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#1 · May 10, 2011, 2:35 pm

Hello,

i have followed this tutorial http://wiki.p2mods.com/index.php?title=Box_Droppers.

In my map i press the switch,the box spawns,but the box dropper (i mean that big device) doesn?t open and spawned box is stucked in it.

Can you please help me figure it out? I am really stucked,i?ve read a lot of tutorials,but they are useless,because they are either for Portal 1 or incomplete as the tutorial above.

Entities created: prop_button
point_template
prop_weighted_cube
env_entity_maker
prop_dynamic

Many thanks for help

#2 · May 10, 2011, 5:21 pm

First make sure you named the prop_dynamic that you have as your box dropper.

Make sure when you create an output, you're using SetAnimation to item_dropper_open to make it open and item_dropper_close to make it close.
You don't need to use any of the other animations, the game will automatically keep it open until you close it and vice versa.

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#3 · May 10, 2011, 5:39 pm

Also make sure that ForceSpawn delay set to something like 2 or 1.5. Otherwise your cube won't fall out.

#4 · May 11, 2011, 3:44 pm

Thank you,it did the trick I?ve also noticed the tutorial page has been edited with correct information you provided to make it work,good job I?ve also added Dissolve output for box.

Thank you so much !

#5 · May 12, 2011, 8:06 pm

Speaking of dissolving, is it possible to dissolve spheres? Every time I try to type in the parameter as 'dissolve' it shows up as an unknown command. Am I missing something?

#6 · May 12, 2011, 8:24 pm

It might not show up as valid, but it might still work. Give it a try and see if it does.

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#7 · May 12, 2011, 8:32 pm

Now I'm just confused. I switched the model back to metal_box just to see if the dissolve would work but it doesn't work either. I think I'm just missing something.

I'm putting this on the output of the button that makes the dropper open:

Code: Select all: On Pressed | sphere_01 | dissolve | (blank) | 0.00

It doesn't make a difference whether or not the model is a sphere or a cube.

EDIT:
Wow, stupid mistake on my part. I was so used to making cubes with prop_physics that I didn't even think twice to read over the tutorial and use prop_weighted_cube. Sorry about that.

Box dropper doesn´t open