moving platforms?

can somebody tell me how to make a moving platform like in crossfire or point me to a tutorial on how. im really new to mapping and desperate to make a cool map. thx

There is a brush entity called "func_move_horizontal" or something like that, which is pretty self-explanatory and might do what you want. You might also use a func_tracktrain. In order to get that working you ought to look up an old HL1 tut on trains.

func_movelinear actually, but yeah...

thx.

btw can you move entities?

oh darn that sounded stupid... let me rephrase that

i have a prop_static train and i want it to move every "x" seconds killing people who cross the rail road tracks.

can i move the prop_static?

Only an "interactive" model could do that -- think of it like a monster, or a player...

Or Gollum's boulder :biggrin:

im actually looking to do the same. I wanted an env_spark that moved a small, linear distance. Any ideas?

can i move the prop_static?

No. Turn it into a prop_dynamic instead and make a func_tracktrain
wrapped in the invisible texture, make it non-solid and name
it...uhh..."train". Then go set the prop_dynamic's parent field to
"train". Now it should move with the func_tracktrain. You might also
want to add a trigger_hurt with the same parent presuming that your
train never stops.