Ladder problem, not letting go.

[Penguin929]

This is in css. I have a ladder prop with a func_ladder in front of it. When you try to climb the ladder backwards and go down, you can't just run straight off the ladder (this would help gameplay flow). Know what I mean here?

 

[Raeven0]

Could you ever run backwards off a ladder?

Mmm. Raise the func_ladder a little off the ground.

 

[Penguin929]

I just checked it happens going down the ladder normally, the funf_ladders are off the ground allready.
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7580/untitled18ge.jpg
Sorry the the small size, I don't know how the make the 3d view bigger. The red arrows point to the ladders that don't work right. Oddly the bottom one works. I tried making the ground thicker under the ladders that don't work, no avail.

 

[hedgehog]

if it were me i'd try even raising that a little further from the landing region, maybe by about 1/4 or half its length.

it's a shot in the dark, but nearly every time i've been "stuck" on a ladder so far, is from it not being high or low enough. the same thing seems to hold true going up a ladder: if the brush isn't high enough, you wind up having to jump up and off to get onto the next floor.

to me it looks like the bottom one works because there's enough space (ie: nearly a full character length) between the func and the ground. the client sees there's sufficient room to fall, so it lets you drop off.

the tricky part will be finding the sweet spot so you don't have to jump to grab it on the way up i imagine. measure how many units the bottom one is from the ground i guess.

 

[Penguin929]

I set all the ladders to the working height of the lower, 59. But that didn't work. On the top ladder I found that up to a point i get stuck but don't have to jump to get on the ladder, after that I'm not stuck but I have to jump.

 

[hedgehog]

but on the bottom one you don't have to jump and don't get stuck?

maybe try making your grid smaller? i dunno, the results of that test sound like that's the problem you're operating around, it might very well just be an anally specific value.

either that or it's fecked :]

 

[Limpet]

Sorry the the small size, I don't know how the make the 3d view bigger.

Shift + Z in the focused window.

I've always just jumped off a ladder instead of walking all the way down anyway, so I've never tried anything like this before.

 

[Penguin929]

but on the bottom one you don't have to jump and don't get stuck?

maybe try making your grid smaller? i dunno, the results of that test sound like that's the problem you're operating around, it might very well just be an anally specific value.

either that or it's fecked :]

There is no miracle space, even at the smallest grid setting. It just switches from one version to the other. And yeah oddly the bottom one works.

shift-z, ah nice, thanks