vfig on 18/12/2022 at 07:03

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here is a script and sample .mis for an antigravity shaft, which—unlike a System Shock 2 style gravshaft—you can control how you move up and down it just by looking up and down:

Downloads:

* (https://github.com/vfig/t2tests/raw/master/test_autogravshaft/sq_scripts/test_autogravshaft.nut) script (put it in your mission's sq_scripts subdirectory)
* (https://github.com/vfig/t2tests/raw/master/test_autogravshaft/test_autogravshaft.mis) .mis
* ((https://github.com/vfig/t2tests/tree/master/test_autogravshaft) github)

Demo:
[video=youtube;RKERNDUVlyg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKERNDUVlyg[/video]

Instructions:

* Create a Room Archetype, called e.g. "AutoGravshaft". Give it the AutoGravShaft script.
* If you want particles in the gravshaft, create a particle object, and add a ScriptParams link from the room archetype to the particle object, with the data set to Particles. The particle object should have the StdParticleGroup script.
* If you want the grav shaft to be turned off initially, add AutoGravShaftOn=0; to Editor>Design Note.

The gravshaft will turn on and off in response to TurnOn and TurnOff messages send to the room archetype.

Note: due to the way room objects work, you will need a new Room Archetype, set up as above, for each individual gravshaft.

Bonus content:
the whole stream of me learning about gravshafts and creating this script is also (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuNa_R-_hKw) on youtube.

(this isnt new, but i guess i didnt post it yet? also on request i just updated it so it supports being turned on or off)