Deus Ex - Other Movers
 

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The tutorial file contains 2 maps, one using the ElevatorMover and the other the MultiMover.
 
ElevatorMover

The ElevatorMover is very simple if you are familiar with movers in Unreal. It only has one other property aside from a normal Mover and that is bFollowKeyframes.
The main difference is the use of the SequenceTrigger (which is used with the MultiMover below as well.) The SequenceTrigger, when triggered will move the ElevatorMover to the key frame in the SequenceTrigger->SeqNum property.
Check out the tutorial file above for a 3 frame ElevatorMover.
For the buttons I've used the Decoration->DeusExDecoration->Button1 object. I've betailed this below.
 
Button1
Like all DeusExDecorations it has a number of interesting properties.
moverBase
Set this to the Tag of the mover which the decoration will move with.
ButtonType
This determines the 'skin' of the button, or in other words what number it has on it. Change this to BT_1 for a number 1 etc. The new skin will not show up in the editor however.
bLit
The lit status of the button changes when it is pressed and returns when either buttonLitTime has expired or the button is triggered (if bWaitForEvent is true)
buttonLitTime
Amount of time to stay lit (and also amount of time before it can be pressed again)
buttonSound1
Sound to play when button pressed
buttonSound2
Sound to play when button returns to normal
bWaitForEvent
If true then the button cannot be pressed again until it is triggered.
 
MultiMover

You set this mover up in exactly the same way as the others, but then you can define 4 'sequences' of keyframes, along with move times for each frame for the mover to follow.

Each sequence can only contain 4 keyframes. Although the keyframes are refered to as 1 to 4 in the MultiMover properties the SequenceTrigger should use 0 to 3.

This mover is probably best used when the order of the sequences can be carefully regulated by triggers and not as an elevator or such like as in my tutorial file. Watch what happens if you press the 1 button which at the start....
bReverseKeyFrames

If true then the mover will retrace the previous sequence keyframes before starting the new one, except where the previous sequence is sequence 0. You should note that this may not do exactly what you think, remember, the last frame of the sequence is the current one, and the starting frame isn't in the sequence. e.g. the mover starts at keyframe 0. Sequence 1 is keyframes 1, 2 and 3. sequence 2 is 2, 1 and 0. If sequence 1 is reversed after sequence 2 is triggered it will start at keyframe 3, goto 2, 1 and then start sequence 2.

Also note that the times are all screwed going backwards, as each sequence time is the time taken to mover TOO that keyframe, so in the above example going out sequence 1 move time 1 is for moving from 0 to 1, but on the way back it is used when moving from 2 to 1.
SeqKeyN
The 4 keyframes for sequence N.
SeqTimeN
The 4 movetimes for sequence N.