Trap Not Activating

[JulianSull]

I'm using the ARTrapChannelSpikes01 for my level. I modified the script slightly.

begin onActivate

		MessageBox "It got activated"

	if activated == 0 


		; set up the damage values

		set fTrapDamage to 20

		set fTrapPushBack to 1200

		set fLevelledDamage to 1.5

		set fTrapMinVelocity to 20

		set bTrapContinuous to 0


		set activated to 2


	else

		set activated to 0

	endif


end

When I use [ChannelSpikesRefName].Activate, no messagebox shows up. It's like the Activate command is completely ignore, yet I've tested it and the code does get to that point. Why isn't it activating?

[DarkRider]

I don't know for sure, but I've never seen a message box above the if statement, maybe move it below that?

[JulianSull]

I don't know for sure, but I've never seen a message box above the if statement, maybe move it below that?

Heh I just figured it out. Activate has more to it than just Thing.Activate. I changed it to Thing.Activate Player 1 meaning "Activate this thing as if the player is activating it and make sure you run the OnActivate block and not its normal activation"

Stupid fine print

[WillieSea]

The messagebox at the top is fine since the OnActivate block will only run one time per activation.

And yes, the 'Activate' command has many parameters you need to fill in.