How do I reset and move geometry with buttons?

[CovanatSlayer11]

For the map I'm making, I'm trying to make buttons that can reset parts of the map and buttons that can move objects from one point to another(if you've seen gm_mobenix_V3 or phys_house you should know what I mean)

Google and various other tutorial sites have failed me. Any help on this matter is appreciated.

[IronPhoenix]

If you want to move brushes around, make them a func_movelinear.

What exactly do you need to do. If it's a complex i/o system i may be able to suggest something.

[CovanatSlayer11]

[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;22153472]If you want to move brushes around, make them a func_movelinear.

What exactly do you need to do. If it's a complex i/o system i may be able to suggest something.[/QUOTE]For what I'm doing (highly detailed indoor and outdoor firing ranges), I am trying to make a system where you can change the target type and position of individual targets. All of them are controlled with their own set of buttons.

If the person wants to reset the firing range to get rid of all the bullet holes, they press the restart button for that firing range and the entire range gets refreshed.

I've seen this type of thing in gm_mobenix but there were no tutorials I can find on this.

[robmaister12]

make the button kill all the props, func_brushes, or whatever else you are using (name them first), then use point_templates to respawn all of them. To make it look better, have two env_fades, one of them with fade in checked, fire the fade out, fire the killing/spawning after the same amount of time it takes to complete the fade out (set the fadeout to hold for 1 second), then fire the fade in after the combined time of the fade out and hold (set fade in hold time to 0).

[CovanatSlayer11]

[QUOTE=robmaister12;22154042]make the button kill all the props, func_brushes, or whatever else you are using (name them first), then use point_templates to respawn all of them. To make it look better, have two env_fades, one of them with fade in checked, fire the fade out, fire the killing/spawning after the same amount of time it takes to complete the fade out (set the fadeout to hold for 1 second), then fire the fade in after the combined time of the fade out and hold (set fade in hold time to 0).[/QUOTE]
Well, this definatly helps.

Tried this, everything went well until it was time to compile. I know it's because I made the geometry func_brush, but I'm not sure how to work around this without a major change of the layout of the map.

Here's the compile log:

** Executing...
** Command: "e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\sourcesdk\bin\source2007\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\half-life 2 episode two\ep2" "E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\My maps\gm_WeaponsTest"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (May 19 2009)
4 threads
materialPath: e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\half-life 2 episode two\ep2\materials
Loading E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\My maps\gm_WeaponsTest.vmf
Patching WVT material: maps/gm_weaponstest/dev/dev_blendmeasure_wvt_patch
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
**** leaked ****
Entity light (157.00 934.00 314.00) leaked!

FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (3240.5 1024.0 -164.5)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID 
Leaf 1 contents: 
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID 
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID 
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID 
Candidate brush IDs: 


FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (3752.5 1024.0 -164.5)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID 
Leaf 1 contents: 
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID 
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID 
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID 
Candidate brush IDs: 


FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (3238.5 1024.0 38.8)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID 
Leaf 1 contents: 
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID 
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID 
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID 
Candidate brush IDs: 


FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (3412.0 1024.0 38.8)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID 
Leaf 1 contents: 
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID 
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID 
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID 
Candidate brush IDs: 


FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (3757.5 1024.0 38.8)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID 
Leaf 1 contents: 
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID 
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID 
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID 
Candidate brush IDs: 


FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (3238.5 1024.0 214.8)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID 
Leaf 1 contents: 
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID 
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID 
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID 
Candidate brush IDs: 


FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (3412.0 1024.0 214.8)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID 
Leaf 1 contents: 
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID 
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID 
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID 
Candidate brush IDs: 


FindPortalSide: Couldn't find a good match for which brush to assign to a portal near (3757.5 1024.0 214.8)
Leaf 0 contents: CONTENTS_SOLID 
Leaf 1 contents: 
viscontents (node 0 contents ^ node 1 contents): CONTENTS_SOLID 
This means that none of the brushes in leaf 0 or 1 that touches the portal has CONTENTS_SOLID 
Check for a huge brush enclosing the coordinates above that has contents CONTENTS_SOLID 
Candidate brush IDs: 

*** Suppressing further FindPortalSide errors.... ***
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
Chop Details...done (0)
Find Visible Detail Sides...
Merged 78 detail faces...done (0)
Merging details...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (0)
material "gm_construct/water_beneath" not found.
Creating default LDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/militia_hdr*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Creating default HDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/militia_hdr*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Finding displacement neighbors...
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (0) (107997 bytes)
Static prop models/props_silo/industriallight01.mdl outside the map (841.00, 938.00, 348.00)
Static prop models/props_silo/industriallight01.mdl outside the map (843.00, 695.00, 348.00)
Static prop models/props_silo/industriallight01.mdl outside the map (848.00, 467.00, 348.00)
Static prop models/props_silo/industriallight01.mdl outside the map (435.00, 467.00, 348.00)
Static prop models/props_silo/industriallight01.mdl outside the map (152.00, 467.00, 348.00)
Static prop models/props_silo/industriallight01.mdl outside the map (439.00, 682.00, 348.00)
Static prop models/props_silo/industriallight01.mdl outside the map (153.00, 685.00, 348.00)
Static prop models/props_silo/industriallight01.mdl outside the map (441.00, 936.00, 348.00)
Static prop models/props_silo/industriallight01.mdl outside the map (156.00, 933.00, 348.00)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 842 texinfos to 439
Reduced 108 texdatas to 88 (4849 bytes to 4138)
Writing E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\My maps\gm_WeaponsTest.bsp
2 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\sourcesdk\bin\source2007\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\half-life 2 episode two\ep2" -fast "E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\My maps\gm_WeaponsTest"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (May 19 2009)
fastvis = true
4 threads
reading e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\my maps\gm_WeaponsTest.bsp
reading e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\my maps\gm_WeaponsTest.prt
LoadPortals: couldn't read e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\my maps\gm_WeaponsTest.prt


