Physics obeying breakable wood

If anyone out there has played de_chateau then what I want is the planks that you walk on up top and can shoot and break appart.

To those who have no clue what im talking about what I want are planks of wood that when shot will break appart, and then fall down. Specifically what I want is the player to be able to shoot out the support beams from under a level, and have that level obey the laws of physics, much like the inside of a classic Barn.

Ive tried func_physbox, but when you run into it it moves and that isnt what I want, plus when you walk on it it makes my game slow down. Ive tried ticking the no motion in the flags, but then they dont fall when the support is shot from underneth it. Ive tried func_breakable, but that doesnt obey the laws of physics (falling down). I have also tried func_breakable_stuff, but I dont want the boards to be paper thin. Ill try anything eg like glass.

I expect you'll need to use some slight of hand. Try using a func_wall_toggle (if it still exists) to make a floor over top of the physics objects. Then, trigger the walls to disappear when the supports are shot out.

Hmmm not what I had in mind.... I guess what im asking is there another physics obeying entity out there?

have you tried func_breakable or func_breakable_surf?

I'd think func_breakable_surf is the one you're looking for.

have you tried func_breakable or func_breakable_surf?

I'd think func_breakable_surf is the one you're looking for.

I tried func_breakable_surf on wood. I didn't do extensive testing, but I found the following:

1. it only lets you apply visible texture to one face

2. this means you can only see it from one side

3. when you shoot it, it breaks of in perfect sqaures, even more ugly than the glass in cs_office. Same entity btw.

4. the outer rim of "squares" would not dissapear, even after being shot at and ran through.

I'm sure i configured something wrong, but i couldn't get it to work really well.

If anyone (everyone should have) has seen the first really long E3
video for HL2, they might remember the parts when gordon shoots some
wooden planks, and the wood breaks like wood shoot, splintering
awesoemly and displaying physics properties like holding stuff up (not
breaking into gibs and dissapearing either).

this would be much cooler, and probably what you are looking for. Sorry, dont know what it is.

It's just a prop_physics entity, using one of the props_debris/wood* models.

A lot of funky things in HL2- e.g. breakable computers in cs_office- are models using one of the prop_ entities.

hey genie guy, if you have an answer, in either of the editing forums, post the answer "AS" an answer, so the requestee can mark it "accepted" or "otherwise"

and.. welcome to the pit.

oh.. sorry, didnt notice that

and thanks

tajgenie said:
oh.. sorry, didnt notice that

and thanks

click "edit" and reset your response to the other option (this is an answer) and hit "submit"

coldbladed said:
have you tried func_breakable or func_breakable_surf?
I'd think func_breakable_surf is the one you're looking for.

Did you read my first post?

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I have also tried func_breakable_stuff, but I dont want the boards to be paper thin.

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Its a wonder anything gets done around here.

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That is the effect I would like, but lep's way worked. Ill just have to find a way to make the model work for what I want, plus a lot of other stuff.

click "edit" and reset your response to the other option (this is an answer) and hit "submit"

Can anyone say n00bified? I'm sorry... I've failed you all...

I can't find a reset thing and theres nowhere where I can set a post, even this one, to answer.

Maybe this is a firefox problem? I've already been forced to register via IE... UGH... microsoft...

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Can anyone say n00bified? I'm sorry... I've failed you all...
I can't find a reset thing and theres nowhere where I can set a post, even this one, to answer.
Maybe this is a firefox problem? I've already been forced to register via IE... UGH... microsoft...

no, it was there but, once the answers are accepted, the option is removed..

you took to long, if you had fixed it yesterday, it might have been a correct answer.. i dunno exactly about this time so... shrugs

pretend you are going to answer an editing question, and follow my advice all save "submit"

there is a dropdown box in all UNANSWERED questions. :smile:

I did something like this a while back (for HL1, of course) using trigger_relays and a func_tracktrain.

My bad, when you said func_breakable_stuff I assumed that was a real entity. Not that stuff meant those two things. oops

BTW, how can one get CS:S? Is it possible only via steam or will the future release of HL2 include CS:S aswell?

assuming you dont know already it will come with HL2 single player as you said, but if you had the ATI cuponm like I did you can get CSS for free, but without HL2 single player.