I'm wanting to add a small script that is attached to a trigger box that will disable the players control. They will only be able to look around.

But the syntax has me a bit flummoxed.

Here's what I have so far:


Thanks for any help in debugging this

As it stands, those properties are useless. Repeatedly disabling the controls adds nothing. So the event could just do

gotoState("hasBeenTriggered")
Game.DisablePlayerControls(true, true, true, false, true, false, true)

I was wanting to use properties so the script can be expandable and re-usable.

But I don't understand when you say they are repeatedly disabling

Where is the script making the controls disabled more than once?

The flip side of your question is, where is the script changing the DoOnce flag?

As I'm reading your script (is this psuedo-code or does it actually compile?), I wouldn't bother with the states. In my opinion, and I'm sure there are many who will offer a different take, I would use them if I have race conditions I'm worried about or for more complex code. This is too simpe of a function and made more complicated with states. I'd write it like:

if !Done  if DisableControls	Game.DisablePlayerControls(true, true, true, false, true, false, true)  endif  Done = Trueendif

Note: I changed the name from DoOnce to Done as it made more since to me...

Edit: Also, not sure why you'd want to make the default do nothing, as you have it.

Just noticed that your script extends an Actor, which won't work. It's triggers that have OnTriggerEnter events.

You can certainly have a DoOnce property, which would mean that every time the player goes to that spot they are disabled, but I don't see the point of the DisableControls property in a Script called LBGDisableControls - if you don't want controls disabled you shouldn't be running such a script, I'd have thought.

Edit: I should use states, so that a once entered trigger does not have to check a variable.

I understand what you're saying here as I always have a hard time figuring out that line.

Can you tell me what it should be?

That did it!

Thanks Ingenue!

Thanks Sollar!

Works like a charm