Quote from Fracture on February 22, 2013, 5:16 pm

I am noticing that the command line +use has some problems with it. Like for instance it disabled my ability to use the action button entirely and makes the console button the new action button. This simply will not do. Is there a way around and still be able to control the tank?

Quote from CamBen on February 22, 2013, 6:07 pm

No, there is no other way, to my knowledge. But the thing is, the +use key is completely useless with a gravity gun. You can pick stuff up with right click, and create a button that's reacts to a user4 output. As shown in the video I posted in the map showcasing thread, I used the new concept of electrical receiver panels to replace buttons.

As for the console, aiming upwards and pressing console will not fire a use output on the tank. So, if you need to use the console, aim up.

Quote from Fracture on February 22, 2013, 11:30 pm

if i can do that to a button, is there a way to control the tank the same way?

Quote from CamBen on February 23, 2013, 1:36 am

The only way to assume control of a tank is by +use, the button only works because you can do

Onuser4 !self press

Quote from Fracture on February 23, 2013, 1:41 am

EDIT: I have made a workaround of this whole thing that allows full use of the gun and still use the +use button. All I did was set up a scene where the player must press the button in order to activate something not knowing there is a func_tank in front of their face. I chose a decal texture that has invisible areas on it so it cannot be seen. The tank shifts thanks to a func_door, and picking up a portalgun activates the game_ui and portalgun model, along with a trigger_weaponstrip to rid the first gun

Quote from CamBen on February 23, 2013, 11:02 am

So are you making a portalgun gravity gun combo or something?

Quote from Fracture on February 23, 2013, 2:23 pm

Well i don't want to reveal too much, but......

BLAPERTURE

Quote from Fracture on February 24, 2013, 6:14 pm

after looking up data, i found there is a -use command which removes the command

THIS IS THE FINAL VERSION

Quote from CamBen on February 25, 2013, 1:13 am

Yea, that's the command I put in the download description of my gravity gun, for when the map is over and I want use to resume. If you press e though, the tank that the gun is on may deactivate.

Well, I don't want to reveal too much, but...

Electrotech science center

Sounds like gravity guns are popular