Any way to clear portals without fizzling objects?

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flarn2006
39 Posts
#95336
Posted Jun 06, 2013
I was making a test chamber and I wanted to make sure the player couldn't portal through a certain area, but could still put portals on either side and walk through. So naturally, I used a fizzler. But it turns out I needed the ability to bring a cube through. So is there any way to do this without having to use Hammer?
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srs bsnss
552 Posts
#95337
Posted Jun 06, 2013
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Try turning off "Physics objects" in the flags for the 'trigger_portal_cleanser'.
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RectorRocks
522 Posts
#95338
Posted Jun 06, 2013
Replied 13 minutes later

srs bsnss wrote:
Try turning off "Physics objects" in the flags for the 'trigger_portal_cleanser'.

flarn2006 wrote:
So is there any way to do this **# without** having to use Hammer?

I don't think its possible to do this in the Puzzle Creator. If you were to use Hammer, follow srs bsnss' advice.

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Gemarakup
1,183 Posts
#95341
Posted Jun 06, 2013
Replied 1 hour later
Or you can make another instance if you want based on the fizzler instances and use a custom texture so people will know the difference if you don't want to export it each time, but you'll need to packrat the fizzler material.
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FelixGriffin
2,680 Posts
#95346
Posted Jun 06, 2013
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Use a fizzler with a deathfield next to it. You can drop the cube in the deathfield, walk through the fizzler, then grab the cube.
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josepezdj
2,386 Posts
#95348
Posted Jun 06, 2013
Replied 28 minutes later
@flarn2006: I think it's not clear enough what you're trying to achieve. Please explain a little bit more or take a picture of your map layout from the puzzle creator and post it here... cause I'm sure that you can redesign your layout in order to achieve what you need :wink:

If what you are trying is to force is that the player loses his portals when trying to cross from one side to the other, you just need to make an intermediate corridor with a grate in the middle for instance with a white wall at each side: the player needs to portal on the other side to get there.

Or maybe you can make that corridor so there are 2 heights and the player needs to shoot a portal on the ceiling to be able to pass through to the other side...

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Ricotez
738 Posts
#95355
Posted Jun 06, 2013
Replied 4 hours later

FelixGriffin wrote:
Use a fizzler with a deathfield next to it. You can drop the cube in the deathfield, walk through the fizzler, then grab the cube.

This is the approach I would recommend as well. Players know exactly how fizzlers and death fields work, so they will be able to figure out what to do with the cube. Also keep in mind that you can shoot portals through a death field, so position your white walls accordingly.

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ChickenMobile
2,460 Posts
#95386
Posted Jun 06, 2013
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Why not just use a grate?
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Xindaris
74 Posts
#95428
Posted Jun 07, 2013
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I saw a trick used for this once where you make a single-tile-wide hallway of nonportalable walls with a fizzler placed horizontally, so that the player can easily lift items over the fizzler, but can't avoid stepping through it and killing their portals. You'd have to be careful with what the player can see through said hallway, though, to prevent any bypassing.
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Lpfreaky90
2,842 Posts
#95435
Posted Jun 07, 2013
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Xindaris wrote:
I saw a trick used for this once where you make a single-tile-wide hallway of nonportalable walls with a fizzler placed horizontally, so that the player can easily lift items over the fizzler, but can't avoid stepping through it and killing their portals. You'd have to be careful with what the player can see through said hallway, though, to prevent any bypassing.

Whilst this is a working solution I personally hate it. Carrying things over fizzlers just feels too much breaking the rules to me.

Also you have to be careful there's no other way you can actually portal around it.

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srs bsnss
552 Posts
#95512
Posted Jun 10, 2013
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RectorRocks wrote:
srs bsnss wrote:

Try turning off "Physics objects" in the flags for the 'trigger_portal_cleanser'.

flarn2006 wrote:

So is there any way to do this **# without** having to use Hammer?

Blech, I didn't see that part :redface: Well yeah, a workaround may be possible by using a death field next to it, like Felix said.

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