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This is a really cool idea but idk if it could be done.

Is there a way to make a zone so when you pass over it, all the lights cut off, and then about two or 3 seconds the lights cut back on and an enemy appears in front of you?

EDIT: Thank you to whoever moved it

All of that could be done in the characters script and bypass the zone.

Use a transparent alt texture for the character (alttexture=1).
Edit his AIMAIN to have his normal AI wait until the player is a certain distance from him (plrdistwithin).
Once the player is there, then cut out the lights (activateifused=1) and set a timer (timerstart).
After the timer is done (timergreater) it cuts on the lights (activateifused=0).
This of course means you are using the light in the characters IFUSED by editing their FPE.
Then, it progresses to a state that uses his normal AI and his visible texture (alttexture=0).

If you have played around with scripting, then you should be able to understand this.
If not, maybe someone with some spare time can edit your character's script for you.

Edit
Actually it would be better to change his texture before you turn on the light, then go to normal AI.

ty but im like half lost

Conjured, spawn the character using the spawnon and spawnoff commands (at least I believe they work). Of course setalphafade=0 'should' work.

And of course why complicate things with fpe editing when you could just name the character light1.

And as said a few times, timer can cause problems, I replace it with random= (30fps) * time * 2 but timer might work well enough.

Not trying to diss your work, just offering advice to simplify things.

So I think (character (init))

:activated=1,random=120:spawnon
:state=0:spawnoff,state=1

and just name it light1

@Merranvo
How is naming the character light1 going to turn the light on or off?

I'm not questioning your coding abilities, I'm just wondering how.

I don't like to use alphafade, but that's just me.
I didn't have time to write it and test it for him, so I threw out an idea.

I don't think about condensing the code as much as you, but it's all good.
Just goes to show there is more than one way to skin a cat.
If anyone else has a different method, please speak up because the more the merrier.

@blaze

What AI Main were you using for your character Blaze?
I'll see what I can do.

Light1 is a sript to turn something on (Ie make it appear), specificaly it turns on Light1

So naming the character light1, will make the character "appear" when Light1 is run

(Dont tell anyone that I told you this, cos if its wrong Merranvo will shout at me)

Dude,
I know that light1 is a script, but that doesn't explain how naming the character will run that script.


How does naming the character light1 make it do anything?
That has nothing to do with the script that is assigned to the character.
The light1 script works when use as an AIMAIN for a light, because it uses the lighton and lightoff actions.


As you can see from light1.fpi's code those are the only two actions it uses.
The light1 script is used by the light itself.
The light would then be named in the IFUSED of an entity (or character in the FPE)
Ususally the entity is a switch.
The switches script then calls the activateifused=1 or activateifused=0 action to make the light1 script take its action.

I mean no offense HandK, but your answer did not explain how changing the charatcers name would control a light.
Changing the name of a character does not change the script its using, and only the script can make anything happen.


EDIT
Nevermind,
after giving it more thought, the answer is obvious.
The lighton and lightoff actions evidently call the default name of light1 internally in the program.
So, the lighton/lightoff actions themselves activate anything named light1.
Ok Merranvo, I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks...er hacks.

Use his method Blaze, its better than mine.
Its actually a very clever way of killing both birds with one stone.

Second Edit
NOPE... The default name for a light is Light, so I retract my agreement.
I tried the naming the character light1 thing, and got nowhere.
I am going back to my first idea, but I might use ambience to simplify it.

Blaze,
Tell me which character and script you are using, and I will try to get it working.

Proceeds to bang head against keyboard.

Yes, the idea was to activate the light to turn it on, and activate the enemy at the same time (with the same zone).

I think, at least, that you should be able to spawn by having that script as the init script.


You were right the first time, I just got the wrong name.


(more redundant explanation)
See, a button can turn on lights, no? It should do this by activating 1 (it may be 0... I forget) the ifused field SHOULD call all entitys of the same name. SO if the light is called light1 and the enemy light1 then they both are activated.