trains break walls

Hi All

I'm currently making a map which involves a func_tracktrain.

I want part of the map have a part where you smash through the wall on the train.

I have not found how to do this yet, so I was wondering if anybody with more experience could help me.

I would prefer it if you couldn't smash it in anyway while walking, so it only smashes when you are on the train.

Also, any hints on how to make it as realistic as possible would be useful.

Thank You.

Hi

What you need to do is set the central part of the barrier (the bit that needs to be smashed) as a func_wall_toggle, and call it 'trainwall1' or whatever. You then need to put a train track entity right by the wall, so that when the origin of your train is over the node, the front of your train lines up with the barrier. Set the 'fire on pass' for this track node to 'traintrig1'. Lastly, put a trigger_once inside the wall to be broken, call it 'traintrig1', and set it's target to 'trainwall1'. The trigger_once is needed otherwise if you reversed the train past the train node, the wall would reappear.

To make it more realistic, you can put some func_breakables inside the func_wall_toggle, whose name is set to 'trainwall1' as well. Check the flag 'only trigger', and choose appropriate gib style, direction, model, etc.

Skillers said:
Hi All



Thank You.

both of these work around here.. we are not as bad as it seems.

If a breakable doesnt have enough debris for you, try an env_shooter.

Name: trainwall1
Gib model: models/concretegibs.mdl

Set the angles, number of gibs, force etc. to whatever you want. If the walls not concrete, try a different gib model (look in pak0.pak/models).

why not just make the wall as a func_breakable, targeted the same way Jeff explained for the wall_toggle. i'm sure i've done it that way with a train smashing through wooden barriers.

Then a player can just blow it up eventually. I went for the func_breakable instead of the env_shooter because with a shooter, the debris all come from one point, and with a breakable, they fall out of a volume.

A breakable can be set to only break on trigger if you set the flag I believe.

Oh yeah, silly me.

Best not to bother with the func_wall_toggle then. Should I edit my first post?

Thank You

I'll try that now

P.S. Late reply - 1^st time on net since yesterday morning