Custom lasers
Hey all,
I am currently working on a map where I want to use different colored lasers which only activate the catcher with the same color. To make it even worse: I'd love to combine different colors with some kind of prism.
However, I have no bloody clue where to start =/ so that's where I need some help: how can I get my hands on the scripts of the lasers so I can program my own? Or has someone already built this and can I copy this?
I hope someone can help me 
Greetings,
~Lp
I don't know what you mean 
What I mean: I want two lasers, say red and blue, red activates a red laser catcher, blue activates a blue laser catcher.
Blue can't activate the red laser catcher and vise versa.
If the blue and red beam meet at a given point there will be a purple (red+blue) beam that will activate a purple laser catcher.
The point is: I have no idea where to start building custom lasers (which emit blue light for example)
Oh my, Incredible machine was the shiz. And yes I'm guessing they mean that.
Can you change the 'color fx' property in the env_laser and create a filter for the laser catcher?
The problem is that the laser in portal 2 is not env_laser, but it's env_portal_laser.
I could make a different (colored) model, and create a blue emitter, but still the laser won't be blue, so I guess I have to hard code it in an object that I have to create, which is actually a env_portal_laser with another color and another laser color (and probably some filters).
So... Any ideas on how I should start building something like that.
(or at least, how the hell shall I wreck everything apart so I can have access to the sourcecode of the env_portal_laser)
~Lp
I believe that there is no way to modify the existing lazer without simply replacing the laser effect (which would still give you only one laser). I am hoping that valve will add a tool for adding brushes that extend like the laser/light bridge/etc, but unless they do that I don't believe there is any way to achieve this.
I've done this and it's pretty complicated. I'll post an example once my map using it is done.
Omnicoder, you are amazing. If you just took all the experiments you tried and uploaded them, I think everyone would love it. You figure out how to do amazing things.
Thank You,
Sound Logic