[Zuimzado]

Guys, the SDK hasn't even been released and you're already modding the shit out of the game.

When I grow up I want to be just like you guys.


Oh God... I need to learn how to map for Portal 1 and 2. Now. Help?

[Jcorp]

Here's a better version of the Panels room I did yesterday. Again, pretty dark (I am absolutely crap at lighting, but hey at least it's not fullbright). Now includes test chamber.

[Kyo]

Instant Mix posted:

This is a dumb question , but how do you make the little indicator things that go up and along the walls that glow orange when you press a button?

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...dicator_lights

It's the same method for both Portal 1 & Portal 2 so that tutorial should work

[Jackald]

Jcorp posted:

Here's a better version of the Panels room I did yesterday. Again, pretty dark (I am absolutely crap at lighting, but hey at least it's not fullbright). Now includes test chamber.

Just make the lights a lot brighter, and that should be enough.

[ciberspy]

can someone make a list of the panel models and animations that are most usefull in general?

[Kyo]

Got gel working and made a shitty little gel playground, figured I'd post it for anyone who wants it.

DOWNLOAD

[Paulendy]

Can someone make a tutorial on using panels? Dimensions of plates, attaching them correctly, getting them positioned correctly so that textures line up, all that kinda stuff. It would be much appreciated.

[LilRobot]

Right now I'm trying to make a Co-op playground with a center room as GLaDOS.
I want to know how to make GLaDOS look at Atlas. Any help with that?
Last but not least, I just tested the map and apparently, neither of the coop bots move. (mind you I'm testing using ss_map and a joystick.) I can't see the other bot either. Any help with that?

[PieClock]

Paulendy posted:

Can someone make a tutorial on using panels? Dimensions of plates, attaching them correctly, getting them positioned correctly so that textures line up, all that kinda stuff. It would be much appreciated.

There was one a few pages back.

Edited:

DeanWinchester posted:

Working on it, still need to do some doors, fix the catapults and create box droppers.

If you need a door prefab I made one yesterday for myself. Will upload if anyone asks. It has the door and the wall surrounding it and fits in a 128x128x16 area. Picture of said prefab in use:

[Frying Dutchman]

So whats the best Co-Op playground out here so far?

[Instant Mix]

First version of my map , probably has bugs in. Enjoy!

figured I should probably test the map before release. Gah.


What's that , you want pictures? Try looking here. There's alot more than what's on those images , but still.

[GameDev]

Can someone tell me the correct way to make faith plates? I can't seem to get em.

[Saccn]

Does nobody know how to fix my problem? The paint splatter texture is always stretched in my maps, but not on maps made by other people.

[kapu]

http://img197.imageshack.us/g/portal...320014304.jpg/ Here's my first try on making a puzzle map: http://www.mediafire.com/?80md23167brfqi7

[GameDev]

Anyone know why when I try to open decompiled Portal maps hammer crashes?

[madk]

My plates tutorial from a few pages back:

http://www.facepunch.com/threads/108...1#post29360942

I mention in the post I hadn't had idle poses figured out yet. The way to do it is to attach SetAnimation outputs to a logic_auto entity with OnMapSpawn with the desired idle animation pose.



I am currently working on a thorough example vmf for panels.

[DeanWinchester]

Can someone upload a working trigger_catapult please? I can't figure out what I changed because mine stopped working.

[WhyteclouD]

GameDev posted:

Anyone know why when I try to open decompiled Portal maps hammer crashes?

Have you opened the vmf and removed the last entity before loading it?

[GameDev]

WhyteclouD posted:

Have you opened the vmf and removed the last entity before loading it?

When I try opening the VMF it crashes hammer.

[DeEz]

I was messing around with some textures and came up with this:



Enhanced a bit:


Is it something new? Otherwise, what is it and why is it there?

[kapu]

DeanWinchester posted:

Can someone upload a working trigger_catapult please? I can't figure out what I changed because mine stopped working.

http://www.mediafire.com/?7wv5s7cobib0m0l should be working

[erik802]

Uploading new version of my map. Now with 75% MORE panels!

Here's a video preview!

[GameDev]

kapu posted:

http://www.mediafire.com/?7wv5s7cobib0m0l should be working

That one doesn't work for me either.

Edited:

Why the hell are non of the decompiled maps opening in hammer

[DeanWinchester]

GameDev posted:

That one doesn't work for me either.

