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Emrys

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Posted: 20th Dec 2015 18:49 Edited at: 20th Dec 2015 18:50

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I'm trying to make a script that makes a entity fly off once the player is a certain distance away.

My script below works but only if the player keeps moving. Is there away to make the script run without the player moving after the distance is achieved?

Thanks.

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local wait_duration = 1000
flying = {}

function fly_init(e)
flying[e] = 0
end
  
function fly_main(e)
 PlayerDist = GetPlayerDistance(e)
 if PlayerDist < 5000 then
flying[e] = 1
end

if flying[e] == 1 then
CollisionOff(e)
GravityOff(e)
MoveUp(e,1200)
RotateY(e,180)
RotateX(e,-1)
StartTimer(e)
flying[e] = 2
    end

if GetTimer(e) >= wait_duration and flying[e] == 2 then
	MoveForward(e,50000)
	end

end

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3com

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Posted: 20th Dec 2015 20:05

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I've tried your script and it works as expected, at least for me.

I've placed player closest to entity, run test mode, and entity has move far away, of course player has to walk in order to run inside the entity range, to run script again.

Maybe you has to add another flag variable, so run script is not exclusively regarded to player dist.

Quote: "if playerDist == 50000 and yourflag == 0 then
do something
else
do nothing or something else
end"

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smallg

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Posted: 20th Dec 2015 22:12

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open the properties and turn the object to always active = yes

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Posted: 20th Dec 2015 23:10

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I think smallg is right - 'Always Active = Yes' is what you want, but that will make the entities continue to fly off into space forever.
You might want to clean them up when they get out of view:

if PlayerDist > 30000 then
Destroy(e)
SwitchScript(e,'default.lua')
end

(Destroy seems to only hide the entity, so SwitchScript to default is to stop PlayerDist from counting until something breaks.)

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Emrys

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Posted: 21st Dec 2015 14:05

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Thanks guys, that gives me a bit more work with. I'll let you know how I get on.

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