reflectocube problem

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StGinger
49 Posts
Posted Oct 31, 2011
I have a puzzle that i want the player to solve, but the reflectocube prevents me from doing it.

The thing is that I have 4 walls and a top. In the walls I have 3 white textures and a env_portal_laser, and in the top i have a prop_laser_catcher.

Now I want a funnel to go through all the three white textures (with help of two guys portals ofcouse). So that a reflectocube could be forced to stay in the middle of the room where the funnels cross each others.

And now comes the problem. the laser beam goes through the reflectocube, but the cube points the laser in the wring direction, i want the laser to be pointed straight up into the catcher. Is this possible to solve or do i have to rething the whole thing?

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spongylover123
944 Posts
Posted Oct 31, 2011
Replied 7 minutes later
You saying the reflectocube points in the wrong direction.
Just rotate it in hammer until the pivot side points to the catcher

And I'm kinda unclear about this, you don't the cube to move
Unfortunately, there is a no disable motion in the prop_weighted cube.
Since you won't be using it. I recommend putting a box around your cube using a clip texture and then make it a func_vphysics_clip and when the player finishes the puzzles or trigger an entity, you can disable or kill the clip entity.

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StGinger
49 Posts
Posted Oct 31, 2011
Replied 13 minutes later
I do not really get why i should use this clip, how will it help me?
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spongylover123
944 Posts
Posted Oct 31, 2011
Replied 6 minutes later

StGinger wrote:
I do not really get why i should use this clip, how will it help me?

Nvm, I thought you don't want the cube to.move.

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StGinger
49 Posts
Posted Oct 31, 2011
Replied 2 minutes later
oh okey haha, thank you anyways :smile:
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Brainstone
401 Posts
Posted Nov 01, 2011
Replied 10 hours later
If I understood you right, you want a laser cube to point to the ceiling. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is impossible.
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Vordwann
767 Posts
Posted Nov 01, 2011
Replied 48 minutes later
If two funnels cross in a "+" formation the reflectocube will travel down the other path of the funnel and start looping around in a square shape. It will NOT get stuck in the middle.
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StGinger
49 Posts
Posted Nov 02, 2011
Replied 23 hours later
Oh, are you sure? Becouse i've seen it get stuck in the middle, maybe it was just abug or something then. Better check it out!
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protoborg
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Posted Nov 03, 2011
Replied 1 day later
Actually, the OP is correct. When the two funnels cross any object (including the player) will get stuck in the intersection. As far as the cube pointing up goes, it is only really possible if the player holding the cube points it up. The cube is designed to automatically point parallel to the ground. Once the player releases the cube inside the funnel, however, it will remain pointing in the direction it facing when released... I think.