move_rope and keyframe_rope issue.

I am having a serious issue creating a simple rope and I can't see where I have gone wrong.

This is what it looks like ingame. The rope is leading to 0,0,0 cords and there are no entity's or brushes at those cords and there are no duplicate names.

This is what it looks like in hammer. Also I have tried making a func_brush above the light on the roof then connecting the phys_ballsocket ent 1 to the func_brush then connecting ent 2 to the light model but that didn't work either.

iirc in the 06 engine at least, any playable space at 0 0 0 results in all kinds of anomalies, you may be running into one

try selecting your entire map w tex lock on and moving it downwards until 0 0 0 is outside your play area

After doing that the rope just goes through the roof in the direction of 0,0,0.

edit

I am not sure if this is linked but I am also having issues getting logic_auto to work. I have it set to to run on OnMultiNewRound but it never activates any of the sounds or other things I have set it to do.

Well, if your logic_auto is not working, my first question to you would be: does your map have a leak?

Then from the first image, I'm guessing even though the rope stretches to the 0,0,0 coordinates, the light model still swings as wanted?

If not, the only thing I can suggest would be to follow this tutorial if you haven't already: Tire Swing.

It looks as though you're missing the phys_lengthconstraint entity. If your setup matches that of the one in the tutorial you might have better results. If not, try posting your compile log, and we may see something in there that tells us what the issue is.

One thing of note in the tutorial: The tutorial assumes it's ok for the physics object attached at the end of the rope to move about freely on a bendable rope. Using a phys_ballsocket will treat the rope like more of a solid rod, and the physics object on the end too. Is that what you're intending?

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Using that method allows you to shoot the light into the ceiling, that's why I was using a phys_ballsocket and the rope still didn't work >.<

So here is my compile log.

** Executing...
** Command: "d:\steam\steamapps\XXX\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "d:\steam\steamapps\XXX\counter-strike source\cstrike" "C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Map\jb_portal_test.vmf"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Jun  8 2010)
2 threads
materialPath: d:\steam\steamapps\XXX\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials
Loading C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Map\jb_portal_test.vmf
ConVarRef mat_reduceparticles doesn't point to an existing ConVar
"materials/glass/glasswindow_refract01.vtf": cached version doesn't exist
Could not locate 'GameData' key in d:\steam\steamapps\XXX\counter-strike source\cstrike\gameinfo.txt
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
Chop Details...done (0)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 332 detail faces...done (0)
Merging details...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (0)
writing C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Map\jb_portal_test.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
Creating default LDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_wasteland02*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Creating default HDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_wasteland02*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Finding displacement neighbors...
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (5) (904346 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 4475 texinfos to 3538
Reduced 56 texdatas to 52 (1556 bytes to 1395)
Writing C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Map\jb_portal_test.bsp
7 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "d:\steam\steamapps\XXX\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "d:\steam\steamapps\XXX\counter-strike source\cstrike" "C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Map\jb_portal_test"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Jun  8 2010)
2 threads
reading c:\users\XXX\documents\map\jb_portal_test.bsp
reading c:\users\XXX\documents\map\jb_portal_test.prt
 424 portalclusters
1225 numportals
BasePortalVis:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
PortalFlow:          0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Optimized: 88 visible clusters (0.00%)
Total clusters visible: 24988
Average clusters visible: 58
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 385
visdatasize:38718  compressed from 47488
writing c:\users\XXX\documents\map\jb_portal_test.bsp
0 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "d:\steam\steamapps\XXX\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters:  -game "d:\steam\steamapps\XXX\counter-strike source\cstrike" "C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Map\jb_portal_test"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Jun  8 2010)

      Valve Radiosity Simulator
2 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[1 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\users\XXX\documents\map\jb_portal_test.bsp
Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (2.38 seconds)
7350 faces
260965 square feet [37579056.00 square inches]
0 Displacements
0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches]
7350 patches before subdivision
54840 patches after subdivision
84 direct lights
BuildFacelights:     0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (7)
BuildVisLeafs:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (28)
transfers 11310980, max 1217
transfer lists:  86.3 megs
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
    Bounce #1 added RGB(172774, 218640, 245185)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
    Bounce #2 added RGB(47794, 60796, 67174)
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    Bounce #3 added RGB(12962, 16699, 18250)
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    Bounce #9 added RGB(14, 14, 12)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
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    Bounce #11 added RGB(2, 2, 1)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
    Bounce #12 added RGB(1, 1, 0)
Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0259 sec>
FinalLightFace:      0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (9)
FinalLightFace Done
0 of 0 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
ThreadComputeLeafAmbient: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (12)
Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish

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brushsides           18784/65536      150272/524288   (28.7%)
planes               13698/65536      273960/1310720  (20.9%)
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leaves                2437/65536       77984/2097152  ( 3.7%)
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leafbrushes           2640/65536        5280/131072   ( 4.0%)
areas                    2/256            16/2048     ( 0.8%)
surfedges            60332/512000     241328/2048000  (11.8%)
edges                37053/256000     148212/1024000  (14.5%)
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waterstrips            337/32768        3370/327680   ( 1.0%)
waterverts               0/65536           0/786432   ( 0.0%)
waterindices          7941/65536       15882/131072   (12.1%)
cubemapsamples           0/1024            0/16384    ( 0.0%)
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Level flags = 0

Total triangle count: 18550
Writing c:\users\XXX\documents\map\jb_portal_test.bsp
1 minute, 5 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Map\jb_portal_test.bsp" "d:\steam\steamapps\XXX\counter-strike source\cstrike\maps\jb_portal_test.bsp"

Also just to add onto that. The map doesn't have a leak and the light model does swing as I wanted.