How do you bind keys to adjust a spring's length?

[metalmaggot66]

really what i'm asking what commands increase and decrease a spring's length, so i can bind some keys to those, also i want to variate the speed with with they extend, retract. Thanks ahead of time.

[Cristianol]

I'm not a script master, but i know a little bit. Use a variable like scene.my.springlenght=*spring lenght* then, in the spring script menu, you put in the lenght part: {scene.my.springlenght} then, you can put an oncollide mechanism like scene.my.springlenght=scene.my.springlenght+*value you want to add and scene.my.springlenght=scene.my.springlenght-*value you want to subtract


*instead of springlenght you can put anything you want for variable

[metalmaggot66]

See, I want it to change by a constant speed as long as im holding down the button, not incrementally.



*Edit* Nevermind, i just used onHitByLaser and a small increase value, thanks for the info

[Nxdt]

make two lasers and two boxes. like this;

[laser]----------------[Box]
[laser]----------------[Box]

One laser acivates on for example the up key, the other on the down key.

Put this code in the first box's onlaserhit; "scene.my.springlength = scene.my.springlength + 0.1" Lengthens
In the second box do the same but with this code; "scene.my.springlength = scene.my.springlength - 0.1" Shortens

And in the spring length script box;"{scene.my.springlenght}"

You can add maximuin and minimum lengths using if statements; eg.
{if} ? {true} : {false}
{scene.my.springlenght =< 1} ? {scene.my.springlenght = 1} : {scene.my.springlength = scene.my.springlenght - 0.1}