Portal 2 Level Design @ VDC
So there is a portal page for Portal 2 Level Design at the VDC right now. Right now it's full of a bunch of a couple pre-SDK tutorials, no VMF tutorials uploaded here, and a load of red links.
So, my question is, 1.) should I wait to change the header link here over to the Portal 2 VDC page or wait for the SDK to be out, and 2.) should we promote people writing pre-SDK tutorials which may possibly be invalidated when the SDK is released?
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[1] Yes, wait for a more complete page
[2] Nah, bad idea due to the possible changes you also mention
They shouldn't be invalidated if they are written correctly (that is, they shouldnt mention the alien swarm SDK etc, only portal 2 entities and so forth). Nevertheless, once the SDK is updated, those pages can be modified.
I would say wait. At the rate people are figuring out the FGD, the whole situation is surely to evolve rapidly.
I think we need to start somewhere regardless. Someone should make some templates for Portal 2. Specifically to address the keyvalues in ents we know are totally legit.
On that note the actual pages of the important gameplay ents only have descriptions of their function. I think it be a good idea to start there, as those will always be the highest viewed and needed.
I think we need to start somewhere regardless. Someone should make some templates for Portal 2. Specifically to address the keyvalues in ents we know are totally legit.
On that note the actual pages of the important gameplay ents only have descriptions of their function. I think it be a good idea to start there, as those will always be the highest viewed and needed.
Some of those pages were my doing, lol
The big thing I want to make sure gets happened, is that there are example maps with the VMF included, uploaded here and linked on the relevant page. A few months ago I went through and double checked this was done on all of the Portal 1 pages. Most of them already had it though.
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I made a few example VMFs while I was creating some of those pages but that's when I discovered you can only upload images to VDC.
Right, that's my point about using TWP for hosting external tutorials. Look at this tutorial on Portal 1 hazard water for an example of how I, completely personally, think a tutorial should look. Specifically down at the bottom in the "See also" and "External links" areas.
So for the Portal 2 stuff, upload your tutorial/example VMF to the "Other" section under Portal 2 in the DLDB, and link to it on your VDC tutorial.
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Looks good, only thing I would add (on that specific article) is how to make the funnel go in reverse and change orange.
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