Box dropper doesn´t open

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brano543
2 Posts
#30114
Posted May 10, 2011
Hello,

i have followed this tutorial http://wiki.p2mods.com/index.php?title=Box_Droppers.

In my map i press the switch,the box spawns,but the box dropper (i mean that big device) doesn?t open and spawned box is stucked in it.

Can you please help me figure it out? I am really stucked,i?ve read a lot of tutorials,but they are useless,because they are either for Portal 1 or incomplete as the tutorial above.

Entities created: prop_button
point_template
prop_weighted_cube
env_entity_maker
prop_dynamic

Many thanks for help :smile:

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CassataGames
98 Posts
#30145
Posted May 10, 2011
Replied 2 hours later
First make sure you named the prop_dynamic that you have as your box dropper.

Make sure when you create an output, you're using SetAnimation to item_dropper_open to make it open and item_dropper_close to make it close.
You don't need to use any of the other animations, the game will automatically keep it open until you close it and vice versa.

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Stylus
50 Posts
#30146
Posted May 10, 2011
Replied 17 minutes later
Also make sure that ForceSpawn delay set to something like 2 or 1.5. Otherwise your cube won't fall out.
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brano543
2 Posts
#30267
Posted May 11, 2011
Replied 22 hours later
Thank you,it did the trick :smile: I?ve also noticed the tutorial page has been edited with correct information you provided to make it work,good job :smile: I?ve also added Dissolve output for box.

Thank you so much !

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raulness
68 Posts
#30522
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied 1 day later
Speaking of dissolving, is it possible to dissolve spheres? Every time I try to type in the parameter as 'dissolve' it shows up as an unknown command. Am I missing something?
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msleeper
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#30527
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied 17 minutes later
It might not show up as valid, but it might still work. Give it a try and see if it does.
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raulness
68 Posts
#30528
Posted May 12, 2011
Replied 8 minutes later
Now I'm just confused. I switched the model back to metal_box just to see if the dissolve would work but it doesn't work either. I think I'm just missing something.

I'm putting this on the output of the button that makes the dropper open:

On Pressed | sphere_01 | dissolve | (blank) | 0.00

It doesn't make a difference whether or not the model is a sphere or a cube.

EDIT:
Wow, stupid mistake on my part. I was so used to making cubes with prop_physics that I didn't even think twice to read over the tutorial and use prop_weighted_cube. Sorry about that.

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