How do you create a moving sentry?

[dragon_prince_ayrk]

hello, I want a moving sentry for a boss in my game

[EEe1]

sadly,this is not possible yet

[potato123]

Moving sentries are not possible yet, but you can simulate it with sentry animation

[Atlas_Destroyer]

You can make moving sentries with Animation .

[CommanderGOAT]

Unfortunately, moving sentries aren’t possible in Gimkit creative…yet. You can make one with animation (Link: How to create animation (Zappy's method) but it’s very hard to do that and it looks choppy.

vro how do you guys type so fast 😭

[TheMathematicalComet]

@potato123

but you can simulate it with sentry animation

@Atlas_Destroyer

You can make moving sentries with Animation .

@CommanderGOAT

You can make one with animation

yes, but it won’t carry health and if it’s a boss it should probably carry health when it moves

if you want the health to stay the same then it isn’t possible, if it isn’t supposed to be defeated then use animation if it isn’t supposed to be defeatable

@potato123

@TheMathematicalComet

yes, but it won’t carry health and if it’s a boss it should probably carry health when it moves

I remember there was a guide on pseudo-health, maybe that would work? And I think there has been another topic about carrying damage

pseudo-health is useless in this case because that’s for players and the carrying damage topic was a bug that is patched (I think)

@Atlas_Destroyer

@SuffyPro97 , I used your ways.

knew it immediately, so obvious i didn’t have to read more than the first line

[potato123]

@TheMathematicalComet

yes, but it won’t carry health and if it’s a boss it should probably carry health when it moves

I remember there was a guide on pseudo-health, maybe that would work? And I think there has been another topic about carrying damage

[SuffyPro97]

js use these

How to make moving sentries or animatronics

To make them move just make a bunch of copies of them all around the map, then here are the rest of the steps, the copy animatronics should NOT be active during the start of the game. Place a life cycle that’s event is “game start” Place a trigger next to the lifecycle and make the delay however long you want. Wire the lifecycle to the trigger [IMG_0555] Then place a trigger next to the first trigger and set the delay to however long you want Wire the our first trigger to the next trigger …

Moving sentries with one sentry (now possible)

I just found a way to make moving sentries on platformer maps which unlocks possible apocalypse-styled maps on platformers. In order to do this, 1st, set your map to fragility. 2nd, place your sentry down on a platform 3rd, fire at the sentry and when it respawns, it moves as if it also had fragility. The one downside is that the sentry will respawn back to where it was placed even when it is moved. Example: [Example]

How to make a sentry chase you (non-recursive method)

Okay, so this will be a simple guide compared to other algorithms. It’s simple, at the cost of the ai not being quite smart… Not wasting any more time in the intro! How to make it: wall version. IMPORTANT: Once you load into your map, using a player coordinate device, find the box where the player coordinates are -1, -1. You may need to play around a bit with the player coordinate device and your maze to find it. The coordinate of -1, -1 will be where the top-left corner of the maze is. Th…

How to Make a Sentry Follow You [Sorta Mini-guide] 1/10

Hey buddy, let me let you on a little secret Don’t edit the wiki Ok? Good, now for the guide So in case any of you wanted to know you can teleport sentries in Platformer!!! That would be #bbsi wouldn’t it? But we’re not here to talk about the tag, but instead a sentry can now follow you when you go somewhere, and that’s what we’re here for (I hope). It’s pretty simple as well, so simple it takes about 2% or 3% for what I’m about to make, so le’s get crackin’. What you’ll need: 3 zones 1 sent…

[Atlas_Destroyer]

Did you even check the guides?
Like all of them are outdated.

[SuffyPro97]

I realized that by now

[SuffyPro97]

It still has the text, so use the text to help

edit: At this point

@Atlas_Destroyer

Moving sentries in Gimkit Creative is a great way to turn a static defense into a dynamic boss fight or a patrolling guard. Since sentries don’t have a “walk” setting by default, you have to use Wire and a few specific devices to get them mobile.

Here is the most effective way to set this up.

The Essentials

To make a sentry move, you will need:

• Sentry Device: Your guard.
• Mover Device: The engine that actually shifts the sentry’s position.
• Path Device: The track the sentry will follow.

Step-by-Step Setup

1. Place the Path

First, layout where you want the sentry to go.

• Search for the Path Device in your inventory.
• Place down nodes (points) to create a loop or a line.
• Pro Tip: In the Path settings, ensure “Closed Loop” is on if you want them to pace back and forth forever.

2. Configure the Mover

The Mover is the “parent” that carries the sentry.

• Place a Mover Device at the start of your path.
• In the Mover settings, select Path to Follow and pick the path you just made.
• Adjust the Speed (standard sentries move best at a medium pace; too fast and they look glitchy).

3. Attach the Sentry

This is the trickiest part. You need to tell the game the Sentry is “riding” the Mover.

• Place your Sentry directly on top of the Mover.
• Open the Sentry settings and look for “Attach to Mover.” Select the Mover you placed.
• Alternatively, you can use the Wire Tool to connect the Mover’s “On Movement” or “Started” signal to the Sentry, but “Attach” is much more stable.

4. Wire it to Start

The Mover won’t move until it’s told to.

• For an automatic guard: Place a Game Start Device. Wire it so that When Game Starts \rightarrow Mover \rightarrow Start Forward.
• For a “Triggered” guard: Wire a Pressure Plate or Sentry Spotted signal to the Mover’s “Start” function.

Pro Tips for Better Sentries

• Rotation: In the Mover settings, enable “Rotate to Path.” This ensures the sentry faces the direction it is walking rather than sliding sideways like a crab.
• Health Bars: If this is a boss, wire the Sentry’s “On Damaged” signal to a Message Device to taunt the players.
• The “Vanish” Trick: If you want the sentry to disappear after reaching the end of a path, wire the Mover’s “Path Finished” signal to the Sentry’s “Despawn” function.

Would you like me to explain how to make the sentry speed up or change phases when its health gets low?

@SuffyPro97 , I used your ways.

all I know is that this is off topic

well i’m not going to fight, atlas, but i’m not trying to do anything
this is d1 ㅤfailedㅤragebait
sigh

[Atlas_Destroyer]

@THEBEAN5789

their coming out with the release of don’t look down 2 on March 4

Where did you get that information from?

[Hdangerzones]

I didn’t know that! But you still shouldn’t use AI…

Just wait until they release moving sentries, the only current way is memory-inefficient. And we don’t even know if moving sentries will require the Season Ticket. So, just wait and see, or do the memory-inefficient way. Not many great options, sorry

[EEe1]

just because the season will end doesn’t mean the new gamemode will come out immediatly…

[THEBEAN5789]

google, the date has been delayed a few times now

[Atlas_Destroyer]

Moving sentries will probably not be added to creative.