The Simple Questions Thread.

[tron00]

I've dissected that area many times and I think I understand it pretty well. But when playing that level, I've never noticed the cables and counter weights. When do we see those in action?

On my elevator, as soon as my elevator goes up the model of the button panel gets dark, even though the elevator has a light inside that moves with the elevator. What am I doing wrong?

[Hollow]

I have one.
If you can, how do you create a working areaportal for double doors?

[Tekspdy]

I've dissected that area many times and I think I understand it pretty well. But when playing that level, I've never noticed the cables and counter weights. When do we see those in action?

On my elevator, as soon as my elevator goes up the model of the button panel gets dark, even though the elevator has a light inside that moves with the elevator. What am I doing wrong?

I had a similar issue, but not with moving objects. Though you can try this. Make a info_light entity, give it a name. In your button panel properties select that info_light as your lighting origin. Place that info_light somewhere with adequate lighting (not in the elevator), and see if that works.

[jgoodroad]

I have one.
If you can, how do you create a working areaportal for double doors?

use a hint brush?

[Armageddon]

Need some help here! viewtopic.php?p=394355#394355

[Smurftyours]

Is there any tutorials about replacing decals (such as blood and bullet holes)?

[Major Banter]

Is there any tutorials about replacing decals (such as blood and bullet holes)?

There's no need. Follow this tutorial and make the VMT and VMF.

http://www.interlopers.net/tutorials/5296

Then name them both the same as the decal you want to replace, say bloodstain_001. Using GCFscape, find the path of the relevant material - most likely materials\decals. Then put it in the relevant directory.

For example, I've made my new texture. I copy both the VMF and VMT over to hl2\hl2\materials\decals, hl2\episodic\materials\decals and hl2\ep2\materials\decals.

Yes, I'm that anal about my Ep2 textures, but they're buggy bastards.

[Hollow]

I have one.
If you can, how do you create a working areaportal for double doors?

use a hint brush?

would that work though? Can you tie hints to rotation doors/brushes. I want it act like a typical areaportal, which 'opens/closes' the map entirely in certain sections, but wasnt entirely sure if it could be made to work with double doors, as normal areaportals only work with single doors, and on a double, unless you specified the doors to open simultaneously, you still have the problem then of them rotating on axis in opposite directions. (remember areaportals have to be flush with world geometry) Was just wandering if anyone had tried it all, as I cant get it to work. Maybe triggering it?

[jgoodroad]

I have one.
If you can, how do you create a working areaportal for double doors?

use a hint brush?

would that work though? Can you tie hints to rotation doors/brushes. I want it act like a typical areaportal, which 'opens/closes' the map entirely in certain sections, but wasnt entirely sure if it could be made to work with double doors, as normal areaportals only work with single doors, and on a double, unless you specified the doors to open simultaneously, you still have the problem then of them rotating on axis in opposite directions. (remember areaportals have to be flush with world geometry) Was just wandering if anyone had tried it all, as I cant get it to work. Maybe triggering it?

just offering an alternative.

[Armageddon]

A long time ago in The Map Pimpage Thread someone (I think it was vcool) posted a link to a UE3 mapping tutorial. It had a Chinese room on an ocean with rock cliffs in the background did anybody keep that link?

[trcc]

I have a problem where some prop_physics are almost completely black. They are within range of a static light. the origin isnt in a solid brush. If it was static_prop i would define a light source but what option do I have with prop_physics to fix this?

[Smurftyours]

Leak? Errors?

[trcc]

Leak? Errors?

nope :S I'm trying to set a 50% falloff distance with the lights and see what happens.

[Smurftyours]

Oh so its accruing in the lighting? Sorry but I don't mess with much past normal light_spot settings.

[trcc]

The walls behind the props are lit but not the props.. These shots are taken at regular compile with no cubemaps, butit shouldnt matter since the faulty props are wooden.