How to activate entities by looking at an area

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How to activate entities by looking at an area - tonitoni1998 - 11-12-2012

hey guys,

i need your help once again. i already checked the wiki but cant find the code for it...

and if you could give me the code for signs, you collide with... thanks

RE: How to activate entities by looking at an area - Steve - 11-12-2012

There is an Playerlookatcallback thingy in the options of an area try working with that Wink

RE: How to activate entities by looking at an area - tonitoni1998 - 11-12-2012

(11-12-2012, 06:37 PM)Steve Wrote: There is an Playerlookatcallback thingy in the options of an area try working with that

yes i know but i dont know how to work with that Big Grin

im a noob here Tongue

RE: How to activate entities by looking at an area - FlawlessHappiness - 11-12-2012

It works like this:
When the cursor is inside the area, the function is calling.

Ex. if the function is "LookAtAreaFunc"

then it is:

void LookAtAreaFunc(string &in asEntity, int alState)
{
if(alState == 1) //Only if the player is look at the area
{
//Do stuff
}
}

RE: How to activate entities by looking at an area - The chaser - 11-12-2012

(11-12-2012, 06:48 PM)tonitoni1998 Wrote:
(11-12-2012, 06:37 PM)Steve Wrote: There is an Playerlookatcallback thingy in the options of an area try working with that
yes i know but i dont know how to work with that im a noob here

SetEntityPlayerLookAtCallback(string& asName, string& asCallback, bool abRemoveWhenLookedAt);

Name: Name of the entity
Callback: Function