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#1 · August 15, 2011, 3:04 pm

I've sen this done before, but can't find a tutorial on it.

How do you move a wall or an object (e.g emacipation grill, discouragement grid, excursion funnel)?

Like in portal, that energy pellet launcher in test chamber 17 rotating

#2 · August 15, 2011, 3:40 pm

Parent everything you want to move to a func_door, func_door_rotating, func_rotating, func_tracktrain, etc. Basically, you parent everything that you want to move to the thing that actually does the moving.

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#3 · August 15, 2011, 4:01 pm

Is there also a way to slow down the animation. Not delay it, like make it slower per frame

#4 · August 15, 2011, 6:54 pm

Change the speed on the entiry you have parented it to.

ie; func_door_rotating > Speed > 15

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#5 · August 15, 2011, 7:05 pm

Thanks for the help

#6 · August 16, 2011, 8:28 am

Also, since you could not find any tutorials... try searching the entities WinstonSmith proposed in youtube... you'll find more then enough videotutorials

Also also, i would suggest using the func_door, func_door_rotating, etc. for simple brush movements and the func_tracktrain or func_tanktrain for advanced brush movements (following a path and such)

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#7 · August 16, 2011, 3:24 pm

KenJeKenny!? wrote:

Also, since you could not find any tutorials... try searching the entities WinstonSmith proposed in youtube... you'll find more then enough videotutorials

Also also, i would suggest using the func_door, func_door_rotating, etc. for simple brush movements and the func_tracktrain or func_tanktrain for advanced brush movements (following a path and such)

I'd stay away from func_tanktrain; I think its only difference from a tracktrain is it shoots at you. Which isn't really applicable or enjoyable and I'm not even sure if it still works in Portal 2.

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