Tutorial on how to make interrogation door from HL2?

[v0rt3x]

Hi,

does anyone know of a tutorial on the web on how to make that interrogation door that you see at the beginning of HL2 - where the combine approaches the door and slides the view slot shut?

Thanks in advance!

[Armageddon]

d1_transtation01_sdk.vmf is a default map installed with hammer. It's all in there.

[v0rt3x]

Yea I'm aware of that but I don't simply want to copy / paste. I'd like to understand the mechanics of it - without having to wage through entities that have absolutely nothing to do with it - such as the choreographic entities and such.

[LordDz]

Then look at the map, see how it's made and do it yourself and add your own changes.
Decompiling or looking at the sdk maps isn't bad, I've learned a lot that way.

[kraid]

Possibility 1: the door and view slot shut are two seperate models (or func_ brushes).
One is parented (or tied) to a func_door the other one to a func_door_rotate, while the func_door is parented to the func_door_rotate, in order to move with it when it's opened.
The rest is just a matter of triggering the door stats with the right timing.

Possibility 2: the door is an animated model with the view slot shut beeing animated while the whole door is parented to a func_door_rotate. I doubt that they used this method, because it's less flexible then #1.

[v0rt3x]

Thanks