How to make a custom pressure plate

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okii ty!!
welcome to the forums btw!

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also I think zones could be any size but triggers are more limited.

Maybe include that in the title and get rid of the “Palms guide part”? So people aren’t asking about triggers.

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Also uhh @P4LMTR33S
The rating in your title.
(wow I sound like a minimod)
But generally, you can’t have a difficulty rating in your guide until the community has voted on it. (With a poll of some sorts)

Once again reminding myself that I no longer have any authority here…

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lol after all the title criticism here

has no emotion lol

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this guide is peak.

but is there any way to create a more memory efficent pressure plate?

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@zappy_zaptos you could use a trigger, but we are talking about custom pressure plates. triggers do work tho in platformer on a limited scale.

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Sorry to bump but here’s a TL;DR summary!

Pressure plates in Gimkit? Everyone acts like it’s no biggie, but they glitch out and you’re left staring at a zone like it has three heads. This guide fixes that—super simple setup that works in top-down OR platformer, no buggy counters or “why is it -3?!” moments. Perfect for puzzles, traps, doors, whatever.

Quick make:

  • Drop a zone where players step (top-down: exact spot; platformer: feet-level, not buried/floating).
  • Enters: channel “plate_step” | Leaves: “plate_leave”.
  • Slap a prop on top for looks if you want.

Make it react:

  • Door: Barrier starts visible/colliding → hide on step, show on leave.
  • Trap: Damager → trigger on step.
  • Light: Prop/light → show on step, hide on leave.

Multiplayer (the non-broken way):

  • Counter starts 0 (min 0, max whatever).
  • Zone: +1 enter, -1 leave.
  • Checker: If counter >0 → “plate_active” (hide door), else “plate_inactive” (show).
  • Handles 1-10 players, no turning off early or negatives.

Quick fixes:

  • Zone too tiny/inside floor? Nope.
  • Channels misspelled? Check.
  • Counter goes negative or checker =1? Fix to min0/>0.
  • Barrier collision off? Turn it on.

This is for a CUSTOM pressure plate. If you want something simpler and more memory-efficient, a trigger should do the job.

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