pull a rope - open a door...

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Hi, Its me again with another question. I hope I'm not being a pest. I was just wondering how I can make a locked door open when I have my character pull a rope. All you guys have been so helpful I thought you could help me with this one...or tell me where to go to find the answer. Thanks again.

 

There's no rope placeable but there is the pull chain. To simply unlock the door put this in the OnUsed script:

Code:

void main()
{
 object oDoor = GetObjectByTag("yourdoorsname");
 SetLocked(oDoor,FALSE);
}
  

Put the tag for your door in "yourdoorsname".
You also might want to add a sound playing and maybe a speak string line to let the players know that something has happened.

 

hmmmm. Thanks Capt. Tripps, I did exactly as you said and it didn't work. I have the object put on as usable, and the door tag (door1) is on both the door and in the script for the pull chain. When my character goes to pull it while I am playing the module, the program shows no action what-so-ever, as if it is just there for looks and nothing else. So what am I missing? Thankyou for the script by the way.

 

Did you try the door both before and after pulling the chain? The door should be locked before you pull the chain and unlocked after you pull it. Nothing appears to happen because you have to add the scripts to make things happen. That's why I said you may want to add a sound and a string. Add this after the SetLocked statment:

Code:

 SpeakString("You hear the sound of a bolt being drawn");

You can put any statement you want between the quotation marks.

or to have the door open

Code:

ActionOpenDoor(oDoor); 

Also just to help keep things from getting too confusing, I would rename your door tag to something like ChainUnlock01. This can help when your have to search for it later and find that every area you have created that has doors has a door1.

[ December 16, 2002, 10:38: Message edited by: Capt. Tripps ]

 

Well, the only reason I wasn't getting that door to open was because I called it "door1" in the script when its tag was actually "Door1."
I'm starting to understand script a little now. I incorperated your suggestions with the speakstring and it looked nice. I didn't bother giving the tag a better name for now because I'm just practicing. I will keep your advice in mind for my next mod though. Thanks again.