Teleporting the player WITH EFFECTS.

Garry's Mod mapping
#1

Now, there’s a punch of tutorials on youtube on how to make a teleport in hammer, make a trigger thingy and an exit so when they walk into the trigger they are moved straight to the exit. But where’s the fun in that?

What i wanted is for the player to be walking through the map, then the sky starts lighting up and a loud high pitched noise starts playing. It gets brighter and brighter until it finally fades but when it does fade the player is somewhere else on the map. How would i go about doing this?

Oh, the bright flash could be created using lots of bloom or something, i dunno.

If you still don’t understand, it would be something like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPB27bg_3o4&feature=related

Oh and on a side note, you remember how you first spawn on lost coast? Freeman gets up from lying down, how can i do that too?

Thanks for any help.

#2

Use an env_fade for the fading?

An info_landmark might help with a smoother teleport by retaining an offset.

The “waking up” is probably done with a point_viewcontrol parented to an animated model.

#3

I’m not too experienced with hammer. I won’t bother with the waking up but, what do you mean about info_landmark making a smoother teleport?

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Wait i think i know what you mean, like when a level changes? The direction you’re facing in remains the same etc.

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I’m a little stuck here, can someone take me through step by step? I’ll need a trigger to trigger the fading, the sound, and the player moving to info target. This is done through the outputs with delays right?

#4

Don’t forget colour correction. That is always good to create some nice effects.

#5

why dont you use the buddyfinder teleportation code as an example? it has a trippy effect when you teleport.

#6

He is making a map, not using lua.

#7

What entity is that?