func_brush

Hi, quick question:

The func_brush entity has 3 options for Solidity, one of them is toggle. How does one actually toggle the solidity in run-time?? There don't appear to be any inputs for this...

Basically I'm trying to make a holographic force-field that can be made solid (on) or non-solid (off). I don't want to just disable the entity, because I still want it to be visible in the off state (just translucent).

ideas? I feel like there is something basic that I'm missing (I'm still relatively new to the Source I/O system) . . .

thanks in advance for any assistance!

Set solidity to "toggle" then you can enable/disable it's solidity via the intput. I'm not sure if this will make the brush invisible, too. If it does, create a completely invisible (rendermode: "don't render") func_brush and an additional func_illusionary for the effect.

Before you do that, I'd take a look at the SDK example maps and load them in Hammer. The first HL2trainstation map should have forcefields already or at least some of the other ones. However Valve did it is probably most practical.

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Why snark works.

<span style="color: gray;">Hey thanks, your idea of using multiple brushes stacked on top of each other gave me more ideas... I almost have it working exactly the way I want...one issue remains.
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The func_brush render FX "Slow Fade Away" works perfectly for my "force field off" effect.</span>
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Now, I'd like to use the opposite effect, "Slow Become Solid" for the "force field on" effect, but it doesn't work! Rather than slowly fading in, the brush appears to turn 100% visible in an instant. "Fast Become Solid" does the same....

This appears to be a simple bug, but I can't believe that such a bug has lasted all this time....can anyone confirm this behavior?

...thanks...

-drschelter

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