activation region problem

[j2graves]

the main problem I have is that if an actor was created in one region and moves into another region, it will disappear when it falls out of view. how can I make this stop?

[Caaz Games]

clone actor in one riegeon and the other?

[j2graves]

an actor follows the main actor at a slightly slower pase. main actor enters another region and so does the other actor. while both are in the new region, the other actor will disappear if it is no longer in view.

[Caaz Games]

how about a create actor event in the characters destroy actor make it create its self in the other riegeon

[Caaz Games]

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CreateActor("Destroyedactor", "icon", "(none)", "(none)", 1, 0, false);

it will keep creating itself to the right

[j2graves]

it has to be in the same position as it was when it entered the activation region.

[Caaz Games]

hmm maybe you could have the character walk faster

[edh]

Overlap activation regions?

Another idea I had was check the receive events when out of vision box in the actor control.

[pyrometal]

Activation Regions are a real pain... I spent 2-3 hours today, trying to figure out how to get a character entering a door and warping to another location without being reset to its original position. I ended up doing so by destroying the entering character and creating a clone of that actor at the new location while simultaneously warping the view there as well. I also had to use timers to correct a handful of other bugs/glitches that were occuring.

[j2graves]

I've had other problems with activation regions like some objects don't apper. However, I have no choice but to use them otherwise my game will run like 0.005 fps

[Bee-Ant]

Activation region is useless for me...
I never use it

[Kalladdolf]

Activation Regions are a real pain... I spent 2-3 hours today, trying to figure out how to get a character entering a door and warping to another location without being reset to its original position. I ended up doing so by destroying the entering character and creating a clone of that actor at the new location while simultaneously warping the view there as well. I also had to use timers to correct a handful of other bugs/glitches that were occuring.

my method of doing it, if I do it at all

for different levels, I use different .dat files and use the loadgame function, saves me loadsa trouble. the only thing you gotta take care of is the saving and loading of the variables.
but otherwise...

[Bee-Ant]

I use different .dat files for different levels

Very correct...
But if you wanna make stand alone game...

[Kalladdolf]

then I guess I have a problem.

[edh]

did you get a solution for this, yet?