Portal-able func_door

#1 · November 13, 2011, 3:18 pm

A want a to have a brush go down (out pf player view) and then activate a template to spawn a turret on it. Then it goes back up into the player view. You have to place a portal on the func_door to kill the turret... How? It wont let me place a portal on it even though it is the right texture

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#2 · November 13, 2011, 4:07 pm

Maybe the func_door can't take portals. Actually, are you trying to place the portal while the door is moving? If so, you'll need to set sv_allow_mobile_portals 1.

If that doesn't work, you could try func_movelinear or creating an invisible brush with the "nodraw portalable" texture, parenting it to the door, and setting sv_allow_mobile_portals to 1.

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#3 · November 13, 2011, 4:14 pm

You can definitely shoot portsls on func_brushes. So just make the current moving entity invisible and parent a func_brush to it.

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#4 · November 13, 2011, 4:27 pm

BrainstoneX wrote:

You can definitely shoot portals on func_brushes. So just make the current moving entity invisible and parent a func_brush to it.

Thats a very good idea!

Rand0mNumbers wrote:

Actually, are you trying to place the portal while the door is moving?

No... When the doors is moving it will get out of the player view and you wont be able to place a portal on it...

Edit: it works! Awesome!

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#5 · November 14, 2011, 2:01 pm

there's a tools texture called 'nodrawportalable' or similar.

It's invisible in-game, but allows portals. Try making a func_brush sticking out a few units in front of your door, and parent that.

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