You could probably place a flat trigger_hurt on the floor (or three units below) and cover it with an invisible (skip) toggle door. Something along these lines. 

another solution, if you're using quoth, is to make a func_rotate_train with a trigger_hurt as the target (no rotate_entity or func_movewall).

remember, rotating entities will still set relative origin of all non-static entities targetted by it. (remember my wierdo speedmap with the droles attached to the rotating plane).

so you just move your func_rotate_train in and out of position and it will drag the trigger_hurt along with it.

roundabout, but it should work. 

Is there something you can do to stop the VisGroups list being random?

It wasn't a problem initially but with 40 odd Vis Groups it's getting constantly searching the list. Making the window bigger would also be nicer :(

Guessing not but hey :) 

I never had that many visgroups so I dont know! I tend to mostly use that feature when the editor says "WARNING: Too many visible objects", so I hide half of the map and carry on. I know that you CAN use it to really organise your map, but i never really bothered with it that much. 

Is there any good way to make a skybox rotating in order to give the effect that is the center that is moving ?

i.e: I'd like to make a spatial base floating in space... hence my question...

Any idea ? 

Maybe only in some very hacky way. Like turning the skybox graphics into a large func. Or making a huge animated texture. Fitzquake085 has proper animation on sky-textured funcs, but this still doesn't help.

If your intention is to simulate a space station orbiting around a planet or some stars, you could try cutting out the corresponding bits of the skybox and use them for the rotation while leaving the actual sky black or with stars only. 

I was rather thinking making the complete skybox rotating... giving the impression this is the space station that is rotating... like a lost stuff in space...
Sounds difficult.... :/ 

i don't think that type of effect is possible. i tried for a while to do something like that for the ne_doom map.

anyway, even if you did do it, if your skybox had a sun or some other light source you were trying to simulate with _sunlight settings, they wouldn't match up if the skybox rotated, so it's not a full win, even if you could. :S 

You need engine modification for that AFAIK and yeah, the sunlight wouldn't move. 

I agree with the sunlight issue... I just thought about it a little bit late ;)

and even trying to make the complete map rotating except the skybox will not work either, as the gravity will become the issue then... the risk is to fall, except if you play the map with zero gravity... and remains the problem of being able to fly over without issue....

Anyway, I can deal with this... no problem

Thanks a lot for the support ;) 

It's possible, but the sunlight would only move with fully dynamic world lighting. Darkplaces etc.

However, Darkplaces + huge open maps = slow motion. 

sad 

been playing a lot of q1 episode 4...

there must be over 20 quad damages in that episode but i never seen them in custom Q1SPs.

how come no one hands them out anymore? 

 

digs05 is an anomaly. to me, the fact that digs05 had quads just shows how weird they are to be present at all. 

digs05 is probably one of my favourite maps. Damn disappearing pents. 

It's hard to manage them imo, and possible that different people react to powerups in different ways. The limited duration element makes it such a bitch to plan around, a super weapon like a BFG is much easier to deal with I'd say :E

It's also hard to get a balance between cake walk and impossible when the player has the quad because even shamblers are just creamed by it. You have to throw a lot at the player and assume they will just mow it all down before it manages to gank them.

Having said that, using a quad with the respawning trick works well in an arena fight, you make the quad come back at the start of each wave. Or just make it come back after a few seconds so whilst the player is in that area they essentially have unlimited quad :p

Useless figures time: By my count, Quad + Pent + LG can murder about 40 or so Shamblers before the quad runs out, although my technique might not be perfect :E 

Useless figures time: By my count, Quad + Pent + LG can murder about 40 or so Shamblers before the quad runs out, although my technique might not be perfect :E

LG -> 300 dps, 2 seconds to kill a shambler.
quadded is 0.5 seconds a shambler.
30 seconds / 0.5 shamblers is 60 shamblers before the quad runs out.
if they were all in a line or something.

anyway, i was just wondering if it's only because of fear of 'too easy' gameplay or if it's that mappers fear players blasting through too quickly without seeing the map or appreciating the intricate monster ambush they set up.
i'm pretty sure i'm in the latter category. :x 

Well, I said by my count, but it was more that I just piled a load of shamblers into a room and tried it. You actually run out of ammo really quickly hehe :P 

Also following your thoughts, the ideal time to put one in is when the player is returning to a previous area, or perhaps even better, specifically backtracking.

You could imagine a player muttering to themselves that they have to backtrack, but then the relief of getting a quad and enjoying the thirty second dash as they mince everything on the way back:P 

Oh and cause it's currently fashionable to triple post, Tribute ale is really nice. Bottoms up. 

You could imagine a player muttering to themselves that they have to backtrack, but then the relief of getting a quad and enjoying the thirty second dash as they mince everything on the way back:P

Thought I'd quadpost it :D 

You could always fill a room full of baddies, give the player the ring to wander around unnoticed until they could find the quad.

I see the ring being offered less often in maps these days. 

Give the player the RL, 100 rockets, and a bunch of health and armor. Upon taking the ring, he is teleported to a multi-story maze full of Shamblers, which he must navigate upwards by rocket jumping before the ring wears off - otherwise the player is as good as dead.

Then you can reward him by giving him a Quad + LG. 

I love it! Someone should do that.