Hello everyone. maybe it`s simple question, but i can`t understand how to make one trigger zone spawn another. It is possible at all? It was pretty easy in FPSC, but i`m not an expert in LUA yet ))). By the way, in FPSC spawned entities can work as trigger zone, it`s another way to do what i talking about. In GG i can`t make entities act this way... Hope for your help, and thanks in advance!

I asked, I answered )))
As we all know, the right question already contains the answer ))). A fresh look at the problem made me think and this what i can say now: the Trigger Zone can spawn an Entity. Let`s give this entity a script that will make this Entity work like another Trigger Zone.



So, what we have - the First Trigger Zone spawns an Entity - let`s call it Zone for a sample. Let`s place on our map this Entity called "Zone" (we can use for this any entity of we have), in its "If Used" field we`ll define the "Name" of something that we want to activate, in the "Sound0" we`ll define sound file, which will sounds when our Zone will work. When Player came into a first Trigger Zone, the Entity called Zone will be spawned. When Player gets close (in .lua file we can define, how close) to a Zone, it will react and activate something defined in its "If Used" field. The task is complete ))) (that script you can find in attachment). But i wonder, can we made it with a Trigger Zone instead an Entity - I think that the Trigger Zone is more flexible compare with an Entity.

You may find this interesting:

https://forum.game-guru.com/thread/218470#msg2584479

I use objects to trigger things as they respect the height they are set at, unlike trigger zone.

I make an obects with a pure black texture and use that with playerdist to to actvate the next piece of the puzzle.

Thank you, friends! Guess I have found what I looking for.

AmenMoses - I`m already read reccomrnded post. Great work, but I`m afraid it`s too hard for me at this moment - as I wrote, I`m not an expert in LUA yet ))).

Pirate Myke - I don`t thinked about height, thank for your note! Invisible entity is a nice idea. I think we can use any entity with its regular texture if will add in script string "Hide(e)".



In this case any entity will be invisible and no need to create special invisible entity with black texture (I don`know why, but entity with black texture stays visible for me in GG, maybe I did something wrong).

Thanks again and good luck!

It has to be pure 100% black, as in RGB 0,0,0 and it should show in the editor but not be rendered in the test game.

Hello, Belidos!

That`s right. I`ve tried to made texture 128x128 px. with Photoshop - this software correctly works with colours, I guess, saved it as .bmp, then loaded this file into online converter BMP into DDS . DDS file from converter was placed to my entity folder and defined in its .fpe file. At first sight everything is correct, in editor I can see absolutely black entity, but in test game I see the same visible black entity... I`ve tried to use ready texture of standart Invisible Wall - invisible_wall_S.dds or invisible_wall_D.dds - everything is the same...

Give the attached a try and see if it works for you.

Very strange, but nothing has changed with this entity. I have removed string "Hide(e)"from my script and performed a test. As result, I still see entity in editor and in game test... Maybe something wrong with my system?
However, Thank You!

In your entitybank/scenery folder is an invisible wall entity, make a copy of that in a different folder, edit it's .fpe to change collisionmode to 11, then you can use it and scale it to whatever size you like to use with your script.

Belidos, Thanks for your advice! I`ve tried this, but result is still the same - visible entity in editor and in game test... Don`t even know, where is error might be...

However, I have script above (which contains "Hide" command and works with any entity), it`s useful enough for me. I think that answer is found and this tread may be sucsessfully closed.

Thanks to everyone who tried to help me!