Conveyor belt?

This question was asked a while ago with no responses, and I already checked the official boards with confusing results, but how would I get a realistic-looking conveyor belt? It has to be able to move physics objects, and I did find a Conveyor belt texture, but it doesn't move when put on a conveyor object and it's a prop texture anyway. Any ideas? Thanks.

I don't have a direct answer but I'm sure if you do enough testing you will be able to figure it out. There in a solid brush entity called "FUNC_CONVEYOR" I believe. It is possable that you may have to create a "scroll" texture, if that still applies in HL2 as it did in HL1.

There is also "TRIGGER_PUSH", a solid entity. I am not sure if it has any effect on a physics object though, you'll have to test.

Let us know if you figure it out, good luck.

I need to figure this out as well. Can you tell me what the texture was?

I just typed in conveyor I think for the texture filter...but it was a prop texture (which you aren't supposed to use). Perhaps there's a conveyor prop then? BTW this is with HL2 DM.

EDIT: props/rubberconveyerbelt001a

I haven't figured out how to make a conveyor belt in the traditional sense, but I think my solution actually ends up looking better:



I have used a fairly elaborate system of func_tracktrain(s) to get the visual effect I want. I then set the "passable" and "no user control" flags on all of them. This is because in HLDM trains tended to cause lag if they were solid. I don't know if this is still true, and I didn't bother finding out.

In order to gain a nice push, and to make it seem that the trains are solid, I then covered the whole length of the assembly line with a func_conveyor textured with tools/nodraw.

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<DIV class=quotetext>I haven't figured out how to make a conveyor belt in the traditional sense, but I think my solution actually ends up looking better:



I have used a fairly elaborate system of func_tracktrain(s) to get the visual effect I want. I then set the "passable" and "no user control" flags on all of them. This is because in HLDM trains tended to cause lag if they were solid. I don't know if this is still true, and I didn't bother finding out.

In order to gain a nice push, and to make it seem that the trains are solid, I then covered the whole length of the assembly line with a func_conveyor textured with tools/nodraw.

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That map looks aces. Hope it comes out soon!