Quote from spongylover123 on November 19, 2011, 11:46 pm

There are instances for a door frame, it is in the instances folder in sdk_content
Look for Door frame
Or if you want use the door frame from: zoo_mechanics.vmf

Quote from ChickenMobile on November 20, 2011, 3:17 am

First of all. NEVER CARVE. It creates many unecessary badly cut brushes (even micro brushes which are bad for your map). If you didn't use the carve tool, awesome. To me it sounded like you used the carve tool to make the doorway.
Secondly, what spongy said. There are instances you can use for the door frames around a door model.

Quote from beecake on November 20, 2011, 6:27 am

I don't know if this is too advanced, but i found a door hole in an instance. Then i went to edit the instance and then copied the door frame in that instance. Now i made i new instance and put the copied doorframe inside there, so i've always got a door frame for my maps

Quote from Lpfreaky90 on November 20, 2011, 7:41 am

beecake wrote:

I don't know if this is too advanced, but i found a door hole in an instance. Then i went to edit the instance and then copied the door frame in that instance. Now i made i new instance and put the copied doorframe inside there, so i've always got a door frame for my maps

I think that's a bit tricky if you have all kinds of triggers. I prefer to use a doorframe prefab.
(In case you don't know what a prefab is: it's a bunch of objects/brushes that can be placed as a whole in your map. Instances are more or less the same, but if you edit the instance, you will change the thing you changed in all maps where that instance is )

Since I have various textures that I use as doorframes. (inside/outside different, or just different styles per map) I think for me prefabs are easier
(In case you're interested: Frames prefabs)

~Lp

Quote from turretking on November 20, 2011, 10:11 am

i found the instance you were talking about.

It looked nice. the only problem was when the door opened up i go to walk through there is an invisible wall and im still stuck in the room.

also there are a bunch of nodraw areas on it.

So when i put the door frame into a wall i dont see the door frame i just see through the wall.

Thanks for any help.

P.S. Someone said something about a door hole instance? where is that located?

Quote from Vordwann on November 20, 2011, 10:34 am

did you clip a space in the wall for the door frame instance to go into and delete the wierd wall behind it in the instance?

Quote from Mr. P. Kiwi on November 20, 2011, 11:05 am

The instance itself is weird. When you double click an instance, there's and "Edit Instance" button on the lower left part of the window, press it and copy only the brushes that are supposed to surround the wall, then paste it in your map. Hope this helps.

Quote from Another Bad Pun on November 20, 2011, 11:20 am

I usually select a door instance, place it in my map, and then collapse it to make edits. For me, it's the easiest way to make doors, although it may not be the best method. If you're a fan of Portal 1 doors, then use Spam Nugget's great Portal 1 Door Instance. It's a great instance, I recommend downloading it.

Quote from MasterLagger on November 20, 2011, 12:43 pm

I made an instance that is edited from the door frame instance and made it so it would have a small black tile textures on it instead of nodraw. I used this instance for some of my more recent maps. If your still having trouble getting a proper door frame to work, I could sent you my instance.