lever switch(need help)

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DAWH95
16 Posts
#40372
Posted Jun 15, 2011
hello, im working on a underground map where i have to activate lights,gelpumps and more with lever switches, also called circuit breaker's

how do i make them?

edit: use door_rotating and the circuit breaker box

the prop_door wont rotete the way i want it to rotate...

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r1corix
90 Posts
#40386
Posted Jun 15, 2011
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http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki ... vel_Design

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Idolon
417 Posts
#40387
Posted Jun 15, 2011
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I think he's talking about the circuit breaker kind, like the levers you see in cooperative (pull both at the same time). In that case, I have no idea. I just tried to implement one the other day to no avail. I recommend just decompiling a Valve map and checking how they did it.
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DAWH95
16 Posts
#40388
Posted Jun 15, 2011
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Idolon wrote:
I think he's talking about the circuit breaker kind

yes! i didnt remember what i was called.

yes i need a circuit breaker trigger for my singleplayer map,but i dont know how to make them

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Pete
52 Posts
#40600
Posted Jun 16, 2011
Replied 18 hours later
The way Id do is is to have a small invisible func_door_rotating at the base of the lever with the lever parented to it, and a invisible func_button covering the entirety of the breaker that triggers it, and whatever the breaker does.
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NocturnalGhost
200 Posts
#40626
Posted Jun 16, 2011
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The way Valve does it is to use a nodraw func_door_rotating at the pivot point, with the "use opens" flag. Then the lever model is parented to it, using prop_dynamic_override (i'm not sure why), and a prop_static for the breaker box itself.

Additional effects used are env_spark, and a couple of env_sprites (red and green) to show the status of the switch.

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DAWH95
16 Posts
#40799
Posted Jun 17, 2011
Replied 18 hours later
couldsomeone make a prefab?

i have tried func_door_rotating

prop_door_rotating

func_rotating_button

but nothing rotates the way i want it to rotate....

i really hate to make those underground gates too because THEY ROTATE THE WRONG WAY and they are ROTATING AROUND THE WRONG POINT....

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Vordwann
767 Posts
#40805
Posted Jun 17, 2011
Replied 41 minutes later
Underground Gates: Did you move their origins and check the correct axis in the "flags" tab???

Lever: Did you move the func_rotating or the origin to where you want the axis of rotation, check the correct axis in the "flags" tab, and also, if necessary, click the "reverse direction" flag?

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DAWH95
16 Posts
#40844
Posted Jun 17, 2011
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Vordwann wrote:
Underground Gates: Did you move their origins and check the correct axis in the "flags" tab???

Lever: Did you move the func_rotating or the origin to where you want the axis of rotation, check the correct axis in the "flags" tab, and also, if necessary, click the "reverse direction" flag?

i moved the orgin,but it rotates around something else and not the orgin...

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Vordwann
767 Posts
#40888
Posted Jun 17, 2011
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What about the axis and direction?
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NocturnalGhost
200 Posts
#40951
Posted Jun 17, 2011
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Prop_door_rotating isn't used at all in the game, and none of the models work properly with it. For the gates, use a func_door_rotating with the gate model parented to it.

Here's a quick example map with the switches and underground gates. I put the switches close to each other for easier testing.

switch_gate.vmf

Ignore the crappy texturing. :lol:

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DAWH95
16 Posts
#41068
Posted Jun 18, 2011
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NocturnalGhost wrote:
Prop_door_rotating isn't used at all in the game, and none of the models work properly with it. For the gates, use a func_door_rotating with the gate model parented to it.

Here's a quick example map with the switches and underground gates. I put the switches close to each other for easier testing.

switch_gate.vmf

Ignore the crappy texturing. :lol:

thank you, and i dont really care about the textureing because i can fix it anytime i want to fix it.

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club
44 Posts
#43832
Posted Jul 01, 2011
Replied 13 days later
@NocturnalGhost
A million thanks for this example!
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emileriky
1 Posts
#86525
Posted Sep 26, 2012
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try ticking "y axis"in flags,

and make sure the pitch yaw and roll are good.

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josepezdj
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#86526
Posted Sep 26, 2012
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emileriky wrote:
try ticking "y axis"in flags,

and make sure the pitch yaw and roll are good.

Didn't you notice you're replying to a post over 1 year old? :wink:

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