Crushers Please Help
I am sort of a noob, and one of the last few things in my current Portal 2 map using the Beta of the Portal 2 authoring tools on Steam, is a crusher. I want it to be activated by a button that you push. (Not the step on buttons.) I have the animation I want, but how do I make it do the animation when I press the button? I have a crusher from world model, but I don't have the Parent No Draw box thing. Nor do I know how to do that. I also don't want it to crush repeatedly, so I don't need as many logic thingys.
Someone please help!
You need to SetAnimation from the button you have the player pressing as an output.
Ok, thanks! On a related note, do I need the Func hurt nodraw box parent thing atached to the crusher?
I just did the set animation thing, and the crusher stil doesn't even appear in my map, let alone animate.
make sure the crusher is a prop_dynamic, if it is a prop_static then it may not work right.
And yes, I think if you want it to kill you, you need a trigger_hurt parented to it. I haven't messed with crushers yet so I don't know for sure.
Thanks, I'll try that. Oh and it is a prop_dynamic. By the way, this may help. When I try to run the map, it doesn't work. And it keeps animating when I'm on Hammer. How do I stop that so I can attach a parent?
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Running command: cd "c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2bin"
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Running command: "c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2binvbsp.exe"
-game "c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2portal2" "C:Program Fi
lesSteamsteamappscommonportal 2sdk_contentmapsSP_Test_Chamber_1.vmf"
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Valve Software - vbsp.exe (May 3 2011)
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materialPath: c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2portal2materials
Loading C:Program FilesSteamsteamappscommonportal 2sdk_contentmapsSP_Tes
t_Chamber_1.vmf
ConVarRef gpu_level doesn't point to an existing ConVar
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
**** leaked ****
Entity prop_dynamic (-256.00 -331.06 376.00) leaked!
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Merged 54 detail faces...done (0)
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Finding displacement neighbors...
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Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
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Running command: cd "c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2bin"
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Running command: "c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2binvvis.exe"
-game "c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2portal2" "C:Program Fi
lesSteamsteamappscommonportal 2sdk_contentmapsSP_Test_Chamber_1"
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Valve Software - vvis.exe (May 3 2011)
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reading c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2sdk_contentmapsSP_Tes
t_Chamber_1.bsp
reading c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2sdk_contentmapsSP_Tes
t_Chamber_1.prt
LoadPortals: couldn't read c:program filessteamsteamappscommonportal 2sdk_
contentmapsSP_Test_Chamber_1.prt
Finished. Press a key to close.
Forget all of that! It was bewcause the crusher was leaked. Now the animation and everything works. It even appears in my map. But I go through it. I do need the parent. By the way is't set to not solid, so the parent will work. I also fugured out how to stop the constant animation in hammer. So that leads to this last thing: how do I do the parent thing?
You are going to want to make a trigger brush and place it overlapping the spikes on the crusher. Ctrl+T to tie to an entity, then make it a trigger_hurt. In it's object properties window set the parent to your dynamic prop (the crusher).
You should also tie a nodraw brush to a func_brush and place it in the same area as the trigger_hurt. Also parent this one to the crusher dynamic prop.
The trigger_hurt is what is going to kill you. Make sure you give it enough damage, and set the damage type to "crushing".
The func_brush is what is going to provide the collision so that the crusher is "solid". Otherwise, the trigger_hurt will kill ya, but crusher prop will go through you and look kinda funky.
I highly recommend taking a look at mp_coop_fling_crushers (you will have to decompile this one). It's a great example of crusher mechanics (and on timers too!).
Thanks so much! The trigger works, but it doesnlt travel with the crusher. Am I doing anything wrong, or is there a specific place I have to attach it to?