Weapon_portalgun not shooting info_placement_helpers

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portal2tenacious
393 Posts
#99261
Posted Sep 08, 2013
I'm making a map where I have a rotating Portalgun in the middle, and I need to make the portal snap to the placement helper I set up, but the gun doesn't. My gun works just fine, but I guess if it isn't on the player, it doesn't follow those rules. Is there a way I can get it to work or maybe an alternative to an info_placement_helper?
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FelixGriffin
2,680 Posts
#99264
Posted Sep 08, 2013
Replied 43 minutes later
Why would you need an info_placement_helper if the gun is constrained? Just point the gun straight at whatever you want to shoot.
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portal2tenacious
393 Posts
#99265
Posted Sep 08, 2013
Replied 23 minutes later
Here's the problem. The laser is hitting the bottom of the stand I need to get it over. http://puu.sh/4mrvv.jpg
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TeamSpen210
608 Posts
#99266
Posted Sep 08, 2013
Replied 29 minutes later
Cheat and make the stand non-solid. Or you could use four prop_portals and some particle effects. You could also put the gun on a vertical func_door to move it slightly before firing.
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AntiVector
102 Posts
#99292
Posted Sep 09, 2013
Replied 18 hours later
You COULD hang the portalgun pedestal from the bottom of a raised platform of some description, making sure it still fires through the holes, natch.
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FelixGriffin
2,680 Posts
#99294
Posted Sep 09, 2013
Replied 4 hours later
Or just shift the laser a couple units to the side...
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Tmast98
210 Posts
#99296
Posted Sep 09, 2013
Replied 5 hours later
Hey,

Have you tried using Chickenmobile's instance for a rotating portal gun? It shoots at ground level if that's what you need (so you don't need to jump a little to get into the portal).

http://forums.thinking.withportals.com/downloads.php?view=detail&df_id=1059

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Gemarakup
1,183 Posts
#99298
Posted Sep 09, 2013
Replied 2 hours later
It doesn't seem to have a func_rotating when I used it.
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ChickenMobile
2,460 Posts
#99300
Posted Sep 10, 2013
Replied 3 hours later

yishbarr wrote:
It doesn't seem to have a func_rotating when I used it.

Keep going down the posts. Someone wanted it so I recreated it for that purpose.

post63857.html?#p63857

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portal2tenacious
393 Posts
#99301
Posted Sep 10, 2013
Replied 4 hours later

Tmast98 wrote:
Hey,

Have you tried using Chickenmobile's instance for a rotating portal gun? It shoots at ground level if that's what you need (so you don't need to jump a little to get into the portal).

http://forums.thinking.withportals.com/downloads.php?view=detail&df_id=1059

I'm alreadt using that, and getting in the portal isn't my problem at the moment. I'll try moving the gun upside down from soething. Thanks for the help.

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