Creating raised platforms

[arnold_the_bartender]

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.

 

[BlueZero4]

Several different explanations of the same thing:

http://ssntails.sepwich.com/srb2/dbtutorial/tutorial7.html
http://wiki.srb2.org/wiki/FOF
http://ssntails.sepwich.com/srb2/specials.html#l25

 

[arnold_the_bartender]

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.

 

[Torgo]

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.

 

[arnold_the_bartender]

We'll what should I use then? I found this and it helped me a lot:

http://wiki.srb2.org/wiki/SRB2_Doom...ermediate_Techniques#Basic_Floors_over_Floors

What other program should I use instead because using SRB2DB doesn't seem hard to me.

 

[Torgo]

That isn't what I meant. The program itself is great. I just think the FOF wizard part of it isn't good.

 

[arnold_the_bartender]

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]

If you ever need to make a FOF over a FOF, then the tool will not help you.

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.

 

[Jazz]

Also, doing it yourself will give you a better overall understanding of how they work, rather than relying on the wizard as a crutch.

 

[arnold_the_bartender]

Yeah, I'll become used to the manual way for making FOF's. Sorry guys, it's just my first time creating a map. Thanks for the help.

 

[Nathan Speed]

Also, doing it yourself will give you a better overall understanding of how they work, rather than relying on the wizard as a crutch.

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.

 

[Fawfulfan]

I ain't trackin down no hex.

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.

 

[Scarbo the Black Sheep]

http://wiki.srb2.org/wiki/List_of_Color_Codes

I made this several months ago.

 

[Azure Hawk]

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

 

[A-star]

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.