Hi
Ideas Below

1. Do you know when you see and door and just walk up to it and "Shuve your way in?" well how about if instead of that. You would have to go up to the door and press your "USE" key to open the door?

2. How about in some futeristic maps {Sci-fi campaign} or just oridnary ones. There would be certain points that would require a code to open a door? Like say you would have to back track to another part of the map and find out where the code is? And then when you get the code and punch it in, to open the door to acsess the next area. You would have to quickly punch the numbers in while the rest of the swuad franticly covered your ass? It would make you nevious becasue while you punch in the numbers. The mob are getting closer...

3. Same as number 2 sort of, what if there was a new mission? Here is my idea, {Goes with #2}

You need to get the code to asess the next area! Backtrack and quickly get the code!

And this is when you get the code.

Quickly punch the numbers in! Hold the mob off!

Think about the ideas. Post comments and feedback.

1. This is easy to do. Just set the door's flag to "use only"

2. This can be done, but it uses a lot of entities. Randomizing the code each time would take a lot of skill however, so in all likelyhood the code would be the same every time.

3. You could probably get the same effect by pulling levers in order or something.

Grey, did you just finish playing Doom 3 or something?

Randomizing the code would be a pain in the ass if not downright near impossible...

would it? could you not set it to a random variable with a defined label, then set the number to be copied twice? (once to the door, once to the computer screen/whatever holding the code)
e.g. Door code = variable1
Screen code = variable1
variable1=random integer 4 digits long

Though this is me with no knowledge of coding in HL, or coding elsewhere apart from the hazily defined world of pseudocode and assembly language.

yeah, i like all them ideas, it would put alota pressure on the guy whos fiddling wiv the keycode

and as for the door, yeah, pressing use would be better, then u wouldnt accidently walk too close to the door and inviting all the undead in for a snack!

but wot would b better...kickin the door open ala postal2/duke nukem stylee...

that would be so cool and also realistic cos your in a hurry so kicking the door would be faster

The problem is not generating the random code, it is trying to use it as a door code. It also takes 21 entities to make a random number generator, along with associated triggering entities. And the only way I could see turning it into a code to open a door is iffy at best and would require mass amounts of entities that could be put to better use elsewhere...

There's a way to implement the lock using a bunch of rot_buttons to block a laser beam which when unblocked would trigger a shootable button that would open a door. It doesn't take a lot of entities either. It was posted at the VERC-Collective.

I see exactly how that would be done with only a few entities, however, randomizing it would take around 11-14 entities per number in the combination PLUS the entities to randomize and change targets along with associated multi managers. then on top of that there are entities that would be required to display the code once it was randomized and set.

It can be done, and that would simplify it, but, randomizing it is still a heafty toll on entities.

It would be plausible if it was the only mission in the level...

I like the idea of the usuable door, it would add more tension when trying to get through a door, Pushing a button would be like turning a doorknob...

The other 2 sound good too...but like others have said it will take too much entities and what not.

You know what, I just looked at my bayou map and two of the missions had like 10-20 ents. If you could get that mission down to that many ents and it was the main mission, its not that big of a deal.

I think it's a good idea, but, as Immoral says, it would take a lot of entities.

But, what about a map that has only this objective? It would be short, but it could be the map of the last chapter. What do u think?

thanks for readin' it

If opening the coded door thing was the only mission,heres a way to make it longer: you would have to find a brief case, with the code.... But inside theres only ONE number!!! Oh noes!! So the two other (or three) numbers are in other places, and in the middle of zombie spawns....
Just an idea

It went without saying that each number would be a mission in and of its own. However, I still do not see how randomization is possible with the combination lock that was suggested. Right now, I highly doubt its plausibility.