func-train

i'm attempting to suspend some combine_balls that will float around in a func_train and can be picked off and shot with the grav-gun, i can't figure out how to make a func_train in hl2:dm

i searched but couldn't find any topics related so here it is

How about using a func_tracktrain? The func_train seems to be unavailable by default, but that Valve Wiki page tells you how to add it to the .fgd file.

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no func_tracktrain either, is that for hl1?

No, it's available in all Source games. HL entities don't have outputs, either. :smile:

Weird though, that you can't find them in the list. Just to be sure, you are checking the brush-based entities, right? Otherwise, perhaps the .fgd file is messed up a bit?

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Captain P said:
Just to be sure, you are checking the brush-based entities, right?

the whaaaaatt??? :dorky:

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combine balls can behave strangely if they hit the surface of a moving func_tracktrain (they bounce in unexpected directions for me). Just so you're warned :biggrin:

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found the wiki's and i thought i added it but it still doesn't show up on my list, not sure what i'm doing wrong

and reaper- the balls will start on the track, will it still cause odd behaviors?

I honestly don't know. It's just something I noticed when building a brush-based func_tracktrain elevator for multiplayer. When I shoot a combine ball down the shaft and it hits the elevator it doesn't bounce up, it moves almost horizontally. I think the elevator doesn't even have to move.

Maybe I just build a weird elevator :biggrin:

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so i went to this folder:
C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fatstrings\sourcesdk\bin

then copied the script for func_train into the base file

is that not what i'm supposed to do?