Edited:

Why the hell are non of the decompiled maps opening in hammer

Because they don't decompile right, they leave an unfinished entity at the end, you have to edit it in notepad and remove the laster entitity {...}

That catapult isn't working for me either :(

[Instant Mix]

erik802 posted:

Uploading new version of my map. Now with 75% MORE panels!

Here's a video preview!

What about 75% more aligned textures?

[erik802]

Instant Mix posted:

What about 75% more aligned textures?

I'm lazy.

[Stinger21]

I made Portal 2 Playground. It's not finished yet but it works.
here's a video demonstrating how I will use panels to make it possible to hide everything, giving you what is basically a big cube to fling around it:

Some friends have mentioned that as their biggest complaint in the original playground was always crashing into poorly placed props.

This is not final but here's a dl link to what I have right now:
http://filesmelt.com/dl/asdf.bsp
*FIXED*
(Yes, you can play it in co-op)

[Sora3100]

Stinger21 posted:

I made Portal 2 Playground. It's not finished yet but it works.
here's a video demonstrating how I will use panels to make it possible to hide everything, giving you what is basically a big cube to fling around it:

Some friends have mentioned that as their biggest complaint in the original playground was always crashing into poorly placed props.

This is not final but here's a dl link to what I have right now:
http://filesmelt.com/dl/Portal_2_Playground_v1.bsp

(Yes, you can play it in co-op)

This map is crashing right after it's done loading for me.(With no error)

[Stinger21]

Sora3100 posted:

This map is crashing right after it's done loading for me.(With no error)

Sorry about that. Fixed now

[GameDev]

DeanWinchester posted:

Because they don't decompile right, they leave an unfinished entity at the end, you have to edit it in notepad and remove the laster entitity {...}

That catapult isn't working for me either :(

So I just open it in notepad and delete the one that's at the bottom, no matter what it is?

[DeanWinchester]

Any tips on getting the sky01_01 skybox (not sure if that's the correct name) working?

[Sora3100]

Stinger21 posted:

Sorry about that. Fixed now

So it works now,but what does the last button do?

[Smashman]

Hmm.
How do I do laser cubes? Because I can't get the ruddy thing working.

[Stinger21]

Sora3100 posted:

So it works now,but what does the last button do?

There are 4 buttons 2 for the lasers, one for the light bridge and the one to the very right is a box spawner (Look at the video)

Smashman posted:

Hmm.
How do I do laser cubes? Because I can't get the ruddy thing working.

Add a "skin" key to the box and give it a value. 0 is the normal box. I think either 3 or 4 is the reflector cube.

[DasMatze]

Portal 2 - now you can make blocky, visually unappealing maps and still recieve winner-ratings.

I'll wait until the official authoring tools come out because I found out that entities get messed up in instances. While the Hammer versions are usually pretty much the same, I blame the Alien Swarm SDK this time. I can't map without instances anymore.

[GameDev]

So which entity do I remove when fixing decompiled maps?

[Delta616]

Kyo posted:

Got gel working and made a shitty little gel playground, figured I'd post it for anyone who wants it.

DOWNLOAD

Sorry there is better around.

[Smashman]

Stinger21 posted:

There are 4 buttons 2 for the lasers, one for the light bridge and the one to the very right is a box spawner (Look at the video)

Add a "skin" key to the box and give it a value. 0 is the normal box. I think either 3 or 4 is the reflector cube.

That's just a dirtier cube, or an activated Companion Cube...

[Stinger21]

DasMatze posted:

Portal 2 - now you can make blocky, visually unappealing maps and still recieve winner-ratings.

I'll wait until the official authoring tools come out because I found out that entities get messed up in instances. While the Hammer versions are usually pretty much the same, I blame the Alien Swarm SDK this time. I can't map without instances anymore.

I dont consider what we are doing now as "Real" Mapping atleast not for me. I'm just playing around with the new "toys" in portal 2.

Portal 2 cube skins:
0: Cube
1: Companion cube
2: Companion cube
3: Reflector Cube
4: Ball
5: Antique cube

[Netsc]

PieClock posted:

There was one a few pages back.

Edited:

If you need a door prefab I made one yesterday for myself. Will upload if anyone asks. It has the door and the wall surrounding it and fits in a 128x128x16 area. Picture of said prefab in use:

I would like this prefab.