Quote from beecake on November 22, 2011, 1:04 pm

face4radio wrote:

I would like to create a cube dropper than moves around a room. Ideally it would be parented to a func_train. The problem is that the cube_dropper_* instances don't have a Parent variable. I tried to give a parent to entities inside the instance using the Replace variable ($Parent <func_train_name>) and a SetParent input, but neither worked (i.e. the func_train moved merrily around the room, but the cube dropper didn't follow).

Any ideas on how to implement a moving cube dropper?

Press "Edit instance" and copy the whole instance. From then you can make every piece of it get parented to the func_train. Remember the Proxy entity isn't important anymore since its not an instance.

Quote from Brainstone on November 22, 2011, 2:51 pm

As the cube dropper contains various brushes, that can be used to seal the map, at least those can not be parented. You will have to make all brushes to func_brushes and seal the map around the cubedropper

Quote from Moth on November 23, 2011, 6:21 pm

*Theoretically*...

ANYTHING can be parented by disabling 'SmartEdit' and manually adding the keyvalue

Quote from spongylover123 on November 23, 2011, 6:58 pm

You could always edit the fgd as the the parent function is available for the game, but not in hammer

Quote from gamecreator on November 24, 2011, 2:58 am

Check out Cradle. This map rotated four gel droppers in a rectangular path. It includes the source because it was a contest map.

Quote from face4radio on December 15, 2011, 2:23 am

Thanks for the ideas, all! Copying the instance and parenting only the needed parts worked well (as suggested by beecake).