Creating raised platforms

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arnold_the_bartender

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Hey guys. I'm working on a CTF map and there's only one thing that I'm stuck on and that is creating platforms that are suspended in mid-air. (No, not vertically scrolling platforms) Other than that I understand pretty much everything else. I messed around with a test sector but nothing seemed to be working. Any help would be appreciated.
 
Lol I feel stupid guys after just reading how to get to the FOF setup I figured the rest of it out. I put it in the tool bar so I can access it quickly. It's so simple. Well I got it to work now. From now on I'll fall back on the wiki and stuff for help first. Thanks for putting up the links. They are all bookmarked.
 
I don't think you should use the FOF wizard tool in srb2 doom builder to make FOFs. If you ever need to make a FOF over a FOF, then the tool will not help you. I think you are better off learning how to make FOFs manually. The first link that BlueZero4 wrote should be sufficient.
 
That isn't what I meant. The program itself is great. I just think the FOF wizard part of it isn't good.
 
Sorry, I misread what you said. We'll I'll try and figure out how to make them manually instead then. Why do you think the wizard isn't good though? Just curious.
 
Torgo said:
If you ever need to make a FOF over a FOF, then the tool will not help you.
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Meaning, it can't make FOF over an FOF. It can only handle one FOF in a sector. I also like to be able to place a control sector where I want without having to have to have a THING maker telling the wizard to put the control sector. You also would need to make manual control sectors when you need to do stuff like linedef executors.

I actually think manually making an FOF is faster then doing it through a wizard. That could be because I am used to doing it that way.
 
Also, doing it yourself will give you a better overall understanding of how they work, rather than relying on the wizard as a crutch.
 
Jazz said:
Also, doing it yourself will give you a better overall understanding of how they work, rather than relying on the wizard as a crutch.
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Kinda, but the wizard is the same thing. Hell, it gave you a few more options, and it VERY hand for colormaps. I ain't trackin down no hex.

Learn to use both, that's what I do.
 
Nathan Speed said:
I ain't trackin down no hex.
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You don't need to. Just find a level containing the color you want, figure out what hex value it's got, and mimic it in your level.
 
Yeah, on the topic of colormaps, isn't there a way to find the RGB value of a color in paint, and then transfer it to hex thorugh Calculator.

I remember doing it once for Ivy Caverns Zone, but I haven't been here for so long, it's slipped out my head xP
 
Yeah, I do it like that to get easily made colormaps. Get the values, put them in calculator, then put in in Hex mode to get the Hex color value.
 
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