrees, but it doesn't exactly do that. And it only stays open for a second, and then closes again. I'm further at least. I only started with kismet today by the way.

Now I have it staying open, but won't close again :S

cholden

I love Kismet, but I can't begin to form a solution with a picture of your kismet setup.

There's not a ton of documentation for Kismet. The best sources I've found has been the UT3 Collector's Edtiro Bonus DVD, and this 3dBuzz series:
http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_videonav.php?fid=7cc69168309504f2becd54d37818af67

Most of the kismet tutorials show how toggle a light. So you really have to dig to find the good info.

gannonroader

I tried just about every thing you can imagine here hahahahaha. I'm going nuts trying to figure this thing out. It looks like it chould be working to me. The object itself isn't receiving light properly either, and the animation is a mess unless I make it 1 second long. arrrr.

haiddasalami

@gannon: Mind hosting your file? I can try tinkering around at home. (its the weekend yay!) On mac...

gannonroader

I got it working. It was a value that's set to 1 by default in the triggers setting. I had to set it to 0. Now the only problem is why it's looking different than the rest of my stuff. It appears lighter for some reason.