Flat Teleporter

Tanner · Post by **Tanner** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:43 pm

Is it possible to get a teleporter to lay flag (horizonally) instead of vertically?

-Tanner

Hannibal · Post by **Hannibal** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:19 am

no. even if you do this:

teleporter
name teleporter
position 0 0 0
size 10 10 0
border 1
end

then it will just not appear.

eagle · Post by **eagle** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:01 am

try somthing with rotation?

ducatiwannabe · Post by **ducatiwannabe** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:18 am

No, unfortunately, it isn't, Tanner. At least I don't know how. I've often wished for the same thing

BinarySpike · Post by **BinarySpike** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:31 am

[hint]I'm working hard[/hint]

Discovery · Post by **Discovery** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:51 am

BinarySpike wrote:[hint]I'm working hard[/hint]

on what.....

^nightmare^ · Post by **^nightmare^** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:22 am

I think somebody has accomplished this already. I saw this map that had pineapple trees and stuff. This guy wrote his name and it was flashing like a teleporter does.

JPT · Post by **JPT** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:21 am

That could be also done with mesh.

But I haven't seen a flat teleporter yet.

ducatiwannabe · Post by **ducatiwannabe** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:44 pm

What are you intending to use it for? Perhaps we could make an alternative. If you want to drop on it and have it teleport you somewhere else I don't think it'll work.

person1 · Post by **person1** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:31 am

1) I have tried using the spin command, but bzflag does not spin it at
all.

2) If you read the help page (http://www.bzflag.org/wiki/MapMaking) it does not mention this, but one of the help files showed a command in the teleporter code to make a teleporter horizontal. It also said that this feature was not yes implemented.

I have not heard that this feature has been implemented as it could cause problems. Never ending cycle, ect.

Someone correct me if this is not true

ducatiwannabe · Post by **ducatiwannabe** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:49 am

Well if you have a teleporter like this

_____

with a link going like this

|| /\
|| ||
\/ ||
_____

You'd get stuck on the top forever

Mostly Harmless! · Post by **Mostly Harmless!** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:18 am

Or:
__ __
|| ^
V ||
__ __

ClayOgre · Post by **ClayOgre** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:51 pm

You could make a mesh with a horizontal spot set to drivethrough. Tank falls into a box with the only way out being through a conventional vertical teleport. Klunky, but it would work.

Tanner · Post by **Tanner** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:55 pm

I wanted to use it in water towers to maybe move you around the easy way (all I had to do is put a horizonal teleporter in a hollow tower). I guess it could still work if it was vertical.

-Tanner

person1 · Post by **person1** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:01 pm

Mostly Harmless! & ducatiwannabe: that was my point

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