Quote from TeamSpen210 on September 25, 2014, 11:54 pm

Here you go:

departure_elevator_a4_base.vmf

Quote from josepezdj on September 26, 2014, 2:59 am

@yishbarr: won't a local files cache verification return the instance back to you?

Quote from Gemarakup on September 27, 2014, 12:41 pm

josepezdj wrote:

@yishbarr: won't a local files cache verification return the instance back to you?

I don't know. According to some people, that that only works with configuration files for the program without the actual readables, but maybe you're right.

TeamSpen210 wrote:

Here you go:

departure_elevator_a4_base.vmf

Thanks.

Quote from CJLERCH on September 30, 2014, 11:42 pm

Lunch wrote:

Well, I published to see if it work. It does, but

A) Cave doesn't speak at the beginning (I didn't use an elevator to start the map -- you just drop in from a vacuum tube. Could that be why?)

B) It doesn't really end? The trigger for @relay_pti_level_end doesn't do anything.

Check the instance: you might've accidentally changed the instance file. If you didn't, are you SURE that you put it in the right location? Should be in Portal 2sdk_contentmaps. If it's not in there, get it in there. It will not detect the instance if it's not in the proper folder.

Quote from quaternary on December 25, 2014, 11:52 pm

Noob question time again!

What's the best/prettiest way to make a base for a weighted button? My button looks... less than impressive.

Quote from CJLERCH on December 26, 2014, 12:21 am

quaternary wrote:

Noob question time again!

What's the best/prettiest way to make a base for a weighted button? My button looks... less than impressive.

If you look under sdkcontentmapsinstances, in one of the folders there's a stock base for them. I don't remember exactly which folder, but it's there somewhere. It has black/white and clean/dirty versions.

Quote from josepezdj on December 26, 2014, 2:23 am

quaternary wrote:

Noob question time again!

What's the best/prettiest way to make a base for a weighted button? My button looks... less than impressive.

You must empty the central part a bit. Try taking a look to Valve's instances as CJLerch suggested. The 'classical' ones are at:

C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonPortal 2sdk_contentmapsinstancesbuttonsbutton_pieces

PTI ones are into (these include the floor_button as well):

C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonPortal 2sdk_contentmapsinstancesp2editorfloor_button_black_intact.vmf

C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonPortal 2sdk_contentmapsinstancesp2editorfloor_button_white_intact.vmf

You'll see that they split a 8 units brush horizontally and then clip the upper part, texturing the parts under the button usually in the toolsblack texture.

Quote from TeamSpen210 on December 27, 2014, 2:59 am

I'd recommend you make your own versions of those instances if you're good with clipping (same with doors and funnel frames) - you really only need a vertex-manipulated octagon cutout, not the 300 faces Valve uses. For the cube/ball button, door and funnel you'll want to nodraw everything inside the hole - the models will hide the void completely.

Quote from presto668 on February 10, 2015, 11:24 pm

In the Hammer texture browser there's a texture called glass/glasswindow_refract01 that, based on the vtf and vmt files, seems like it's supposed to produce an effect like the oval-shaped light strips. I would really like to use this texture. Problem is, the actual white oval part doesn't show up, either in Hammer or in-game. The gray/black glass ripple effect is there, but not the white part.

I read on the developer wiki that refract shaders don't work on world brushes, so I tried it on a func_brush and it still doesn't work.

Is there a way to make this texture work correctly? Am I even interpreting how it's supposed to look correctly?