walking through models

ive tried to make some stairs with a hand rail. but have run into some problems. When compiled the map runs fine but the hand rail for the stairs are able to be walked through. is there any way of making it so that you cannot walk through this rail. The rail is just sitting it dosent interact or do any thing it is just a physical propertie to make the map look better.

thanx in advance.

Use a clip brush.

This means covering your model with a world brush and texturing it entirely with the tools/clip texture.

im trying to place a premade one not make my own...i think im not finning in the prop_static entity properly. Am i using the right entity for this or should i change it. ALso the rails dont do anything som am i correct to use prop_static?

Yeah, what Tracer said. The clip brush creates an invisible brush that you can shoot through but not walk through.

Place the model you are going to use, and put the brush over it as per above. The player cannot enter the volume defined by the clip brush, but can still shoot through it as nanodeath said. You just need to shape the clip brush so that it is sort of similar to the model you are using so that collisions will look accurate. I'm not instructing you to make your own model.

I thought the models were solid now in HL2? Also its' going to look funky when your bullets are passing right through a railing.

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In that case, you can just use an invisable func_wall.

I'm going to take a wild stab at it and say that you are using the wrong entity for those models. If you use a prop_static it will work correctly. You don't need to clip anything anywhere ever.

i am using a prop static its still walk throughable.

Yeah, he was saying try a different model.

Some models don't have any vphysics associated with them- it doesn't matter what prop type you're using if they're appearing in your map- so you need to surround them with a toolsclip brush, as Tracer suggested earlier.