Teleport and getting stuck problem

**Midnight1138** · September 13th, 2013, 05:39 AM

Hi all,

We all know the problem when someone uses a teleport and doesn't move from
the destination the next guy that comes through gets stuck.

I tried (emphasis on 'tried', lol) to be creative with the "+forward" command but can't get it to work.
It doesn't work at all or the guy using the teleport keeps walking forward forever.
My idea is to automatically make the player move forward one or two steps after
using the teleport. Or move randomly, might even work better (ie. moving forward or left or right) thus
keeping the tele destination clear for the next player that uses the teleport.

I know there are other ways like putting the exit higher in the air, or a script that prevents
teleporting when the destination is occupied but using the +forward seems like a good idea in my mind.

This is an example of how my teleport scripts look now: (Stalingrad, MG42 to boilerroom)

Code:

port3:
local.fx = spawn script_model
local.fx model "fx/corona_red.tik" 
local.fx.origin = ( 250 -310 230.13 )
local.fx.scale = 1.5
local.fx notsolid


local.trig = spawn trigger_use origin local.fx.origin
local.trig setsize ( -10 -10 0 ) ( 10 10 70 )
while(1)
{
local.trig waittill trigger
local.player = parm.other
local.player tele ( 903 -302 -151.88 )
local.player face ( 0 90 0 )
local.fx hide
wait 2
local.fx show
}
end

Maybe one of you coding-animals can help me out. Would be great!

Cheers,
Midnight1138

**Purple Elephant1au** · September 13th, 2013, 06:53 AM

Here :P

Try this

Code:

port3:
local.fx = spawn script_model
local.fx model "fx/corona_red.tik" 
local.fx.origin = ( 250 -310 230.13 )
local.fx.scale = 1.5
local.fx notsolid


local.trig = spawn trigger_use origin local.fx.origin
local.trig setsize ( -10 -10 0 ) ( 10 10 70 )
while(1)
{
local.trig waittill trigger
local.trig nottriggerable // turns trigger off so theres abit of a break between uses
local.player = parm.other
local.player tele ( 903 -302 -151.88 )
local.player face ( 0 90 0 )
local.player thread move_player
local.fx hide
wait 2
local.trig triggerable /// turns trigger back on
local.fx show
}
end

AND

Code:

move_player:

local.player = self

local.num = randomint(7)


if(local.player == NULL)
end

if(local.num == 0){
local.player stufftext "+moveleft"
wait 0.5
local.player stufftext "-moveleft"
}

if(local.num == 1){
local.player stufftext "+forward;+moveright"
wait 0.5
local.player stufftext "-forward;-moveright"
}

if(local.num == 2){
local.player stufftext "+forward;+moveleft"
wait 0.5
local.player stufftext "-forward;-moveleft"
}

if(local.num == 3){
local.player stufftext "+back;+moveright"
wait 0.5
local.player stufftext "-back;-moveright"
}

if(local.num == 4){
local.player stufftext "+back;+moveleft"
wait 0.5
local.player stufftext "-back;-moveleft"
}

if(local.num == 5){
local.player stufftext "+back"
wait 0.5
local.player stufftext "-back"
}

if(local.num == 6){
local.player stufftext "+forward"
wait 0.5
local.player stufftext "-forward"
}

if(local.num == 7){
local.player stufftext "+moveright"
wait 0.5
local.player stufftext "-moveright"
}


end

You can reuse the move_player thread for the rest of the teleports,
What it does is randomly moves the player in a direction,
like forward , back , forward + right , back + left, etc

What you were missing when you tried it was the
-forward there

You need to add
-forward
after you use
+forward
on a player, after a certain amount of time.
You can change the wait, time in there, it just tells the player for how long to move for.

**Sor** · September 13th, 2013, 07:13 AM

"+forward" just sets the forward flag, so the player will keep moving forward as long as it is set. To stop it, use "-forward".

Perhaps the player should move in the direction that he can move to because the player could be facing a wall when teleported.
Something like:

Code:

MoveAway:
    local.origin = (self gettagposition "eyes bone");
    local.rad = 96;
    
    if ( (sighttrace local.origin (local.origin + (self.forwardvector * local.rad))) ) {
        local.move = "forward";
    }
    else if ( (sighttrace local.origin (local.origin + ((self.forwardvector * -1) * local.rad))) ) {
        local.move = "back";
    }
    else if ( (sighttrace local.origin (local.origin + (self.leftvector * local.rad))) ) {
        local.move = "moveleft";
    }
    else if ( (sighttrace local.origin (local.origin + (self.rightvector * local.rad))) ) {
        local.move = "moveright";
    }


    self stufftext ("+"+local.move);
    wait (randomfloat(0.5) + 0.5); //random [0.5; 1.0] interval to wait;
    self stufftext ("-"+local.move);
end;

And call it like:

Code:

local.player thread MoveAway;

after the player has been teleported.

**Purple Elephant1au** · September 13th, 2013, 07:18 AM

his looks better :-P

**Midnight1138** · September 13th, 2013, 08:39 AM

Got it sorted out.
Thanks guys for teaching me yet another thing!

One of these days you guys may make a dev out of me yet, lol!

**Midnight1138** · September 16th, 2013, 11:38 AM

Just for reference, I found a better way by spawning pushtriggers at the teleport destinations.
The "+forward" works but then the teleported player has to let go of his move forward key momentarily and press it again or else
it looks like he's moving against an invisible wall.

