Stop and start a motor

[RagtimeJoe]

Hello!
Does anyone know a script for stopping and starting a motor? Prefarabily upon colide of two other objects so that they can act like an external switch.

I thought perhaps it may be possible to make a script which pressed the key assigned to stop the motor upon collide of objects? Like a virtual keyboard key!
Any ways to turn a motor on and off that you chaps can come up for me will be useful! thankyou

[standardtoaster]

It is not possible to simulate a key press. You can turn a motor on and off however.

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Scene.my.motor = false

Set up a switch like this:

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o\ o

In the left circle put:

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scene.my.motor = false

In the right circle put:

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scene.my.motor = true

Get the idea?

[Kilinich]

motors are capable to control with keys. what else you need?

[Fujitsu]

Isn't the toggle option there for a reason?

[RicH]

He said upon colission of two other objects. He may be making a trigger or something.

[RagtimeJoe]

He said upon colission of two other objects. He may be making a trigger or something.

Exactly I don't want to press keys for this, It must be actuated by objects within the simulation!


Mr Standardtoaster, That looks perfect! I will give it a go now and see, thankyou very much

I just thought of one more thing, is it possible to specify a specific motor so that it doesn't turn all of them off?

[standardtoaster]

Yes. For any motor that you want affected by Scene.my.motor, put {scene.my.motor} in the motor field of a motor. Sorry if that is confusing.

[RagtimeJoe]

That works perfectly! Thankyou!