Can I add a timer to a trigger?

[Gronda]

Hi, I'm relatively new to level editing and so this may be a simple thing but I haven't been able to find a way of doing it.

 

I have a set of forcefields linked to a trigger and to a func_static. When I hit the trigger or use force-push one forcefield turns off and the others turn on. So far so good as this is what I want to happen.

 

However, what I want as a next step is that after x seconds have passed, the whole thing switches back to its initial state.

 

I managed this with the trigger by simply creating a second identical trigger and adding a delay of 5. But this only works when the trigger is hit by the player in-game, not with the force-push.

 

Is there a solution to this?

 

Thanks.

[CalcProgrammer1]

I have never done any timed stuff, but there is an entity called target_delay, which waits for a set amount of time before triggering its targets, say your forcefields had a targetname of "forcefield", and your trigger had a target of "forcefield", then if you had a target_delay, with a targetname of "forcefield" it would trigger itself every 5 seconds, and your forcefields would then switch every 5 seconds. I really don't know how to fire multiple targets from one target key, but if there is a way then this is possible cause your trigger could fire both "forcefield" and "forcefield_delay", and then the target_delay called "forcefield_delay" with a "wait" of 5 could then target the original "forcefield" and therefore switching the forcefields back to their original state.