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#11 · June 15, 2011, 4:54 pm

Would it make sense if I put it in a fizzler? Because there was a fizzler between the two walls where the gel can be fired from. Would the player be less frustrated if the Fizzler was made solid to paint?

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#12 · June 15, 2011, 4:58 pm

Mevious wrote:

And then if the player spends time and effort trying to get paint to that surface and it magically doesn't stick, that player is rightfully going to be really pissed off.

Yep.

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#13 · June 15, 2011, 5:09 pm

Be careful with gel, and just think out the portal surfaces in your map carefully to control where it goes...

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#14 · June 16, 2011, 3:57 am

Blocking the placement of Conversion gel is acceptable for things like, the hidden box areas of where panel models flex in and out of, and basically other areas that exist for purposes other than gameplay.

If you absolutely need to block gel placement, try using glass or something.

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#15 · July 17, 2011, 9:44 am

Some thread necro, but I didn't wanna open up a new thread for this. I have a brush textured with one of the grate textures on all sides, and it's 1 unit thick. My white paint bombs still aren't going through it though, but they work normally otherwise. Is there something you can tell I'm doing wrong with just this description? Otherwise I'll upload a VMF.

Edit: Ok, I copied a grate directly from sp_a3_speed_ramp and it's still exactly the same. Something is not right...

Edit 2: Here's the VMF. http://nitrogen.mine.nu/brains/sp_bleak.vmf . Thanks a lot if you try to figure it out.

Well, I can work around it with a non-solid grate and a player clip... But any idea on why this is happening?

Another edit: I'm beginning to think it's a feature that paint bombs can't go through grates. Oh well, I'll just use my workaround.

#16 · July 17, 2011, 3:00 pm

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I'm beginning to think it's a feature that paint bombs can't go through grates.

Thats right, Ser. Tried it also in my map, but it doesn`t work. Do it with a player clip and a non-solid grate or prop

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#17 · July 19, 2011, 1:22 am

Set the grate solidity to never and and a player clip around the brush.

Also in reponse to not allowing conversion on a selected surface, how about water? It stops gel being sprayed there and shows that it cant.

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