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bardaaron
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Is there any way to make a volume gate be physically there, but only open/move under certain circumstances (such as an objective complete)? I tried appear when, but it doesn't show up at all. Does the visibility setting work for that?
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You would have to place a non-volume version Appear When Immediately, Disappear When Condition.
Then place a volume version Appear When Condition, Disappear When Never.
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How do they work exactly? The one that shows up on playthrough is where I want it to be
But how do I make it interactable to swing open? .. OR, how do I link it to a placemarker to swing open?
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So place them where you approximately want them to be, then leave the editing mode to see if you have it where you want it to go.
As for the speed, slowfall, and slippery volume I just mess with them and keep my fingers crossed it doesn't take me all day.
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You don't. They open/close automatically whenever a pc or npc is within the trigger volume.
Just walk right up to it and it'll open.
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There are a few tricks you can do with them, if you choose a volume gate that has a static counterpart (and oh, how I wish that was all of them).
For example, in my Karrilos Hills: Orc Raiders quest, I have a gate that swings open when you approach it, and closes again if you retreat (in other words, a standard volume gate), that gets replaced by a static version of it at the place where it sits when open, with the replacement happening when you reach a waypoint far enough inside the gate. The end result is that once you really enter the gate, it stays open.
In my T1: The Village of Hommlet quest, I did the reverse. I have a closed static gate in a wall around a courtyard. However, if you are sufficiently determined, you can find a way to get over that wall and drop down into the courtyard. So, it needs an exit that only works once you've been inside. I placed the static gate, and put a waypoint inside the wall. When the waypoint is reached, the static gate is replaced by the volume gate version, and from then on opens from either side when someone enters its volume.
There are other similar tricks that you can do by switching out static for volume or vice versa when certain conditions are met. Again, though, only a small number of the volume gates have identical static counterparts.
Edit: Imaginaerum1 explained ways to do this much better.
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So, as said, there is only one way to do it, more or less, and twont change for the foundry is considered finished (except for additional assets coming with each mod maybe). I would as well like to use one (or two) object with a condition instead of up to 3 objects and 2+ conditions/dynamic links.