** Executing...
** Command: "e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\sourcesdk\bin\source2007\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters:  -game "e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\half-life 2 episode two\ep2" -noextra "E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\My maps\gm_WeaponsTest"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (May 19 2009)

      Valve Radiosity Simulator     
4 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[48 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\my maps\gm_WeaponsTest.bsp
No vis information, direct lighting only.
Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (0.81 seconds)
1227 faces
163582 square feet [23555834.00 square inches]
0 Displacements
0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches]
53 direct lights
BuildFacelights:     0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0040 sec>
FinalLightFace:      0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (2)
FinalLightFace Done
0 of 1 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
ThreadComputeLeafAmbient: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (2)
Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish

Object names       Objects/Maxobjs  Memory / Maxmem  Fullness 
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brushes                274/8192         3288/98304    ( 3.3%) 
brushsides            1810/65536       14480/524288   ( 2.8%) 
planes                1502/65536       30040/1310720  ( 2.3%) 
vertexes              2594/65536       31128/786432   ( 4.0%) 
nodes                 1038/65536       33216/2097152  ( 1.6%) 
texinfos               439/12288       31608/884736   ( 3.6%) 
texdata                 88/2048         2816/65536    ( 4.3%) 
dispinfos                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_verts               0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_tris                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_lmsamples           0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
faces                 1227/65536       68712/3670016  ( 1.9%) 
hdr faces                0/65536           0/3670016  ( 0.0%) 
origfaces              836/65536       46816/3670016  ( 1.3%) 
leaves                1063/65536       34016/2097152  ( 1.6%) 
leaffaces             1462/65536        2924/131072   ( 2.2%) 
leafbrushes            682/65536        1364/131072   ( 1.0%) 
areas                    7/256            56/2048     ( 2.7%) 
surfedges             9128/512000      36512/2048000  ( 1.8%) 
edges                 5638/256000      22552/1024000  ( 2.2%) 
LDR worldlights         53/8192         4664/720896   ( 0.6%) 
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leafwaterdata            1/32768          12/393216   ( 0.0%) 
waterstrips            111/32768        1110/327680   ( 0.3%) 
waterverts               0/65536           0/786432   ( 0.0%) 
waterindices          1692/65536        3384/131072   ( 2.6%) 
cubemapsamples          21/1024          336/16384    ( 2.1%) 
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LDR lightdata         [variable]      378628/0        ( 0.0%) 
HDR lightdata         [variable]           0/0        ( 0.0%) 
visdata               [variable]           0/16777216 ( 0.0%) 
entdata               [variable]       33670/393216   ( 8.6%) 
LDR ambient table     1063/65536        4252/262144   ( 1.6%) 
HDR ambient table     1063/65536        4252/262144   ( 1.6%) 
LDR leaf ambient      5803/65536      162484/1835008  ( 8.9%) 
HDR leaf ambient      1063/65536       29764/1835008  ( 1.6%) 
occluders                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
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Level flags = 0

Total triangle count: 3248
Writing e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\my maps\gm_WeaponsTest.bsp
5 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\My maps\gm_WeaponsTest.bsp" "e:\program files\steam\steamapps\liquidomegawolf\half-life 2 episode two\ep2\maps\gm_WeaponsTest.bsp"

Note: The leak makes no sense. It shows the leak going straight through a thick roof and I'm absolutely sure there are no holes out to the void in that room.

[Firegod522]

You have a leak. (several)

Press map>load pointfile
Follow the redline to the void, and patch the hole.
Displacements, water, entities, and brush entities don't block the level from the void.

[CovanatSlayer11]

[QUOTE=Firegod522;22155484]You have a leak. (several)

Press map>load pointfile
Follow the redline to the void, and patch the hole.
Displacements, water, entities, and brush entities don't block the level from the void.[/QUOTE]Got it fixed now without having to modify the map greatly (only after a lot of trial and error methods)

EDIT: Nevermind. My workaround turned to be sloppy in practice. I'm going to have to rework the map layout

[CovanatSlayer11]

I finally got it to work. Only problem is that it spawns the messed up geometry that I was trying to reset, bullet holes and all. How can I make it so that the geometry that's reset is completely fresh?

[Drumdevil]

[QUOTE=CovanatSlayer117;22257018]I finally got it to work. Only problem is that it spawns the messed up geometry that I was trying to reset, bullet holes and all. How can I make it so that the geometry that's reset is completely fresh?[/QUOTE]

By removing them (kill) and respawn them with a point_template.

[CovanatSlayer11]

[QUOTE=Drumdevil;22283138]By removing them (kill) and respawn them with a point_template.[/QUOTE]That's what I'm doing. However, it's not getting rid of the bullet holes. That's the problem