I keep reading people talking about rotating an entire room, but how do you do that? Is it a pretty hairy process that requires a lot of parenting?

Well, if you want to truly see how its done, there is a map that does it.

It been my impression though, that it truly is simply a matter of doing a LOT of parenting (which really isnt THAT hard, is it?)

My solution: Don't its far more hastle than you need. the player probably wont even think its that good.

Unless its a tiny room I wouldnt bother.

xitooner wrote:
Well, if you want to truly see how its done, there is a map that does it.

It been my impression though, that it truly is simply a matter of doing a LOT of parenting (which really isnt THAT hard, is it?)

Oh that's right, Rentest2 does it. I'll have to go check that out.

youme wrote:
My solution: Don't its far more hastle than you need. the player probably wont even think its that good.

Unless its a tiny room I wouldnt bother.

Depends on the usage of the rotation. The map I'm working on right now is mostly focused on rotating rooms, and I think its pretty sweet.

But, it is a LOT of hastle. Rotating things seem to have a lot of bugs. I've been experiencing all sorts of phantom brushes, disappearing brushes, things just not working, explosions, implosions, wierdness, and random squirrel attacks.

I must also check out this Rentest2....

There's a way to avoid collision bugs. Try changing VPhysics collision to VBSP in the func_rotating entity. In some cases, it helps, in some others, it doesn't. But it's worth the try.

NykO18 wrote:
There's a way to avoid collision bugs. Try changing VPhysics collision to VBSP in the func_rotating entity. In some cases, it helps, in some others, it doesn't. But it's worth the try.

I've spent hours upon hours upon hours to get one of my rooms working, vphysics, BSP, everything. didnt work. went insane.

Interitus wrote:
Depends on the usage of the rotation. The map I'm working on right now is mostly focused on rotating rooms, and I think its pretty sweet.

But, it is a LOT of hastle. Rotating things seem to have a lot of bugs. I've been experiencing all sorts of phantom brushes, disappearing brushes, things just not working, explosions, implosions, wierdness, and random squirrel attacks.

I must also check out this Rentest2....

http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/Por ... 0#Download

Yeah, I checked out the map last night. Good use of rotating rooms I'd say. But I couldnt figure out the puzzle, so I gave up and did something else instead.
my 'puzzles' are a lot easier. ... a LOT easier.

Don't make the room as a func_rotating. Make a room of func_brushes instead and set their parent to a func_rotating. Put the tool/toolsinvisible texture on the func_rotating and tick the Not Solid flag. Never tried rotating rooms, but it should work fine.

I played Ren_Test 2 yesterday, and wasn't overly impressed. The problem with a rotating room in a game like Portal, is that if the puzzle is any good or if the fling is challenging, it is going to take several tries. It got to the point in Ren_Test 2 that I was really sick of watching the room flipping animation. I knew exactly how to complete the map but was one attempt away from just quitting because the energy ball kept blowing up on me. Luckily, I finished on that last attempt ^_^.

My advice is that if you are going to make a room rotate and have the animation take a while, don't put any form of timed puzzle in.