Hey all,
After reading
this thread, I was curious about how it might work so I've knocked up this rough proof of concept of a ferris wheel in action.
This map shows why such a thing is a nice idea but doesnt really work very well (actual gameplay aside!). It looks good and I think its worth taking a look at the map so you can experience it yourself.
The results show your man can spasm a bit due to the motion of the carriages, the motion of the wheel isn't 100% smooth because of the slow speed the entity must have just so the carriages don't whizz round at 100mph and the entity is very difficult to light (so apologies for the darkness in the screenshots!).
I've packaged up the BSP and .MAP file for people to play with, anyone can feel free to mess about with it or even use it in their map if they think they are skilled enough to make it into something worthwhile.
download:
HERE.
Hope you like it, especially Gir who started the thread that inspired me to waste a few hours of my life entertaining this crazyness.
- Dr Rick Dagless MD
p.s don't fret, Zen_b2 is on its way.
edit: sorry, broke the bsp! fixed now.