Toggle a model on/off?

[Aldro Koon]

Hey,

 

I was curious wether its possible to by pressing a button, turning the visibilty of a model from on to off and vice versa? Doesn't feel like you can make a model invisible so I doubt its doable but might as well ask just incase.

[ensiform]

Only if you attach it with a misc_model via the q3map2 trick in the other thread or with model2 key on entities that can be toggled to be hidden and supports model2.

[Boothand]

You could try using a func_wall, which will toggle on and off when used. You'd make a caulk brush, the size of your model, make it a func_wall, then connect a misc_model to that func_wall (not the other way around).

[Aldro Koon]

Thanks I'll try these out

[Daedra]

Hey,

 

I was curious wether its possible to by pressing a button, turning the visibilty of a model from on to off and vice versa? Doesn't feel like you can make a model invisible so I doubt its doable but might as well ask just incase.

 

I have made my own NPC that is invisible;

 

 

That small cloud under the crosshair is the breath from the models face.

 

Of course I only use for screenshot purposes but if you want I can wrap this up and add it as a download.

[afi]

Wasn't there a command to disable certain entities? Or was that only in pugmod

[Langerd]

1.First put you MD3 model on the map

2. Then make the clip brush overlay of this model

3. Give this clip brsuhes (all of them) - func_usable

As You see in options You have spawnflag - startoff. I use it when i want to make MD3 switch (for example i destroy the MD3 car and after explosion it switch to the destroyed MD3 model of it to make the destruction more realistic)

4. Give the func_usable targetname  - md3dis

5. Select your MD3 model and target it to the func_usable

6. Create the trigger and give it the option player press or something . Target it to the func_usable

7. compile the map start the game and press . It should work


REMEMBER!!! THIS TRICK WORKS ONLY WITH MISC_MODEL ... with misc_model_static it doesnt work

[Aldro Koon]

Thanks everyone, I'll make sure to come back to this when I get around to doing it !

 

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Thanks but I already have a model in mind for it. Have no use for a npc