shake point_viewcontrol?

[andy4729]

Anyone know of a way to shake a point_viewcontrol? Env_shake doesn't work

Andy

[jangalomph]

Are you trying to shake the player?

[andy4729]

The player walks near to an elevator model (small elevator, 1 person size), env_fade fades to black, point_viewcontrol enabled which is inside the elevator model, point_viewcontrol moves down with elevator tracktrain. I want the viewcontrol to shake as it's meant to be a rickety old elevator.

[jangalomph]

parent the env_shake to it, and in flags check Global Shake.

[andy4729]

To the train or the viewcontrol?

[Dives]

I've run into this problem before. Env_shakes don't effect point_viewcontrols, so I devised an incredibly hacky (but very effective) method. Put a nodraw physbox inside of a nodraw containment box with 2 units of room on all sides for the physbox to get knocked around inside. Parent the camera to the physbox. Then make an env_shake with the physics, global shake, and in air flags checked.

The physbox will be jolted all around inside it's containment box, shaking the camera.

[andy4729]

When you say a nodraw containment box, do you just mean a func_detail or is there actually a brush entity for such a thing?

[jangalomph]

make containment box func_brush so it can be parented.

[Dives]

Why would you want to parent the containment box? It doesn't move. It should be func_detail.
Also remember that the physbox is the pivot point for the camera, so you'll want to put the camera pretty close or else it'll swing pretty wildly.

[jangalomph]

because he wants it to move with the elevator.

[andy4729]

because he wants it to move with the elevator.

Yeah, surely the camera needs to be parented to the physbox and the containment needs to be parented to the elevator? I just tried it like that and the camera went mental and I'm not even sure where it ended up looking... :\

[zombie@computer]

why not make the elevator follow a 'bumpy' path?

[andy4729]

That would involve a HUGE amount of path_tracks though :\

[andy4729]

Ok, I've managed to get it shaking with the camera moving down with the elevator. Only problem is that when the camera is enabled, it moves so that you are looking about 45 degrees to one side instead of straight out of the elevator. It's also been shifted down slightly...