mapping a conveyor belt ?

[Grasshopper]

Does anyone know of a way to make a conveyor belt in GTKr ? is it possible to have a continuous belt like brush to move things along and could a hook grab it and move with it ? the idea is a vertical conveyor belt able to help launch a player using hook . or is this going to be a func_plat process ?

[C.Brutail]

Yes,it is possible.However,you need both Nexuiz, and the latest entities.def from Nexuiz SVN. func_train is what you need to place (func_plat only moves vertically)Also,I suggest you to use NetRadiant instead of GtkRadiant.You can find that here on the forum.
Nice idea btw,I wonder what'll come out of this.

[Sepelio]

This was something I was wondering about actually, it would be nice to see someone make it work.

[torus]

It might be easier to just make a conveyor-belt that's static, then have the texture scroll across it to make it look like it's moving. You could have it move objects by a forcefield.

[C.Brutail]

Nope,that'd push away the grapple's head before it hits solid.

[torus]

Hmm, I missed the bit about the hook.

Yea, if you want a hookable belt, you'll have to find another way.

[divVerent]

Conveyor belts that actually support the hook can not be done yet, unless by using REALLY MANY func_trains. Not sure if you really want to go that route...

[C.Brutail]

Why must he build a lot func_trains? oO
He builds the track once,makes 4-5 launchers that follows the same path,and a wall that basically hides them when they return to the original position.He doesn't even need to take care of synchronisation,because all launchers follow the same path with the same speed at each checkpoint. Or do I remember wrong,that one can set individual speeds between paths?

[divVerent]

Well, if he can use a wall to hide them, 4 or 5 func_trains suffice. And yes, they can share all their path_corners, so these don't need duplicating.

[Taiyo.uk]

For a flat belt (half-life style), make the belt itself static and apply an appropriate scrolling shader, and have multiple playerclip func_train brushes that move over the surface of the belt to push players along.



Hmm, how much work to implement func_conveyor?