Motanum's Portal Mapping Questions (And some answers) Thread
I have a major problem with my next map, it just crashes the game when loaded.
Changes I made before the build, added security cameras, an Aperture_AI (Generic_actor), changed some diagonal blocks.
Any Ideas on what I could do?
You likely have an invalid brush. Cordon off halves of your map until recursively until you determine where it is.
Thanks everyone! I fixed all of the problems.
Changed to beams instead of lasers (Also removed an output [ontrigger>!activator>kill>->0.00]) and redid the diagonal brushes and now the map doesn't crashes.
One last request. Anyone has a Testchamber_sign template? And which font should I use when editing it? Thanks!
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So I used this link to create my own Sound-alike-Glados comments. It saved as a .wav and put it in the proper sound file (Portal/portal/sound/mapname/soundname.wav) I made the output as I wanted it to be using a ambient_generic (I've succesfully used this entity before)
I compiled my map, and happily thinking I had finish 100% my map. So I went ahead and tested it.
Problem encountered, I could not hear the sound! I opened the console and saw this error message
"*** Invalid sample rate (32000) for sound 'map_namefielname.mp3'."
(I changed the map and file names just to stop any spoiler alerts 
)
Things I've tried to fix the problem.
Change from ambient_generic to a env_message using the same .wav files. And convert the file from a .wav to a .mp3
Im running ot of ideas fixes
Please help me, this is the final touch for 2 of my 3 maps!
Portal Maps - Motanum's Cheating Test [3 map pack and 2nd place winner]
Portal 2 Maps - Slanted Bridge | Main Four | Juggling | Wall Bridge
Aperture Tag - Collection ModDB
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Just as it says, the sample rate is invalid. Needs to be lower. Audacity can lower it for you.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
This is the audacity site, just in case you didn't know.
I already have audacity, emmm which option do I click to reduce the rate?
Portal Maps - Motanum's Cheating Test [3 map pack and 2nd place winner]
Portal 2 Maps - Slanted Bridge | Main Four | Juggling | Wall Bridge
Aperture Tag - Collection ModDB
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I believe it's on the left.
Open it in Audacity. In the lower left, change the Project Sample Rate to whatever the max is (44100 I believe). Then export is as a WAV; change the settings so that it's exported at the correct rate. Should work fine then.
Now with 100% more inline comments!
Thanks everyone! One last thing.
I can shoot through elevator doors! How do I make it so it looks like Valve's? I tried Invisible, no draw and noclip. And it doesnt work =(
In testchamber_05 that comes with the sdk, it is just a simple invisible brush :S Im confused!
99% done with 2 out of 3! Overall 65%
Portal Maps - Motanum's Cheating Test [3 map pack and 2nd place winner]
Portal 2 Maps - Slanted Bridge | Main Four | Juggling | Wall Bridge
Aperture Tag - Collection ModDB
Like my work? Spare a coin? Donate via PayPal at eugenio.motanum91 [AT] gmail.com