Franken Turret gets stuck in the dropper | Source Engine | Page 1

serene bobcat Dec 8, 2023, 5:40 PM

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This dude doesn't want to fall out. Pay cut!!11!

rotund ocean Dec 8, 2023, 6:29 PM

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disable the collision on the model and use a clip brush for the sides

serene bobcat Dec 8, 2023, 6:54 PM

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How do I do that? Which model specifically?

rotund ocean Dec 8, 2023, 8:49 PM

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open the settings forthe entity that has the model usually a prop_dynamic and set the collision to non

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 5:50 PM

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Hey! I'm back from some stuff.
Do you mean to disable collision of the cube?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 5:55 PM

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of the dropper

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 5:57 PM

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Fair

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But what entity?

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I mean, what kind?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 5:59 PM

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the dropper's model

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 5:59 PM

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This is what I've tried

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:00 PM

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oh you edited the instance

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:00 PM

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I mean, the dropper is an instance

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How else can I disable the collision?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:01 PM

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collapsing the instance so that you can edit it without changing the instance

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:01 PM

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I'm unfamiliar

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:01 PM

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how to collapse an instance?

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:01 PM

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Yes

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:04 PM

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I forget how

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:06 PM

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Okay I collapsed it

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Instancing->Collapse->Selection

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Guessing the collisison has to be non-solid?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:09 PM

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yes

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:09 PM

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Is that Invisible a problem?

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It's just a func_detail so guessing it could be

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So I could delete it?

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Welp, recipes are found by experimenting

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This is crazy, when I collapse the dropper, it can't compile at all, giving a LoadPortals: couldn't read d:\stem\steamapps\common\portal 2\sdk_content\maps\styled\preview.prt

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(in red of course)

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Can this be considered a leak?

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From the bottom:

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From the top:

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:31 PM

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load the pointfile and find out

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:32 PM

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Sorry, what is a pointfile?

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Is that a file with info where the leak is and how caused? How do I load it?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:33 PM

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map>load pointfile

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it draws a line from the leaked entity to the void

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:34 PM

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Ah, thanks

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I want to save a copy of the map in case I want to go back but can't. Can I just duplicate it somewhere else?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:43 PM

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yes
you can also rename the copy

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:43 PM

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Alright

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How do I generate one?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:47 PM

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copy the VMF

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or file>save as

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and change the name

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:48 PM

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I mean how do I generate a pointfile

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I've already made a copy

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:48 PM

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it's automatically generated when there's a leak

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:48 PM

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Ah, I have to recompile it then

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:48 PM

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if it isn't asking you to load a default pointfile, there is no leak

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:49 PM

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I've just tried other fix some guys suggested me (I'm using their model after all)

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I've loaded the pointfile but nothing happened. What was supposed to?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:50 PM

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there's a red line

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find it

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:50 PM

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Do you mean this one or?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:51 PM

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no like
in the Hammer views

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literally a red line

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:51 PM

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Oh

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There isn't any

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:51 PM

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it's somewhere

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it can be hard to see sometimes

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:51 PM

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I just maximized the window

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:52 PM

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the coordinates of the leaked entity are in the compile log

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so you can use those to find where the line starts

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:52 PM

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No red lines here

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:53 PM

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that's not the compile log

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:53 PM

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serene bobcat Do you mean this one or?

this is

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:54 PM

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I'm confused

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You told me to look for it in the hammer views

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:54 PM

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for the red line

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which you're having trouble finding

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:54 PM

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Oh

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Literally line

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Yeah, my bad

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:54 PM

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the compile log tells you where the line starts

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:54 PM

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I can't think, especially today

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:55 PM

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probably not the best time to be learning things in Hammer then

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:55 PM

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This is both funny and not funny at the same time

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 6:56 PM

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left arch probably not the best time to be learning things in Hammer then

That's fair but I really wanna finish my map, this is literally the only issue I have to deal with

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I've fixed so many bugs (bad design moment) that I just wanna be done with it

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This is the line on every view

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 6:59 PM

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that means an entity origin is misplaced

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 7:00 PM

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What can I do?

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Also I marked the dropper

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 7:00 PM

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you have to find the entity and recenter its origin

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 7:00 PM

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What would be a dropper's origin?

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Where the cube spawns?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 7:01 PM

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it might not be the dropper

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what entity class does it say leaked

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 7:01 PM

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That happens exactly when I collapse it

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 7:01 PM

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left arch what entity class does it say leaked

How do I see?

left arch Dec 9, 2023, 7:02 PM

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the compile log

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 7:02 PM

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Me casually recompiling for the third time

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(first = third today huh)

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func_clip_vphysics

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What can I even do with that knowledge?

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 7:31 PM

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I might have just found it but I can't be sure

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YES

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I found the object with the same origin

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Good thing I kinda wanna learn programming and forced to be able to google

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Well, I did find the object. But I can't seem to find a way to change the origin

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The origin seems to be completely constant

serene bobcat Dec 9, 2023, 7:53 PM

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I found the "leaker"! I centered its origin and...

serene bobcat Dec 10, 2023, 8:04 AM

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I fixed it! People at bee told me something.
Turns out the overgrown-styled dropper is too tight for a franken turret so I replaced it with a clean-styled and it worked 5 times out of 5.

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