Forum | Thinking With Portals

#1 · August 30, 2014, 7:13 pm

Oops. Sorry. Stand by while I fix the formatting of my post.

#2 · August 30, 2014, 7:29 pm

Okay. Sorry. Here we go:

This is a lengthy post with images, sorry.

I now have three cube droppers in my map. The first one dropped reflecto cubes, and it worked perfectly. You press the button, you get a cube and the previous cube fizzles.

This is the info for that one, which is named "box_dropper":

Here's its input:

This is the info for the corresponding button, named "button1":

and this is its output:

Okay. My second dropper drops regular cubes, and I'm having no problem at all. The PROBLEM came when I created my third dropper, which is a second reflecto cube dropper two floors down.

This is the info for the other reflecto cube dropper, named "box_dropper3":

This is its input:

The corresponding button is "basement_button1"

And here is its output:

Specific problems:

1. box_dropper drops 2 cubes each time now.

2. box_dropper3 never drops ANY cubes, but when I press basement_button1, I can hear box_dropper working upstairs (its current cube fizzles and a new one falls). How is it possible that basement_button1 is affecting box_dropper, based on the info and I/O I've shown you?

Thanks for reading. I'm sure there's something simple that I've screwed up or overlooked. I just need a second pair of eyes to spot it and clue me in.

#3 · August 30, 2014, 7:46 pm

You need to use the "multiple" versions for it to work properly. Valve for some reason decided to name them with the @ prefix, which prevents the automatic renaming to ensure multiple versions of the same instance don't mess with each other.

My stuff:
[spoiler]- BEE2 Addons | (BEE2)
- Hammer Addons
Maps:
- Crushed Gel
- Gel is Not Always Helpful[/spoiler]

#4 · August 30, 2014, 7:53 pm

Does each need to be a "multiple" version, or only one of them?

#5 · August 30, 2014, 8:00 pm

Do it with all of them anyway. It'll always work as the multiple version, but not the other way round. If you look in the downloads here under "other" there is a few alternate cubedropper instances you could always use instead.

My stuff:
[spoiler]- BEE2 Addons | (BEE2)
- Hammer Addons
Maps:
- Crushed Gel
- Gel is Not Always Helpful[/spoiler]

#6 · August 31, 2014, 3:12 pm

There doesn't appear to be a "multiple" version of the reflecto cube dropper -- only a standard cube.

#7 · August 31, 2014, 3:15 pm

Valve suggested removing the @ symbol from the I/O targets, and now neither dropper works. FML.

#8 · August 31, 2014, 3:20 pm

Open the standard multiple dropper and save it under a new filename. Then you can find the cube and change its type to a reflective one (set the "use new skins" property to 1 as well).

My stuff:
[spoiler]- BEE2 Addons | (BEE2)
- Hammer Addons
Maps:
- Crushed Gel
- Gel is Not Always Helpful[/spoiler]

#9 · August 31, 2014, 3:22 pm

Thanks. I appreciate all this help.

#10 · August 31, 2014, 3:37 pm

You can simply use the item dropper that the PTI (the DLC2) brought to us: "sdk_content/maps/instances/p2editor/item_dropper.VMF". It is ready for any situation, one dropper or multiple ones in the same chamber, and it works great.... as long as you remember to name each of them differently