switch help

poopdecksweeper

I have a switch that turns on the light whenever my actor overlaps it, but the problem is that the switch toggles between on and off every single second my actor is overlapping. I need to make a few boolean and integer attributes to stop the automatic switching on and off of the switch to: actor hits switch then only after 3 seconds can the actor hit it again.

thanks

UtopianGames

Make a boolean called SwitchActive leave it set to false then when your player hits the switch change it to true. Have a rule with a timer inside..something like if game.SwitchActive=true after 3 seconds change attribute game.SwitchActive to false.

Darren.

poopdecksweeper

Thanks Darren I'll try it. It's funny I'm actually over at DBA right now looking at assets.

poopdecksweeper

What @UtopianGames said isn't working. I have two attributes: (isLit) - Boolean & (Transition) - real. This is what I have:


When main actor overlaps switch actor,
and transition = 3

then after .01 (RTC)
change attribute Transition to 2
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When main actor overlaps switch actor,
and transition = 2

For 2 seconds (RTC)
every 1 second Change attribute to transition to transition-1
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When transition = 1,
change attribute (transition) to 3,
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When main actor overlaps switch actor,
and Transition is greater than 2.9,
and isLit is false

Then change attribute isLit to True
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When main actor overlaps switch actor,
and Transition is greater than 2.9,
and isLit is true

Then change attribute isLit to false



Grrrrrr....what should I do?

poopdecksweeper

bump

poopdecksweeper

Bumps

mynameisace

I'm fitting a new bathroom in my house at the moment but made this for you on my break:

http://www.mynameisace.com/switch.gameproj.zip

Ace

poopdecksweeper

Hey Ace, thanks for that, I appreciate your valiant effort (even during your arduous bathroom renovation and all), but I need to have the light switch stay on after the actor has stopped touching the switch. Then, once the actor comes back and touches the switch again, I would like it to turn off.

Thanks for the help

mynameisace

I can't remember how I set up the code, but delete the change attribute for the overlap/collide and the otherwise and just have when actor overlaps or collides with switch change attribute game.switch to (game.switch+1)%2

I'm on my phone so can't test it in the project but just try that in my example.

Ace

mynameisace

Finished for the day (I have no bath/shower and my bathroom looks like a bomb hit it). I've seen more pipes than Mario, but here's the updated file:

http://www.mynameisace.com/switchcollide.gameproj.zip

Ace

poopdecksweeper

Hey Ace thanks, once I get home i'll try it out.

mynameisace

Okay. Let mw know if it works out for you!

Ace

poopdecksweeper

Dude! Thanks a million! I have been waiting to go further with one of my projects because of that, and now it's fixed!!

If you ever need help with anything or some art then let me know.