This is a Faith Plate in a Aperture Cube, requested by Soundlogic.

In this pack you got the model (uses already existing materials) and an instance for good use.

The model itself has 4 animations and normal physics (I recommend to use the instance/use it as parent to a normal cube).
The animations are:
idle
sprung (jump, up and down in one animation) -> sound included
hoch (up) -> sound included
runter (down)

The instance itself allows you to set the distance of the target point from the cube center (because it uses a trigger_catapult), the physics and player speed.
Inputs are Autofire enable and disable, means autocatapult enable and disable. You can use, while being disabled, the Fire input to let it catapult.

File Name: Faith-Plate-Cube.7z
File Size: 62.91 KiB
Click here to download Faith-Plate-Cube

How do i play this as a map?

I am building a map with it (and quite a few other testing elements)
Thanks again Skotty!

This is an awesome idea. I tinkered a little bit with it and here's what i noticed.
If you parent the model to a reflector cube it will stay upright eliminating the glitch that causes the gube to catapult upwards no matter where its facing. Something else i noticed is that when you take the cube through a portal it disappears which might have to do with the fact that the box is a prop_dynamic. Lastly i know this is very insignificant but can you remake the orange texture of the cube to be a little lighter, because the entire cube becomes a little darker when it switches to its orange skin.

I love this idea, but I found a bit of an issue, particularly while testing the custom map SoundLogic has.
If you throw the cube around for a bit and get it on its side, you can then pick it up and place your self into the wall, catapult facing away. Jumping up results in the player moving up wall as the cube rapidly triggers. Holding the cube left or right can allow for horizontal adjustments.
I'm not sure if this is fixable, but it can cause a lot of potential exploits.

The instance created by Skotty isn't the one used in my map. I will look into solving that problem though, but it should really be under my map
Thank you,
Sound Logic

Sorry for my noobishness but how do I install and use this it looks epic

You need to drop the "models" folder into C:\Program Files [x86 if you're on 64-bit]\Steam\steamapps\common\portal 2\portal2, and put the VMF somewhere in your maps or instances. Then add it to your map with the func_instance entity.

Thanks!
EDIT: will I need to pak the files of this and other custom content into my map in order for other players to play them?

how can I make this cube respawn from a dropper, when it falls in goo, gets fizzled or with a press of a button, connected to the dropper? i'm following this vid, but that's only for prop cubes or whatever (i'm new to hammer) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDuq-7RrwA

There's an entity called a point_template which can respawn items. Put in the names of all the entities that are part of this cube, then trigger its ForceSpawn input. The template deletes the original items.

I'd suggest getting a regular cube dropper and modify that (the logic is quite complicated), switching the cube for the entities in this instance. Add the OnDissolved outputs to the faith cube's cube and add all the entity names to the point_template.

I think I put the instance for this in my Customizable Item Droppers. Check there before you try to build a dropper from scratch, it's messy.