Creating a fan that pushes the player

I searched pretty thoroughly, and none of the posts that I found
tailored to my newbish needs. I'm very new to mapping, and most of the
posts kinda assumed that I already knew quite a bit which I do not.
That being said, I apologize if there is something that I missed. I
found the following post, which somewhat pertains to what I would like
to do.

http://www.snarkpit.com/forums.php?forum=3&topic=1465&highlight=fan,that,moves,player

I would like to create a fan which, when turned on, would push the
player into a pit of Ichthyosaurs. I know I need to use the
trigger_push entity, but I do not know how to make a non-corporeal,
non-visible brush that will push the player in the direction of the
pit. I also do not know how to link the fan to a button which can turn
it on, thus triggering the trigger_push entity to push the player. I
apologize again if this has been asked a million times, and for my
extreme lack of knowledge. I've been mapping for only a week, and I
still have a lot to learn.

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, but I do not know how to make a non-corporeal, non-visible brush that will push the player in the direction of the pit. </DIV></DIV>

you are joking, or i am completely mis-reading this..

at the point where you make your AAA trigger into a func_? it renders it invisible in the game.
any entity, be it func_ladder,func_? anything, and the brush becomes invisible.. you are not doing something, or as i said, i am mis-reading.

I'm a sort of a noob at mapping too, but I think I know what you're talking about:

First, you need a fan shaped brush. (hopefully you can do that because I can't upload pictures onto a forum thread.)

Place an "origin" textured brush in the center where the fan will pivot.

Group the entire fan together and give it a "func_rotating" tag.

Set the tags because they are self explanatory. (speed, sounds, axis, etc.)

Give the fan a name of "fan1" in the name space.

Create a button shaped object with a "func_button" tag.

Check the "toggle", and "don't move" boxes and set the target as "fan_startup"

Create a "func_push", AAA textured brush that covers the entire front of the fan. Strech it over the edge of your pond, lake, whatever.

Give it a "trigger_push" tag.

Set its speed and check the "start off" box.

Give it a name of "push1"

Now create a point-based multi_manager entity.

Name it "fan_startup" and click on the "SmartEdit" button.

Click the "add" key button in the lower right hand side of the edit box.

Enter the following values and such:

Key: fan1

value: 0.1

Repeat, but this time enter:

Key: push1

value: 0.7

This delay in times will give the fan some "warm-up" time. I believe that this technique will work, but anyone can feel free to correct me as I have no fully tested this yet.

Func_push + plus button + func_rotating

put the button's target as Action & name the Func_push entity + Func_rot "Action"

I'd post my answer but it's the same at what the last two people said. Abandonreason, mark the question as solved or tell us what's wrong with the answers.
Orpheus: Not all func_ entities render invisible in the game. Think func_wall and func_door!
Parakeet: I'm actually a cyborg fox with a Smith & Wesson 686DX .357 Magnum revolver... and why did S&W name a gun after a computer?!?
Leperous: What's with &?

hey i know that im a noob but im pritty sure that you make a stand for
the fan the make blades and then set there enity to rotatehow ever you
want it then were you want them to mbe affected by the fan put a
func_push or what ever its calledas the empty space you want for them
to push email meif you still need help i font hace much time for it now
bye cutedevialeric@yahoo.com

hey i know that im a noob but im pritty sure that you make a stand for
the fan the make blades and then set there enity to rotatehow ever you
want it then were you want them to mbe affected by the fan put a
func_push or what ever its calledas the empty space you want for them
to push email meif you still need help i font hace much time for it now
bye cutedevialeric@yahoo.com

Translation: Hey, I know that I'm a noob, but I'm pretty sure that you make a stand for
the fan. Then make blades and then set their entity to rotate how ever you
want it. Then where you want them to be affected by the fan, put a
func_push, or what ever its called, as the empty space you want them
to push. E-mail me if you still need help. I don't have much time for it now. Bye.

Interpretation: What everyone else above said :smile: