Yep, I don't know if anyone had done this before, but I though I'd give it a shot. The cog was provided by Descent_pilot in a post from long, long ago, locked away deep in the Massassi editing forum. The url is here if you want to check out the thread and see the code.

Here's a pic of the escalator in action. All the textures are courtesy of MaDaVentor (may he rest in peace ).



Not entirely practical yet, but it might be interesting to see where people might take it.
You can download the demo level at my website.


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Sweet.

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Looks nice. ]

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I finally got the pic working (thanks to good 'ol reliable Massassi Image Corner).

I'm afraid FreeWebs doesn;t seem to like hot-linking, so if you are truly interested in downloading the file, just paste te following text into your "Address" bar window, and it should come up with a download prompt:

http://www.freewebs.com/vaderscorner/esc.zip

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I could see that in an RPGish level. Very cool.

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That looks pimp dude...

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Wow, nice.

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Reminds me of Shevat for some reason... Even though there were no escalators

Looks cool.

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Wow. You know, I can't recall any games that actually went to the trouble of coding and designing a working escalator. Sweet work.

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Tony Hawk 3, though I can't remember if it looked right or not...

Anyhow, great job!


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I've done it before, but lost it almost as soon as I did it in a comp crash that led me to scrap the project. It's all in getting the right cog and setup. BTW, that looks sweet.

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You can make escalators in JA too, you know.

yeah, but in any q3 based system it's... EASY... FUNC SMART TRAIN for one... as well as a billion other methods.

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I did it years ago, but I wont hold it against you.

Actully, yours looks a hell of alot better than mine did...Mostly due to Mada's l337 textures.

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Errr... forgot my comment... I really like the concept, and it does have potential for maps. Hopefully it will be used in a released project.
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Very nice! Say, could you perhaps not add a snd file for each thing. How about one global sound, and please... Not that one... Something softer?

/Edward

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Very nice. Bring on the shopping mall.

Thanks guys, but I just wanted to point out I'm not planning on releasing a level with escalators in it. I was just sharing in case anyone else was interested in doing a mall level or something of the sort.

Unless the level is quite small the idea is, as I've already stated, not quite entirely practical. This feature is not to be used in excess, primarily due to the high thing count and also framerate (maybe, I haven't tested that). Also, the steps don't generate instantly, it takes about five or so sevonds for the chain to get going, so this wouldn't look to good if it was the first thing you saw upon startup. However, I'm hoping someone will be able to improve upon this idea.

If anyone thinks I should write a Tutorial, please say. My Email is not working at the moment btw, so if anyone wants to ask or send me something I'm afraid I can't be of service. Hopefully I'll get it up and running again fairly soon, with any luck before May.

Thankyou again for the comments and praise, but someone be sure to ask Descent_pilot about the actual cogging, since I know nothing of that aspect of the escalators.

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