I seem to have a problem with the slime pit texture. I sent a map to friends and they all had the same:

This is what it is supposed to look like: http://i.imgur.com/uWFq7.jpg
This is the screenshot one of the two sent me: http://i.imgur.com/mgEK2.jpg

It's not a env_cubemap problem. I tried a different slime texture and it's still the same...

In the first case just make func_brushes (named ofc) that starts "disable" and textured with the "player clip" texture, make at least one for all the steps with a shape similar to a ramp, and 2 for the handrails (from top to bottom) also inclined (following the shape of the handrails). Then enable them/disable them by triggers.
If you fear that also any physic object (cubes for example) could be around, you should also duplicate the above brushes turning them "func_clip_physics" in order to avoid physic objects to get through and texture them for example with the trigger texture, or invisible texture. Ofc also set these "disable" for triggering them later the same as the others.

(some others simply use the "clip" texture and have only one group of brushes that collapse with both: player and phhysic objects... but I always have problems with that to work! and that's why I use 2 rgoups of brushes, one for the player and other for physic objects )

If you don't really mind that your stair collapse from the very beginning, simply do as above but avoiding the "start disable" flag and saving the triggers

@josepezdj
I want stairs in a map. As soon as you walk on them, they collapse and you can't go that way any more. I thought I had seen something like that in the single player game.
As I said I'm fairly new to Hammer still. Wouldn't I need some kind of stairs that would actually allow me to "take them apart"? Like an animation? You write about func_brushes but I don't even know what stairs I'd have to use for that.

I have another thing I want to ask if you don't mind as I don't want to use another thread.
I sent my map (compiled in Hammer) to a friend to test and he has several graphics issues (mainly in a slime pit). Am I doing something wrong? I just gave him the .bsp file.

There are no models of stairs that collapse in portal 2, maybe there are stairs that move so you can no longer access them, but no collapsing stuff. Only collapsing walkways. You could use brushes to create a flight of stairs, but that's quite a lot of work and most of the time it won't look that good.

You could also parent it to something like a func_door rotating, but I don't know if that gives the desired effect either. If you're new to hammer it might be better to stick with the default stuff first before going into all other, more complex stuff.

about the slimepit issue: that's probably a lack of cubemaps look at the valve developers wiki for env_cubemap

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about the slimepit issue: that's probably a lack of cubemaps look at the valve developers wiki for env_cubemap

That's what I thought too, but why would it work when I play the map?

You could also use the breaking ladders from Portal 1's escape sequence.

For doing so, listen to Paradoxic R3mix, that has to be done by func_physboxes...

El Farmerino wrote:
@josepezdj - One thing I always wondered - what's to stop you just using invisible instead of the two clip textures? Is that more expensive?

Well El, I don't really know if any tool texture is more expensive than other, anyway I was talking of the func_clip_physics, and that is a func_brush... you can use whatever texture on it as long as it's "not visble": you can use the clip texture (not player clip again), invisible or trigger. I use one of those usually.

background info
||All official Valve maps have something called a "simple world model". This is literally a model, shaped like the map. On lower video settings it is shown in water reflections instead of the map geometry, because it takes less GPU power to draw.

There is a console command called "buildmodelforworld" that is supposed to generate this world model for your map, in the same way that cube maps are built. However I have never gotten it to work properly. It exports a set of .smd and .tga files (source files to build the model and texture) but it doesn't seem to compile them into the final model. This may be something specific with my setup, so you may want to try it anyway and see if it does anything.||

HMW wrote:
About the water thing: your friend may have different (lower) video quality settings. On certain settings, all water textures in custom maps show up like this. You can get it to happen yourself too: just type "gpu_level 1" in the console.

Alright, thank you. I now sent the map to another friend. Both have that problem, neither have settings on low... they chose high video quality settings.

This is what it is supposed to look like: http://i.imgur.com/uWFq7.jpg
This is the screenshot one of the two sent me: http://i.imgur.com/mgEK2.jpg

The second guy confirmed that the screenshot is exactly what he experiences too.

By the way, I had the env_cubemap before it was mentioned here, it is in the middle of the slime pit (above it).

:/

EDIT: About the water, looks like your friends are experiencing "nodraw-voidspace" textures... do they have the same slimepit texture as you?.. did you use a custom one ?

RustyDios wrote:
Depending on the location of this.. why not use a panel-ramp?... Have a trigger 1/4-1/2 up that sets the ramp to flat with the far wall being too high to jump up...

EDIT: About the water, looks like your friends are experiencing "nodraw-voidspace" textures... do they have the same slimepit texture as you?.. did you use a custom one ?

I already have a way to get up there (where the stairs would be). I just wanted to have that as a small gimmick so the player would try to get up the stairs and fall down, having to figure out a way to get up.

I did not use a different slimepit texture as the one that was already in the game (I think so at least, I did not put one a different one in)

edit: I now understood your post, yes, maybe I will do that with the panel-ramp.

Jimmy wrote:
I did not use a different slimepit texture as the one that was already in the game (I think so at least, I did not put one a different one in)

edit: I now understood your post, yes, maybe I will do that with the panel-ramp.

Hmm, your friends are experiencing the same thing that happens for leaks/areaportals... I really think the problem here has something to do with the slime texture that is being used... have they both got updated Portal2 (ie; they both have dlc2 ?)

And glad I could help with an alternative idea for your collapsing "can't go that way so easily" stairs

I used a different slime texture and it's still the same for my friends. I don't know what to do :/

edit: stupid question.. do I need to have Source SDK Base 2007 installed?

Tell them to turn mat_fullbright to 0. If it doesn't change anything, make sure your using the same map file (ie if you compiled cubemaps you must have moved it to dlc2's maps folder. You might have given one in the original maps folder by accident.)

Groxkiller585 wrote:
Why is the second map fullbright? I think that might be the issue.

Tell them to turn mat_fullbright to 0. If it doesn't change anything, make sure your using the same map file (ie if you compiled cubemaps you must have moved it to dlc2's maps folder. You might have given one in the original maps folder by accident.)

I will tell them about mat_fullbright.

edit: still the same with mat_fullbright 0

Thank you!