Q: How can I spawn a paint spot on the wall?
Let's say I have a puzzle and it should include a bounce gel spot on the wall with no paint sprayers around. I had the idea to spawn a paint and trigger push it on the wall, but I'm interested in an easier solution (if there is one).

Thanks!

FelixGriffin wrote:
Use a temporary sprayer that's killed while the player is still in the elevator. There's even a flag to remove all the effects but the final splatter.

Ok, that's what I thought. Thanks

My point of view: if you realy want to have a paint spot somewhere in your puzzle, design your map so that there was a gel dropper in a chamber and player had to bring paint to that certain place by any available means.

greykarel wrote:
Besides the technical side of the question I'd like to discuss a logical one. I never considered that to be a good puzzle idea. How the hell did that paint spot get there if there's no gel dropper around (even in a map)?

I assumed that there was a sprayer under the panel and it was flipped around, like one of those portalable/nonportalable walls.

I've never actually gotten paint_sphere to do anything. In the only place where VALVe used pre-placed paint, the final boss battle (during the pipe explosion), there are temporary sprayers in front of the panels.

greykarel wrote:
Besides the technical side of the question I'd like to discuss a logical one. I never considered that to be a good puzzle idea. How the hell did that paint spot get there if there's no gel dropper around (even in a map)?

True, but Gelocity did this and didn't seem awkward to me.

greykarel wrote:
Besides the technical side of the question I'd like to discuss a logical one. I never considered that to be a good puzzle idea. How the hell did that paint spot get there if there's no gel dropper around (even in a map)?

I'm pretty sure that any gel was painted beforehand. I wonder how gels act over long periods of time. Do they eventually get soaked into the floor/wall? It would be an interesting thing to find out.

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I wonder how gels act over long periods of time. Do they eventually get soaked into the floor/wall? It would be an interesting thing to find out.

Now, that would be cool for some kind of timed gel test, maybe in co-op. But I would see it working better in single player. Here I go beginning a rant...