dod entities

Ok, when a person spawns on my map, i want them to be forced to drop their main gun.

I dont want them to be able to pick it up again, so how would i make the gun go away once it is dropped?

'player_weaponstrip' entity will take all weapons from a player and the weapons taken disappear. It was used in the Op4 training course to take away your gun, but I'm sure it used to be a brush-based entity called 'weaponstrip'?

Err... I think not. :rolleyes:

player_weaponstrip is a point entity, always has been. You'll want to place a trigger_multiple around the spawn area, and have that target a player_weaponstrip. Of course, I'm not sure if dod has this entity, and if you did use one, it would most likely remove all weapons (main, pistol, knife and grenades) so I'm not sure if that would work... Try it and see.

Well, i think the weapon strip will strip the players of their weapons entirely.If so, you could place the guns in an armory near the starting points or something.

I know there's no 'weaponstrip' brush-based entity now, but I'm sure there used to be one... hmm. There was this deathmatch map with a 'vieing area' where you could go, and you were stripped of all your weapons as you went in.

Yeah but all you would need to do to achieve that is have a trigger_multiple cover the doorway and have it target a weaponstrip.

I just installed worldcraft 2.1 and it uses player_weaponstrip as well. I wonder where I got the idea that it was brush based from... very odd.

scary_jeff said:
I just installed worldcraft 2.1 and it uses player_weaponstrip as well. I wonder where I got the idea that it was brush based from... very odd.

maybe it was the AAA trigger brush targetting it??

If it does take away everything but you want them to hold on to their secondary weapons, just keep a big stash of them lying around to pick up after.

maybe it was the AAA trigger brush targetting it??

Isn't that exactly what wilson said a few posts back, and I already restated since Jeff didn't seem to have noticed :razz:

I can't believe the confusion caused here. I always realised player_weaponstrip is a point based entity, and was aware of how this would be implemented. All I meant was that I thought that there used to be a brush based entity to do the same thing, but I was wrong. I'm not sure why I mentioned the map with the safe zone, I don't think that helped at all :smile:

ReNo said:

maybe it was the AAA trigger brush targetting it??

Isn't that exactly what wilson said a few posts back, and I already restated since Jeff didn't seem to have noticed :razz:

no duncan, my comment was rhetorical, i wasn't answering the question of the topic, i was posing a supposition to jeff's confusion over a brush..

the aaa trigger is a brush afterall.

Thats what I was doing too - I said the way that the weapons were removed from players in the map he referred to was most likely done using a trigger_multiple that targets the weaponstrip. I wasn't answering this topic's question, thats been done already.

ReNo said:
Thats what I was doing too - I said the way that the weapons were removed from players in the map he referred to was most likely done using a trigger_multiple that targets the weaponstrip. I wasn't answering this topic's question, thats been done already.

ahh nods head sagely

tis my confusion then, sorry.. i never called it a trigger_multiple.. its always been the aaa trigger brush to me..

remember, i failed miserably at multi_managers... i stayed away from any tricks most times that involved them or anything like them..

most times, i used the aaa trigger to activate a func_door as a lift...

notice exactly how i worded my reply each time.

sorry duncan, my bad :sad:

stupid double post

nothin worse than being wrong twice X 2 :sad:

scary_jeff said:
I can't believe the confusion caused here. I always realised player_weaponstrip is a point based entity, and was aware of how this would be implemented. All I meant was that I thought that there used to be a brush based entity to do the same thing, but I was wrong. I'm not sure why I mentioned the map with the safe zone, I don't think that helped at all :smile:

I remember there being a brush based entity as well. Hm...

stupid double post

nothin worse than being wrong twice X 2 :sad:

LOL :biggrin:

Anyway mate, the aaa trigger is just a texture typically used on trigger brushes, it doesnt actually do anything on its own I don't believe. A trigger_multiple is the brush entity typically used to trigger things more than once across a map (for instance opening a door).

You can put whatever texture you want on most brush entities, except for ORIGIN and such. There are lots of little exceptions.

sorry, been away for a day or two

I have a small bunker type spawn, similar to a tfc map.

So, if i place a weaponstrip in the door way, the person will loose there weapon, and they can pick up one i placed outside of the base?

would it be possible to link the weaponstrip to a player equip entity?

Yes. Put a trigger_multiple accross the door that targets a multi_manager, then have the multi_manager first target a player_weaponstrip, then 0.1 seconds later (say) a game_player_equip (or whatever it's called).

thanks jeff