This is an example of how I use it now: (Southern France)

Code:

port3:
local.fx = spawn script_model
local.fx model "fx/corona_red.tik" 
local.fx.origin = ( 689 354 51 )
local.fx.scale = 1.5
local.fx notsolid


local.trig = spawn trigger_use origin local.fx.origin
local.trig setsize ( -10 -10 0 ) ( 10 10 70 )
while(1)
{
local.trig waittill trigger
local.player = parm.other
local.player tele ( -411 450 926.97 )
local.player thread push_player3
local.fx hide
wait 2
local.fx show
}
wait 1
end
push_player3:
local.trigger = spawn trigger_push origin ( -411 450 926.97 ) "target" "roof"
spawn script_origin "targetname" "roof" origin ( -411 600 926.97 )
local.trigger speed 250
wait 1
local.trigger remove
end

**Slimbips {sfx}** · February 14th, 2014, 10:59 AM

hey guys

what would it be for me when i want to push after the teleport?.

Code:

teleporter: // secret room

local.ent = spawn script_model targetname ent
local.ent model "fx/corona_red.tik"
local.ent.origin = ( -1773.62 -2090.55 534.31 )
local.ent scale 3

local.teletrig = spawn trigger_multiple targetname tele_trig
local.teletrig.origin = ( -1773.62 -2090.55 534.31 )
local.teletrig setsize ( -30 -30 0 ) ( 30 30 50 )
local.teletrig setthread teleport_player

end

teleport_player:

local.player = parm.other
$tele_trig nottriggerable
$tele_trig hide
$ent2 hide

local.player tele ( -1895.47 -1877.34 481.77 )
local.player iprint ("You climbed the wall!")

wait 2

$tele_trig show
$tele_trig triggerable

end

can u help me out?
oke i did it

Code:

teleporter: // secret room

local.ent = spawn script_model targetname ent
local.ent model "fx/corona_red.tik"
local.ent.origin = ( -1773.62 -2090.55 534.31 )
local.ent scale 3

local.teletrig = spawn trigger_multiple targetname tele_trig
local.teletrig.origin = ( -1773.62 -2090.55 534.31 )
local.teletrig setsize ( -30 -30 0 ) ( 30 30 50 )
local.teletrig setthread teleport_player

end

teleport_player:

local.player = parm.other
$tele_trig nottriggerable
$tele_trig hide
$ent2 hide

local.player tele ( -1895.47 -1877.34 481.77 )
local.player iprint ("You climbed the wall!")

push_player3:
local.trigger = spawn trigger_push origin ( -1895.47 -1877.34 481.77 ) "target" "roof"
spawn script_origin "targetname" "roof" origin ( -1918.85 -1967.10 481.77 )
wait 1
local.trigger remove

wait 2

$tele_trig show
$tele_trig triggerable

end

it only prints the You climbed the wall twice... but thats oke

**Slimbips {sfx}** · February 21st, 2014, 10:35 AM

if i use 2 of this teleports or more.... how do i add 1 extra on midnight his script?... if i add 1 extra and go into the teleport i get shot in the air ...help!

**Slimbips {sfx}** · February 21st, 2014, 08:32 PM

took me 6 hours to find out how lol

Code:

//  DESTROYED VILLAGE 

port1:
local.fx = spawn script_model
local.fx model "fx/corona_red.tik" 
local.fx.origin = ( -1003 -985 90 )
local.fx.scale = 1.5
local.fx notsolid
//local.fx hide


local.trig = spawn trigger_use origin local.fx.origin
local.trig setsize ( -20 -20 -20 ) ( 20 20 20 )
while(1)
{
local.trig waittill trigger
local.player = parm.other
local.player tele ( -1010 -965 328 )
local.player thread push_player3
local.fx hide
wait 2
local.fx show
}
wait 1
end
push_player3:
local.trigger = spawn trigger_push origin ( -1010 -965 328 ) "target" "roof"
spawn script_origin "targetname" "roof" origin ( -1010 -945 328 )
local.trigger speed 250
wait 1
local.trigger remove
end

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  DESTROYED VILLAGE 

port2:
local.fx = spawn script_model
local.fx model "fx/corona_red.tik" 
local.fx.origin = ( 366 -1180 13 )
local.fx.scale = 1.5
local.fx notsolid
//local.fx hide


local.trig2 = spawn trigger_use origin local.fx.origin
local.trig2 setsize ( -20 -20 -20 ) ( 20 20 20 )
while(1)
{
local.trig2 waittill trigger
local.player2 = parm.other
local.player2 tele ( 362 -1182 214 )
local.player2 thread push_player3
local.fx hide
wait 2
local.fx show
}
wait 1
end
push_player3:
local.trigger2 = spawn trigger_push origin ( 362 -1182 214 ) "target" "roof2"
spawn script_origin "targetname" "roof2" origin ( 323 -1163 214 )
local.trigger2 speed 250
wait 1
local.trigger2 remove
end


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

**Midnight1138** · March 3rd, 2014, 08:41 AM

I've been thinking about making the player that teleports notsolid for 0.5 seconds.
That would be a good solution if the teleport exit is not near solid structures so they can't get stuck in something solid, like
a wall or furniture.

In the examples above I tried "local.player notsolid" or "local.player ghost" but that doesn't work. Would have been nice but alas..
Maybe something can be done with the noclip command, but that would require cheats to be set to ON..

Perhaps something could be scripted for that, but i'm not that familiar with all available (reborn) scripting commands.
Is there anyone out there that can think of a way?

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