New event idea(s)

[joshbro]

So I was just sitting there playing my favorite game(Blockland of course), Spawning a vehicle to drive around my map, when it hit me...is it possible to event vehicles? If someone were to model wheels like in the old lego sets, then just make an event like onactivate>self>changedatablock>vehicle or something like that. This could work with cars, trains, aircraft. You would just have to change the base of the intended vehicle to be a vehicle, and all attached blocks would just go for the ride.

Only one problem...I can't script. Don't Have a clue what I'm doing. So, If anyone that DOES know scripting is interested, this could be the next major thing in blockland. It would eliminate the need for vehicle spawns in some builds, and add to the creativity of others. So, what is the community feeling on this?

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[GenaralSkar]

If you mean change the wheels and bodies of vehicles, you can do that with the console, so I'm sure it's possible to make an add-on for it.

[JamestheLeet]

If you mean change the wheels and bodies of vehicles, you can do that with the console, so I'm sure it's possible to make an add-on for it.

No, he wants buildable vehicles, which is very buggy and slow.

[cciamlazy]

No, he wants buildable vehicles, which is very buggy and slow.

Buggy and slow? No it is impossible with Torque 2d. Badspot would have to get Torque 3D and as I remember it was $1000 bucks and he would almost have to completely rewrite the game. So no just no.

[DontCare4Free]

Buggy and slow? No it is impossible with Torque 2d. Badspot would have to get Torque 3D and as I remember it was $1000 bucks and he would almost have to completely rewrite the game. So no just no.

No, no and no.
He isn't using Torque 2D, he is using Torque Game Engine. And the price was reduced to $99.

[The Corporation]

^beat me to it.

[mntbrrychch]

If you mean change the wheels and bodies of vehicles, you can do that with the console, so I'm sure it's possible to make an add-on for it.

He wants it where you can change the vehicle datablock, just like how you can change a PLAYER datablock into a mech or somthing, he wants it so you can change a vehicle datablock with a event.

Like the default one which exists it is like

OnActivate > Player > changeDatablock > List of datablocks

He wants one which is...

OnVehicleTouch > Vehicle > changeVehicleDatablock > List of vehicle datablocks

EDIT: And the vehicle datablocks are the vehicle models, not the wheels.

[Headcrab Zombie]

Buggy and slow? No it is impossible with Torque 2d. Badspot would have to get Torque 3D and as I remember it was $1000 bucks and he would almost have to completely rewrite the game. So no just no.

The only part of that post that is correct is that Badspot would have to rewrite a lot if he changed engines.



I don't think he's looking to change a vehicle into another vehicle. Judging by

You would just have to change the base of the intended vehicle to be a vehicle, and all attached blocks would just go for the ride.

it's sounds like hes looking for an event to change a brick datablock into a vehicle datablock, which is not possible.

[otto-san]

in layman's terms:

you cant build car with bricks and poop vehicle out from brick.

[phflack]

you could, actualy, except people would have to DL the vehicle on the fly, or more probably, server restart for model to take effect?
remember truce's concept