DescentBB

I'm working on my first level (not counting some minor experiments with the lathe tool), and I want to include a force field that will be deactived by a switch, like in D3 L1. I think I know how to script it, but how do you get a force-field object in the first place?

And if it can only be done with a texture, how do you script that ?

You need to turn the forcefield on with an Enable Forcefield script event that executes at level start.

Also, the forcefield will have the same texture as the portal it's on. Go into wireframe view in world view and click on a portal; select marsforcefield1 or whatever the texture you want is and click apply to current face. Make sure to do this on both sides.

Which brings up the obvious corollary, a forcefield generally has to be a portal, i.e. the connection face shared between two rooms.