Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Creating new content for Trespasser!

Moderators: TresCom Support Team, TresCom Board Managers, TresCom Developers

Post Reply
morningstarring
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Posts: 178
Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:59 am

Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by morningstarring »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bauZwl9AP0

there's a tscript value that literally makes you drop whatever you're holding. it's been over 20 years and no one has made a level with location triggers everywhere that make you drop weopons/keycards or what have you? I'm slightly disappointed and feel the need to make a unnecessarily difficult level that involves anne's noodle arm dropping everything.
User avatar
TrespasserGuy
Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus
Posts: 359
Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:54 pm
Location: North America

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by TrespasserGuy »

huh, that is interesting. I guess some of us modders have not used this ActionType yet because Anne has a hard time holding objects regardless of a trigger or not :lol: But, seeing this ActionType and testing it in game, makes me wonder what exactly this could be used for. Perhaps Anne gets into a scripted earthquake that makes her drop an object? that would be cool to see ingame. Maybe while walking through a wooded area, you hear a loud noise in the brush and Anne drops her gun out of fear?
User avatar
tatu
-=TresCom Website Manager=-
-=TresCom Website Manager=-
Posts: 5088
Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:40 pm
Antispam: No
Location: Sweden
Contact:

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by tatu »

I don't think anyone has used it as it has a very limited use.

I would guess the use might have been cutscenes or specific events (like jumping the cliff in IJ). :)
Active project: Trespasser: Isla Sorna
Status:
BE-PH1: Released
PH2-IT: Pre-released
PL-SUM: In production

"...there used to be more benches, but InGen's workers removed them during the evacuation in the name of framerate."
User avatar
Draconisaurus
T-Rex Killer
T-Rex Killer
Posts: 14046
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:21 pm
Antispam: No
Location: Isla Sorna
Contact:

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by Draconisaurus »

Huh, TresGuy I like your idea. I have some notion of navigating a flat maze where held objects are dropped and fall through the floor if the right navigation is not successful. The woods idea sounds great with a distant scripted Rex roar as MSR likes to do.
User avatar
machf
T-Rex Killer
T-Rex Killer
Posts: 12368
Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:20 pm
Location: Lima, Peru
Contact:

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by machf »

Didn't you use it in your experiment with a certain gun, Drac? When going to reload it, I mean...
Visit The Carnivores Saga - a forum devoted to modding Action Forms' Carnivores, Carnivores 2 and Carnivores: Ice Age games
Tres WIP: updated T-Script Reference and File Formats documents
Sound name listings for the Demo (build 117), Retail (build 116), Beta 103, Beta 99, Beta 97, Beta 96, Build 55, PC Gamer Alpha (build 32) and E3 1998 Alpha (build 22) TPA files
User avatar
Draconisaurus
T-Rex Killer
T-Rex Killer
Posts: 14046
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:21 pm
Antispam: No
Location: Isla Sorna
Contact:

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by Draconisaurus »

Hmm. I don't remember if I did, however I can safely say the end result does not use it. Rather the previous gun version is teleported away, and a new gun brought to the ground in front of the Player. If I tested the AT, I forget.
User avatar
TheIdiot
T-Rex
T-Rex
Posts: 4345
Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:13 pm
Location: Canada, eh?

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by TheIdiot »

No idea what they may have intended this particular action for.

I've thought about using this action in the past to randomly have the player drop their weapon when they get hit, considering Anne would probably be in a lot of pain considering a dinosaur just took a chunk out of her.
Teromen
Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus
Posts: 258
Joined: Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:48 pm

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by Teromen »

I usually drop my gun when a raptor attacks :(

Fumble, fumble, scaarraa, fumble fumble, scaarrara.
Blump, hit the ground sideways
User avatar
tatu
-=TresCom Website Manager=-
-=TresCom Website Manager=-
Posts: 5088
Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:40 pm
Antispam: No
Location: Sweden
Contact:

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by tatu »

Teromen wrote:I usually drop my gun when a raptor attacks :(

Fumble, fumble, scaarraa, fumble fumble, scaarrara.
Blump, hit the ground sideways
"Lets aim this gun to kill this raptor that is attacking me! Hey, when did I drop my gun?!"
Active project: Trespasser: Isla Sorna
Status:
BE-PH1: Released
PH2-IT: Pre-released
PL-SUM: In production

"...there used to be more benches, but InGen's workers removed them during the evacuation in the name of framerate."
User avatar
Draconisaurus
T-Rex Killer
T-Rex Killer
Posts: 14046
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:21 pm
Antispam: No
Location: Isla Sorna
Contact:

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by Draconisaurus »

Being disarmed by raptors is one of my favored events in the game.
User avatar
machf
T-Rex Killer
T-Rex Killer
Posts: 12368
Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:20 pm
Location: Lima, Peru
Contact:

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by machf »

TheIdiot wrote:No idea what they may have intended this particular action for.
Probably for the capacitor puzzle, I guess...
Visit The Carnivores Saga - a forum devoted to modding Action Forms' Carnivores, Carnivores 2 and Carnivores: Ice Age games
Tres WIP: updated T-Script Reference and File Formats documents
Sound name listings for the Demo (build 117), Retail (build 116), Beta 103, Beta 99, Beta 97, Beta 96, Build 55, PC Gamer Alpha (build 32) and E3 1998 Alpha (build 22) TPA files
morningstarring
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Posts: 178
Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:59 am

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by morningstarring »

TheIdiot wrote:No idea what they may have intended this particular action for.

I've thought about using this action in the past to randomly have the player drop their weapon when they get hit, considering Anne would probably be in a lot of pain considering a dinosaur just took a chunk out of her.

Maybe they were thinking of adding "artificial/fake difficulty" to the game only to realize it wasn't really needed at the time of release. or maybe Anne is perfectly capable of dropping her gun without the need of a trigger.
User avatar
Hilwo
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus
Posts: 2644
Joined: Mon Nov 11, 2002 7:06 pm

Re: Butterfingers, 32 = "CControlPlayerAction"

Post by Hilwo »

Sounds like one of those too-realistic-to-be-fun-for-a-game features that would just piss people off.
I think Trespasser already had enough of that going for it.
Post Reply