Tall object falls

There a way to have a tall object - like a building - get pushed over and when it falls, have a loud explosion?

Ideas? Suggestions?

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you could use an ambient_generic but those dont tend to be loud enough for me... if you use physboxes they make their own noise when they collide. or you could use and env_explosion with no fireball, smoke, decal or damage and it would make an explosion sound.

but how would the ambient_generic know when to trigger - or when would the env_explosion know when to trigger?

with the physics in HL2, the tower would fall differently every time - so is there a way to "link" the ambient generic to the tower when the tower goes from a standing stage to a "fallen down" stage?

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possibly by using something that will take damage when the building falls on it as a trigger? some sort of exploding physbox that isn't active until the building starts to fall, so that it isn't triggered early.

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i eat paint

name the tower and put a trigger all around it so when it falls through the trigger an explosion or sound happens.

IMHO, it seems to me that whatever "pushes" this tower over can also trigger the sounds Doc. You are somewhat vague on the event but with the little info you have posted, that seems the best option to me.

shrugs

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The best things in life, aren't things.

There is a tall tower in a map.

You can shoot it to knock it over.

With the HL2 physics, it is hard to tell exactly when the tower will fall, since it is a prop. The model will wobble sometimes, but not fall every time.

I'm looking to see if there is a way to have the tower trigger an explosive sound when it finally falls to the ground.

Is it possible? Thanks :smile:

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Condemnation without Investigation is the Highest Form of Ignorance!

parent a small physbox to the top of the tower, name it, then have a
trigger_once with a filter to only be triggered by that physbox.

make the trigger a huge box very close to the ground so when the tower
falls it will move the physbox into the trigger volume and set off a
loud sound (also attached to the tower)

There may be a better way to do this, but I think you can use the overall idea.