Making somethign rotate

I am trying to make something swing, like a pendulum or a swing would, should I make it a func_door rotating or a func_rotating, I want it to swing about 30-40 degrees each way.

Help appreciated :smile:

func_pendulum

seems reasonable

:smile:

http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?ent=func_pendulum

Choose your axis carefully --- if you don't it'll rotate wrong. Instead of swinging like pendulum :\

yea those things are a bish to set up right.

Soz for the long wait fella's [damn ntl].

Thanks for the answer!

Bet you that none of you know what im using this for :razz:

to make something act like a pendulum. possibly even a pendulum. :razz:

I once tried using a func_pendulum for a searchlight beam in a DoD map. I dont think DoD likes the func_pendulum... :smile:

Choose your axis carefully --- if you don't it'll rotate wrong. Instead of swinging like pendulum :\

Find the axis you want it to rotate on, and find in which of the 2d views it appears to be "coming out of the screen" if you drew a line along it. For instance if you wanted something rotating back and forth along the floor (no vertical movement) then the axis would appear in the Top (X/Y) view to be a line coming straight up. This means the letter that does not appear (in this case, Z) is the axis you want it to rotate on.

Make sense?

Yes it does HP thanks for that, when I did a compile, it was swinging the wrong way :sad: