Quote from FelixGriffin on March 4, 2013, 10:32 pm

It seems that your transition script isn't working properly. Have you tried Brainstone's Hardcoded instances?

Quote from tokichronos on March 5, 2013, 1:01 am

Thanks, its much easier to transition them now and I don't have any of the problems reocurring.
I do however have a new problem, in that Portal 2 is no longer recording research data with Brainstone's instances.
I am afraid that this request is even more obscure than my original request as I imagine most people don't care about the performance data for the game, but it is vital to me.

To summarize it, if you use the console command "record_research_data 1" Portal 2 will save a .csv file with that session's play data. I can only imagine that Brainstone's script has removed this functionality for fewer issues.

Quote from TopHATTwaffle on March 5, 2013, 1:06 am

The transition script works by teleporting the player to a certain area as soon as the level is spawned. If this are does NOT exist, this can happen.

The game is looking for the following entities:
@elevator_entry_teleport
@arrival_teleport
If it cannot find one, no go! But never fear! We can choose what we want to teleport to! First let's look at a transition list. Here is part from my mod.

Code: Select all

"s_c1_cutscene_2",      
   "@Spawn_Room",      // This is where the player is teleported to upon entering s_c1_intro
"s_c1_intro",         
   "@Spawn",      // Teleport location for s_c1_intro_2
"s_c1_intro_2",         // GLaDOS's chamber
"s_c1_cutscene_3",      // Next Cutscene

You can see the levels are all prefixed with, "s_c1_" And there is a "@Spawn_Room" and "@Spawn" in the list as well. There are manual teleport points. When a level is reached the script will check, using this bit of code:

Code: Select all

if( MapPlayOrder[index-1].find("@") == null )
            {
               printl( "Teleporting to default start pos" )
               EntFire( "@elevator_entry_teleport", "Teleport", 0, 0 )      
               EntFire( "@arrival_teleport", "Teleport", 0, 0 )               
            }

if it finds a "@" If it can't it tries to teleport to: @elevator_entry_teleport, or @arrival_teleport.

If it DOES find one it fires this bit of code:

Code: Select all

   else
            {
               printl( "Trying to teleport to " + MapPlayOrder[index - 1] + "_teleport" )
               EntFire( MapPlayOrder[index - 1] + "_entry_teleport", "Teleport", 0, 0.0 )
            }

This tells it to teleport the play to an entity named XXX_entry_teleport. Where XXX is one above the map name. So in my case, "@Spawn_Room_entry_teleport"

So TL:DR. Add a line above your level as something, name a point_teleport that +_entry_teleport, $$$$, PROFIT!!!!

Quote from tokichronos on March 7, 2013, 1:24 pm

TopHATTwaffle wrote:

The transition script works by teleporting the player to a certain area as soon as the level is spawned. If this are does NOT exist, this can happen.

The game is looking for the following entities:
@elevator_entry_teleport
@arrival_teleport
If it cannot find one, no go! But never fear! We can choose what we want to teleport to! First let's look at a transition list. Here is part from my mod.

Code: Select all

"s_c1_cutscene_2",      
   "@Spawn_Room",      // This is where the player is teleported to upon entering s_c1_intro
"s_c1_intro",         
   "@Spawn",      // Teleport location for s_c1_intro_2
"s_c1_intro_2",         // GLaDOS's chamber
"s_c1_cutscene_3",      // Next Cutscene

You can see the levels are all prefixed with, "s_c1_" And there is a "@Spawn_Room" and "@Spawn" in the list as well. There are manual teleport points. When a level is reached the script will check, using this bit of code:

Code: Select all

if( MapPlayOrder[index-1].find("@") == null )
            {
               printl( "Teleporting to default start pos" )
               EntFire( "@elevator_entry_teleport", "Teleport", 0, 0 )      
               EntFire( "@arrival_teleport", "Teleport", 0, 0 )               
            }

if it finds a "@" If it can't it tries to teleport to: @elevator_entry_teleport, or @arrival_teleport.

If it DOES find one it fires this bit of code:

Code: Select all

   else
            {
               printl( "Trying to teleport to " + MapPlayOrder[index - 1] + "_teleport" )
               EntFire( MapPlayOrder[index - 1] + "_entry_teleport", "Teleport", 0, 0.0 )
            }

This tells it to teleport the play to an entity named XXX_entry_teleport. Where XXX is one above the map name. So in my case, "@Spawn_Room_entry_teleport"

So TL:DR. Add a line above your level as something, name a point_teleport that +_entry_teleport, $$$$, PROFIT!!!!

Thank you for your reply, it is far more informative than what I've been reading so far. I have a few questions about your post however.

My maps follow the naming scheme of "training_chamber_01" and then 02 and so on.
When I am making a point_teleport, for instance in level 02, I should then name it in hammer as "@02_entry_teleport" and in the transition list as "@02" above the mapname.

I've tried this and a few other naming methods, but when the level transitions I am placed inside the box found in the arrival_departure_transition entity. Did I miss something important?

Another question is that of where to place the point_teleport. I've only tried placing it within the elevator model in the elevator entry entity for a smooth transition, but I wonder if that could be an issue as I don't have a strong understanding of how Portal 2 actually processes the level transition.

Quote from TopHATTwaffle on March 7, 2013, 2:08 pm

Here is something... Please place a copy of the transitions script into portal 2/update. I think there may be a copy of the script that is being used instead of your copy. If that does not work we can get into trouble shooting this more.

As for your question on placement. Place it where ever you want the player to spawn into the level. That's it.

Quote from tokichronos on March 8, 2013, 2:23 am

TopHATTwaffle wrote:

Here is something... Please place a copy of the transitions script into portal 2/update. I think there may be a copy of the script that is being used instead of your copy. If that does not work we can get into trouble shooting this more.

As for your question on placement. Place it where ever you want the player to spawn into the level. That's it.

I tried the Updates folder, but no luck there.
Good news though, I went through my maps very closely and found a couple careless mistakes that were likely causing some problems. I also took a very close look at the code you referenced and figured out what the game wanted in terms of syntax.

I do realize I couldn't have done it this quickly without your help, thank you very much!

Quote from TopHATTwaffle on March 8, 2013, 9:18 am

Just happy you have it working!