Culling Triggers

Activates or deactivates an object to create events or save processing resources.

Properties

• Start Enabled - Should this CullingTrigger start activated or not?

• Save Visibility On Checkpoint - Should the CullingTrigger's visibilty be saved whenever the player crosses a checkpoint?

• Is Stage Visuals - Is this culling trigger responsible for level's static geometry? Mostly used for debugging.

• Respawn On Activation - Respawns all children nodes that have a valid Respawn function when the CullingTrigger is activated.

Methods & Signals

• Activate() - Call this from a signal to activate the object. This will also make the object locally visible.

• Deactivate() - Call this to deactivate the object. This will also make the object invisible.

Usage

1. Culling Maps - Save processing resources by hiding parts of the stage that don't need to be rendered.

2. Spawn/Despawn objects from switches

   • Connect switch's signals to the appropriate methods.

3. One way collisions - Call Deactivate to disable a wall, then call Activate to re-enable it once the player passes it. This is typically done using a Jump Panel's Activated and Deactivated signals.