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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Entity infobox<br />
| name = Anchor Platform<br />
| menu = Functional > Create Anchor Platform<br />
| what = A moving platform that travels through a path of anchors, carrying whatever you put in it<br />
| exported = yes<br />
}}<br />
An '''Anchor Platform''' moves along a path of '''anchors''', over and over: a lift, a ferry, a sliding wall, a carousel. Players standing on it ride it. It has no body of its own: the brushes, props and zones you put inside it in the scene tree are what moves.<br />
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== Making a moving platform ==<br />
# Choose '''Functional > Create Anchor Platform''' and click where it starts.<br />
# '''Add anchors''': right-click the platform in the [[Level Editor/Panels/Scene tree|scene tree]] > '''Add Platform Anchor''' (or '''+ > Platform Anchor'''). Each anchor is a point the platform travels through, in the order they are listed.<br />
# Drag the anchors with the Move tool to shape the path. A line in the viewport shows it.<br />
# '''Give it a body''': drag a brush (or several, or props) into the platform in the scene tree. That is the floor players stand on.<br />
# Set how it moves in the inspector.<br />
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Click the platform's row to make it the place new things go, so the next brush you draw lands in it.<br />
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== Inspector ==<br />
The same settings are in Tool Properties while the tool is active, as defaults for the next platform.<br />
{{Property table start}}<br />
{{Property row|name=Mode|type=List|default=Ping-Pong|desc='''Ping-Pong''' goes to the last anchor and back again. '''Loop''' goes from the last anchor straight on to the first.}}<br />
{{Property row|name=Ticks Per Segment|type=Game ticks, 1 to 100000|default=120|desc=How long it takes from one anchor to the next. The game runs 60 ticks a second, so 120 is 2 seconds.}}<br />
{{Property row|name=Segment Easing|type=Check box|default=On|desc=Slow down into each anchor and speed up out of it. Off moves at a constant speed.}}<br />
{{Property row|name=Interpolate Rotation|type=Check box|default=Off|desc=The platform also turns to match each anchor's rotation. Turn anchors with the Rotate tool; each shows a small bar pointing the way it faces. A carousel is Loop mode with a ring of anchors, each turned toward the next. Anchors you have not turned leave the platform's rotation as it is.}}<br />
{{Property table end}}<br />
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== What rides a platform ==<br />
* Brushes and props inside it move with it and carry players.<br />
* A [[Level Editor/Entities/Zone|zone]] inside it moves with it, so a lift can carry a capture point.<br />
* A switchable [[Level Editor/Entities/Group|group]] inside it rides it, but cannot be switched.<br />
* A [[Level Editor/Entities/Door|door]] does not ride a platform; it exports where it stands.<br />
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== Related pages ==<br />
* [[Level Editor/Entities/Door|Door]] (a platform that moves only when told)<br />
* [[Level Editor/Panels/Scene tree|Scene tree]]<br />
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