This guide explains how to convert existing standard elevators over to the new Destination Dispatch system. It's not that hard to switch existing call buttons over to destination dispatch call stations.
Steps to convert an existing building to Destination Dispatch:
Other elevators should be B, C, D, etc.
After the elevator is created, you'll need to make a Dispatch Controller. This replaces the CallButtonElevators command. This is how it appears in the Simple building DD demo.
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Add new textures
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Add elevator ID parameters
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Create Dispatch Controllers
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Comment out Call Buttons
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Create Call Stations (either with a floor panel, or keypad) in place of Call Buttons
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Add letter indicators above each elevator (this is still under development, but you can use directional indicators for now)
To switch Call Buttons to regular DD Call Stations (with floor
numbers)
First, add the indicator textures. You'll need to create letter textures for each elevator ID that you're using, In the Simple building, only "A" is used. The textures that need to be created are "A left", "A right", "back left A" and "back right A", finally "XX" is the error texture:
First, add the indicator textures. You'll need to create letter textures for each elevator ID that you're using, In the Simple building, only "A" is used. The textures that need to be created are "A left", "A right", "back left A" and "back right A", finally "XX" is the error texture:
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Next, prepare your elevator by adding an ID parameter to it,
for identification by the controller. Put this into your
Elevator section for your first elevator:
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Other elevators should be B, C, D, etc.
After the elevator is created, you'll need to make a Dispatch Controller. This replaces the CallButtonElevators command. This is how it appears in the Simple building DD demo.
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Once the controller is created, find your Call Button
code. This is what the Simple building has:
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Comment out the "CallButtonElevators" and
"CreateCallButtons" commands. You can delete them
later, but there's a couple things you need from them.
Put the contents of the "CallButtonElevators" into the "Elevators =" list of Controller 1 (shown above). So if you have 3 elevators, Controller 1 should have a line like this:
This next part is what the Simple building has to create the call station. Make a button panel for the floors of your building similar to the inside of an elevator. The only real unique change is that you need to set the old call button's position in the SetPosition command, so take it from the call button and put it in there. Note that in this example, the position in CreateCallButtons above and SetPosition below are the same. This code also assigns Call Station 1 to Controller 1.
Once that's finished, your call station should be working!
Put the contents of the "CallButtonElevators" into the "Elevators =" list of Controller 1 (shown above). So if you have 3 elevators, Controller 1 should have a line like this:
Elevators = 1 - 3 |
This next part is what the Simple building has to create the call station. Make a button panel for the floors of your building similar to the inside of an elevator. The only real unique change is that you need to set the old call button's position in the SetPosition command, so take it from the call button and put it in there. Note that in this example, the position in CreateCallButtons above and SetPosition below are the same. This code also assigns Call Station 1 to Controller 1.
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Once that's finished, your call station should be working!
To create keypads, use the same steps as above, but in
your Textures section, add the Keypad textures.
This is what the Simple building has, textures for 0-99,
A (all directions), XX, ?? (invalid floor), minus and
star.
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You might also need to create negative floor textures
(such as -1, -2, -3, etc), or textures for floors
higher than 99.
Follow the previous steps, but for the CallStation section, make a keypad instead of a floor panel. This panel maps buttons to the Call Station actions.
You can also change the "mechchime9.wav" to something like "indicatorsound*.wav" and when the indicator shows something like "XX", it'll play "indicatorsoundXX.wav", or "indicatorsoundA.wav" for elevator A.
Follow the previous steps, but for the CallStation section, make a keypad instead of a floor panel. This panel maps buttons to the Call Station actions.
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You can also change the "mechchime9.wav" to something like "indicatorsound*.wav" and when the indicator shows something like "XX", it'll play "indicatorsoundXX.wav", or "indicatorsoundA.wav" for elevator A.
For letter indicators above the elevator, I'm still
developing that, but for now you can use a
Directional Indicator above each elevator.
This is one of the Triton Center's current ones:
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Basically it just displays the "ButtonA" texture
for Up and Down, and the "ButtonLitA" when
lit. Make sure you load the "ButtonA" and
"ButtonLitA" textures.