Length of prop_tractor_beam

#11 · July 1, 2011, 10:54 am

nothing can stop a laser, I tried everything, every texture and entity.
only glass props, but those are visible

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#12 · July 1, 2011, 12:16 pm

DaMaGepy wrote:

nothing can stop a laser, I tried everything, every texture and entity.
only glass props, but those are visible

Try one of these:

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki ... ser_target

The Terminal Point keyvalue should stop it. It's only a small volume for blocking lasers though. & it can handily be used as a laser detector if you uncheck terminal point & use the OnPowered output.

#13 · July 1, 2011, 3:00 pm

KenJeKenny!? wrote:

What about lasers? how do i stop them? invisble brushes won't work but i do need something invisible to stop it.

Sorry for hijacking the subject a bit... but i didn't want to make a whole new topic about it.

All you need to do is have a NODRAW volume. Lasers don't go through solid nodraw brushes

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