Author Topic: JVS Portals Remake  (Read 1198 times)

If you don't know back then, along time ago there was a add-on called JVS Portals, and they allowed you two place a portal brick somewhere and place other ones somewhere else, but these would not just teleport you from one place to another, these gave you a gui when you used them, and it allowed you to choose the one your teleporting to, or it was something like that, anyways the add-on was never seen again, much like JVS Elevators, but those we know why Trader stopped working on.

I was thinking why not make new ones, but these will work by event instead of a special brick, so you will be able to use any brick to select a location and teleport there, it would give the same type of gui, but it would have more customization, it would also render the ability to make it so you can make a teleporter with location to any other brick set with the portal event or name, but you could make admin only ones for say admin rooms or locations only admins could go to, heck maybe even make one that allows Host only to go there, or add a new feature for when a brick is activated the portal is activated so you can use it to choose a location to teleport.

I know there are some very good scripters around and as I have not seen Trader around at all I don't think he would be willing to re-make them, and I think the we should drop the JVS from the add-on name, I think a name like Modular Teleports considering you can link a near infinite amount, of course their will admin/host prefs for how many a person can own or if only admins can use/create Modular Teleports.

I really hope this will be made, I know some people will say use teledoors or use setplayer transform, but this is different.

TLDR;JVS Portals should be remade to be more flexible and have more customizations like who can use, how many people can make, and not make it a brick, but make it an event, and give it a new name "Modular Teleports".

I could look into this but the gui would have to be optional.
I could make it into a command thing where a user is prompted and immobilized upon touching the brick

/Tele abort   - would abort teleportation
/Tele goto [name]  - initiates teleportation to a brick
/Tele list            - lists the available teleport bricks
/Tele Help

Should this be event driven or brick driven?  Should have read the topic better the first time
« Last Edit: June 21, 2012, 12:28:48 AM by zmaster »

I could look into this but the gui would have to be optional.
I could make it into a command thing where a user is prompted and immobilized upon touching the brick

/Tele abort   - would abort teleportation
/Tele goto [name]  - initiates teleportation to a brick
/Tele list            - lists the available teleport bricks
/Tele Help

Should this be event driven or brick driven?  Should have read the topic better the first time
This is an even better idea, to make it run by chat commands would make it so about anybody can use it.

Omg, V8 JVS portals.
I never did figure those out lol, but they did make a good thing for RP's and stuff like that.

This is an even better idea, to make it run by chat commands would make it so about anybody can use it.

How the / command any different other than the fact the chat isn't spammed with commands?

better idea
name any brick portal_(name)
when you touch it, a list of portal names comes up, numbered, and you can just type the number to teleport to it
but would you teleport on top or where?

Maybe I'll just make a portal tool for this?
I'll make an event pack for those unwilling/unable to download the GUI
« Last Edit: June 21, 2012, 01:22:14 PM by zmaster »

It would run by chat commands like /list or that for those unwilling to download the gui.
better idea
name any brick portal_(name)
when you touch it, a list of portal names comes up, numbered, and you can just type the number to teleport to it
but would you teleport on top or where?
This doesn't seem very flexible, I like the idea of loading with names or letters, err being able to name them, or this could be a pref.

I suppose you have a point

I'll see what I can do about it

Don't we have a Portal Gun?

This is basically a teleDoor in which you can choose the desination...I think

Edit: 11:04 PM EST

Nearing completion of core functions and commands
« Last Edit: June 21, 2012, 10:58:01 PM by zmaster »

i wish badspot made tele-doors like this instead


This doesn't seem very flexible, I like the idea of loading with names or letters, err being able to name them, or this could be a pref.
I thought that the way I said does do that? portal_duck as one brick and portal_quack as another would show up in the chat as
1. duck
2. quack

Typing 1 would go to portal_duck, 2 to portal_quack, anything else would show up like a normal message
This would make the typing shorter and easier

Edit:
I thought that the way I said does do that? portal_duck as one brick and portal_quack as another would show up in the chat as
1. duck
2. quack

Typing 1 would go to portal_duck, 2 to portal_quack, anything else would show up like a normal message
This would make the typing shorter and easier

I'll make that a priority update... 1:00AM now... good night

Here it is:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=197858.0