Hello, I know the door-key mechanics to unlock a door. ( by the way it works but oddly enough the door does not move- you just walk through it when it is unlocked - bug ? )
My problem : can I set a no-code behaviour so that when the door is unlocked , the level ends and the game moves to the next level ?

I tried creating a connection between the door and a win zone, but whatever order I choose for the connection ( starting with the door or starting with the win zone ) the win zone just unlocks the door ( without the key ) and displays "game completed" : I would like this to happen only after the key has been recovered and after "E" has been pressed.
Can anyone help ? Thanks in advance.

@ ericman

Stock door? if so, what door are you talking about?
Otherwise, if it is a custom door, then you have to create at least 2 animation slots and name them such as "open" and "close" in the mesh importer, you will have to state the animation frames as well.
The door.lua script does the trick as behavior.

1- Do you want to open the door, or unlock it only?
2- There are a lot of doors to be open or just only one?
3- The player should be close to the door in order to open it. or find the key and never may where the player is?

I'm afraid you are going to need a coded solution, to achieve it, in fact, you don't need the "winzone", just the "jumpToLevel(e, level name)"
LUA command; of course, the whole script depends on what you are going to need.

Hello 3com,
thanks for your answer.

1) the door : stock door called blue door : I got it for this : it seems it is a non animating door.
By default, it is connected to the rotate door script which makes non animating doors rotate anyway. However, they cannot be " locked" ( no behaviour for that outside code ). So I had changed the script to just " door", which allows for the "locked" behaviour....but does not rotate the door. Ok this one is solved.

2)lua script : I am not familiar with lua, but I intend to learn enough to do little tweaks if possible, so thank you for putting me in the right direction. Actually the door works as a transition between the current level and the next, so only this door has this behaviour in the level.

The behaviour would be this :

a) player finds key
b) player goes back to the door and unlocks it.
c) next level is loaded

@ ericman

1- Go to the "\Documents\GameGuruApps\GameGuruMAX\Files\scriptbank\user" folder and place there, the script attached below.
2- Open the script with Notepad and search for the code line: " JumpToLevelIfUsed(e, "Your levelname goes here")" and type your level name there.
3- Attach that script to your door mesh.

https://youtu.be/w8hFq7pnKCY

HTH

Hello 3com,
first of all thanks a lot for your time ! That you took the time to write the script, instructions as well as a youtube video is much ( and rightfully so ) appreciated! And it WORKS VERY WELL.

I will do my best to follow your example when I'm skilled enough to help in this community. ( contrary to what my profile suggests, I haven't spent that much time on gamecreator apps, but I discovered their products a long time ago)

I will just report a few issues I had, in case it might help other basic users like me : ( steam version )
1) I did not find the "\Documents\GameGuruApps\GameGuruMAX\Files\scriptbank\user" folder ( I have "\Documents\GameGuruApps\GameGuruMAX\Files\ though, just not a scriptbank folder so I put the door.lua file in the scriptbank\user" folder located in program files.
==> so far it works
==> maybe I should have manually added the scriptbank folder in\Documents
2) I thought it was necessary to rename your file ( door.lua ) since there is a default door.lua behaviour but renaming causes the door to do nothing, so here are the steps :
==> in any case do not overwrite the original door.lua file in program files !!
a) after enabling the "developer settings" submenu in object tools : click on the "..." icon next to "door.lua"
b)in the behaviour type tree to the left, locate and click "user"
c) select the "door" behaviour ( this is 3com's lua file that you put in the "scriptbank\user" folder ) - and that's it.

Of course, as 3com said, don't forget to edit 3com's lua file by entering the name of the level you want the user to move to ( quotes included )

Thank you again!

Yes, you'll have to create them, that way you prevent the file from being overwritten when updating GGMax.
The same script name is not an issue as well as you create those folders and store the script there.
Edit: fixing quotes.

Hello, a question concerning the script : instead of typing the name of the level, is it possible to refer to the next level as defined by the storyboard editor ? Thanks.

FinishLevel() instead of JumpToLevel("") might do it

@smallg : it works ! Thanks a lot for your help.

Question about LUA : is the link to LUA basics at the bottom of your message relevant to GG MAX ? It refers to gameguru, so maybe there are differences in GG MAX. But it's a good starting point, so thank you.

it was made for classic yes but the basic principles are the same for Max, just some of the commands in classic are different for Max

Hello,
if anyone is interested, here's the lua file that allows for moving to the next level when a door is unlocked. Thanks to 3com and smallg.

It seems I am not allowed to attach files. Tried twice; Maybe it has to go through a moderator first.

[EDIT] : thank you 3com, the file has been uploaded.

I have experienced something like that days ago, what I did was post and then edit the post, and try attaching the file again, and this time it works.