Making Targets

[Semnae]

I'm trying to make targets that fall over or move out of the way when you shoot them, and then reset themselves after a short amount of time. I figure there are two ways of doing this:

The first is to create a door that opens when you shoot it. First I created a brush, and tied it to "func_door". I changed the speed to 500, and the Health (shoot open) to 1, and the Move Direction (Pitch Yaw Roll) to 90 0 0. When I test it, it the brush goes into the floor quickly like it's supposed to, but only when I get near it. I cannot shoot the door open. When I step away from it, the target resets like it's supposed to.

My second idea was to create a brush, then tie it to "func_physbox" and named it Target. "Damaging it Doesn't Push It" is set to no by default. I then tied the ground to "func_brush" and named it ground. Finally, I connected the two with a couple "phys_hinge" entities. I changed the Name to Hinge, Entity 1 to Target, Entity 2 to Ground, and Friction to 1. When I test it, it doesn't do much. When I push on it, it makes a door opening sound. When I shoot at it, it shakes a little bit. If I mess around with the Hinge Axis in Hammer, I can make the entire object rotate when I shoot it, but I haven't quite figured out how to make it fall over backwards yet. In any case, the object never resets.

I'd appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

[trackhed]

im going to try out a way of making vmf tutorials, ill try this subject first

[Semnae]

PH4T3's tutorials on YouTube are excellent (http://www.youtube.com/user/mattdawg420) and have helped me a great deal with the basics. If you're going to make tutorials, I recommend doing it with videos. Even with pictures, it's easy to get hung up on the text tutorials.

[trackhed]

vmf is a Valve Map File.
Im trying to make tutorials you can compile and play

[Semnae]

Oooh! That sounds even better! :thumbup:

[l3eeron]

vmf is a Valve Map File.
Im trying to make tutorials you can compile and play

What if you make one big .vmf, with a small level, in all it various stages neatly seperated, but all in one .vmf. The tutoree would copy/paste what ever section they were studying into a new vmf to compile and play. :huh:


But back on topic...

Im going to try something using func_breakable, Ill report back.

[MangyCarface]

I was about to say func_breakable's probably your best bet. Good for setting damage amounts etc.

[Semnae]

func_breakable seems to work well. I shoot at it and it shatters. Now how do I get it to respawn?

[phatal]

func_breakable seems to work well. I shoot at it and it shatters. Now how do I get it to respawn?

Try using a env_entity_maker (http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Env_entity_maker) and tie this to a point_template (http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Point_template).

[DJive]

check this link out.

http://tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=1167

It is for respawning glass before and after an area is captures, however, the capture can really be anything, IE, before and after something health goes to "0"

[Semnae]

I finally got it to work! Here's how:

1. Create a brush
2. Tie it to func_breakable
3. Name the brush
4. Create a point_template entity.
5. Name the entity.
6. Under "Template 1", put the name of the brush
7. Create a logic_auto entity.
8. Add an output to the logic_auto entity with the following data:
My Output - OnMapSpawn
Target Entity - Name of the point_template entity
Target Input - Force Spawn
9. Select your brush and open its properties
10. Add an output to the brush with the following data:
My Output - OnBreak
Target Entity - Name of the point_template entity
Target Input - ForceSpawn
Delay - The number of second you want the brush to wait before respawning.

Thanks DJive. I don't think I would have ever figured it out without that link. :thumbup:

[poopster101]

you should make a tutorial out of this
or just copy paste this into a tutorial thread

[Semnae]

Now that I've got them moving, I don't mind making a tutorial. I'll want to put pictures with it though, so give me a little bit.