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Posted by Irenicis on Wed Sep 15th at 6:56am 2004

I'm making a elevator which is just a platform. Do i put the path_corner entity in the platform or above it? Coz' the tut says put in the middle of the elevator. Mine's just a......platform. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Wed Sep 15th at 7:03am 2004

when using a path_corner the brush which is assigned to it (the first stop for the brush) is where the brush will originally start. I think the best way to place them is to put the brush where you want it, then either put the entitiy at the top or bottom of the brush (from a side view) and in the center otherwise. [addsig]



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Posted by Biological Component on Wed Sep 15th at 7:53am 2004

Put the path corner in the dead-center of your elevator structure. (where it will be starting)

Then put another one where the center should be when it is stopped. [addsig]



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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Wed Sep 15th at 10:23am 2004

Wut he said ^^

There should be a little cross where the centre of the brush is in the 2D views. Align the path_corner with that. Extremely useful if the platform is an unusual shape.

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Posted by omegaslayer on Thu Sep 16th at 1:51am 2004

Unless the platform needs to move in two directions, I would suggest using a func_door with a negative lip value and set the direction to "up", and with this method you will save:
1) Confusion of entity placement (eg: why the F*** doesnt this trigger work!!!??)
2) Simplicity (two entitys instead of 4)
3) Saves space for more important entitys if you have a massive map (although it is very unlikely you will exceed the maximum entities)

This is of coarse if its just a simple platform moving from point A to point B.

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Posted by Wild Card on Thu Sep 16th at 10:02pm 2004

? posted by Irenicis
I'm making a elevator which is just a platform. Do i put the path_corner entity in the platform or above it? Coz' the tut says put in the middle of the elevator. Mine's just a......platform.

read this.

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