object trigger and destroy temporarily [SOLVED]

[coxy17]

Hi,

I have a trigger (Cube) and ive broken it down into 4 sections. Call it front, left, right and back.

so now I have 4 objects grouped. I have setup my trigger events ok but I need to destroy/disable the other triggers untill I exit 1 of of the 4 squares.

So basically I enter the trigger called front and I want to diable the triggers for the other 3 triggers. But enable them again upon exit.

I get how to use the 'destroy' object in playmaker but not sure if there is a better way to temporarily hide objects.

Hope it makes sense.

nick

[Lane]

Just use Activate Game Object and check whether it will be On/Off when you go into the "entered" state of a trigger. If you store the other triggers as variables then its easy to target them with a few actions and turn them back on when you exit the trigger.

[coxy17]

Hi Lane,

Yes that is what im after. Ive tried what you said but when it goes to state 2 it doesn't deactivate until i leave the state?

STATE 1. i have an activate game object with a bool variable to true
STATE 2. I use a set bool value and replace with another bool to false.

I think ive done it wrong? and what happens if i want to get the object back again after?

sorry just for some reason im not getting it.

Nick

[Lane]

You don't need a bool, you just need two Activate Game Object actions. The checkbox indicates whether or not it is activated.

When you want to change it, just send an event to that FSM.

[coxy17]

Hi,

Ive tried what you said and its works to deactivate the object but doesnt activate the object again? playmaker goes blue and stops working?

all i have is 2 states

1. activate state - on trigger enter
2. deactivate state - on trigger exit

It seems like i cant reactivate from the FSM on the object that is being deactivated?

Nick

[Lane]

Ah, yeah you can't deactivate the object and then tell it to reactivate it... It's deactivated.

You need to deactivate/reactivate from a different FSM, so that it doesn't turn itself off.

[coxy17]

ok, ive got it to work now. changed nothing other than moving to another FSM.

thanks

Nick