How to create Portal 2 maps

[ciberspy]

can someone make a list of the panel models and animations that are most usefull in general?

[HeyItsKyo]

[img]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576668995794876931/9F0A23FBBE453947E2E184FD1DC0D48437BE1A54/[/img]

Got gel working and made a shitty little gel playground, figured I'd post it for anyone who wants it.

[url=http://www.mediafire.com/?6purrrzy8pycu8j]DOWNLOAD[/url]

[Paulendy]

Can someone make a tutorial on using panels? Dimensions of plates, attaching them correctly, getting them positioned correctly so that textures line up, all that kinda stuff. It would be much appreciated.

[lilrobot]

Right now I'm trying to make a Co-op playground with a center room as GLaDOS.
I want to know how to make GLaDOS look at Atlas. Any help with that?
Last but not least, I just tested the map and apparently, neither of the coop bots move. (mind you I'm testing using ss_map and a joystick.) I can't see the other bot either. Any help with that?

[PieClock]

[QUOTE=Paulendy;29376787]Can someone make a tutorial on using panels? Dimensions of plates, attaching them correctly, getting them positioned correctly so that textures line up, all that kinda stuff. It would be much appreciated.[/QUOTE]

There was one a few pages back.

[editline]23rd April 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=DeanWinchester;29376099]Working on it, still need to do some doors, fix the catapults and create box droppers.[/QUOTE]

If you need a door prefab I made one yesterday for myself. Will upload if anyone asks. It has the door and the wall surrounding it and fits in a 128x128x16 area. Picture of said prefab in use:

[img]http://gyazo.com/c20cb7674776792a7def204423f518dd.png[/img]

[Frying Dutchman]

So whats the best Co-Op playground out here so far?

[Instant Mix]

First version of my map , probably has bugs in. Enjoy!

[b] figured I should probably test the map before release. Gah. [/b]

What's that , you want pictures? [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1081022-How-to-create-Portal-2-maps?p=29362266&viewfull=1#post29362266] Try looking here. [/url] There's alot more than what's on those images , but still.

[veDemaG]

Can someone tell me the correct way to make faith plates? I can't seem to get em.

[Saccn]

Does nobody know how to fix my problem? The paint splatter texture is always stretched in my maps, but not on maps made by other people.

[kapu]

[url]http://img197.imageshack.us/g/portal22011042320014304.jpg/[/url] Here's my first try on making a puzzle map: [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?80md23167brfqi7[/url]

[veDemaG]

Anyone know why when I try to open decompiled Portal maps hammer crashes?

[madk]

My plates tutorial from a few pages back:

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1081022-How-to-create-Portal-2-maps?p=29360942&viewfull=1#post29360942[/url]

I mention in the post I hadn't had idle poses figured out yet. The way to do it is to attach SetAnimation outputs to a logic_auto entity with OnMapSpawn with the desired idle animation pose.

I am currently working on a thorough example vmf for panels.

[DeanWinchester]

Can someone upload a working trigger_catapult please? I can't figure out what I changed because mine stopped working.

[WhyteclouD]

[QUOTE=GameDev;29378333]Anyone know why when I try to open decompiled Portal maps hammer crashes?[/QUOTE]Have you opened the vmf and removed the last entity before loading it?

[veDemaG]

[QUOTE=WhyteclouD;29378392]Have you opened the vmf and removed the last entity before loading it?[/QUOTE]

When I try opening the VMF it crashes hammer.

[DeEz]

I was messing around with some textures and came up with this:

[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/1z2klm1.jpg[/IMG]

Enhanced a bit:
[IMG]http://i54.tinypic.com/ayk28y.jpg[/IMG]

Is it something new? Otherwise, what is it and why is it there?

[kapu]

[QUOTE=DeanWinchester;29378368]Can someone upload a working trigger_catapult please? I can't figure out what I changed because mine stopped working.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?7wv5s7cobib0m0l[/url] should be working

[erik802]

Uploading new version of my map. Now with 75% MORE panels!

Here's a video preview!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d10Dmvc4eV4[/media]

[veDemaG]

[QUOTE=kapu;29378747][url]http://www.mediafire.com/?7wv5s7cobib0m0l[/url] should be working[/QUOTE]

That one doesn't work for me either.

[editline]23rd April 2011[/editline]

Why the hell are non of the decompiled maps opening in hammer

[DeanWinchester]

[QUOTE=GameDev;29378848]That one doesn't work for me either.

[editline]23rd April 2011[/editline]

Why the hell are non of the decompiled maps opening in hammer[/QUOTE]

Because they don't decompile right, they leave an unfinished entity at the end, you have to edit it in notepad and remove the laster entitity {...}

That catapult isn't working for me either :(

[Instant Mix]

[QUOTE=erik802;29378787]Uploading new version of my map. Now with 75% MORE panels!

Here's a video preview!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d10Dmvc4eV4[/media][/QUOTE]

What about 75% more aligned textures?

[erik802]

[QUOTE=Instant Mix;29379134]What about 75% more aligned textures?[/QUOTE]

I'm lazy.

[Stinger21]

I made Portal 2 Playground. It's not finished yet but it works.
here's a video demonstrating how I will use panels to make it possible to hide everything, giving you what is basically a big cube to fling around it:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqAUL60nFs4[/media]
Some friends have mentioned that as their biggest complaint in the original playground was always crashing into poorly placed props.

This is not final but here's a dl link to what I have right now:
[url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/asdf.bsp[/url]
*FIXED*
(Yes, you can play it in co-op)

[Sora3100]

[QUOTE=Stinger21;29379542]I made Portal 2 Playground. It's not finished yet but it works.
here's a video demonstrating how I will use panels to make it possible to hide everything, giving you what is basically a big cube to fling around it:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqAUL60nFs4[/media]
Some friends have mentioned that as their biggest complaint in the original playground was always crashing into poorly placed props.

This is not final but here's a dl link to what I have right now:
[url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Portal_2_Playground_v1.bsp[/url]

(Yes, you can play it in co-op)[/QUOTE]

This map is crashing right after it's done loading for me.(With no error)

[Stinger21]

[QUOTE=Sora3100;29379752]This map is crashing right after it's done loading for me.(With no error)

[/QUOTE]
Sorry about that. Fixed now

[veDemaG]

[QUOTE=DeanWinchester;29379122]Because they don't decompile right, they leave an unfinished entity at the end, you have to edit it in notepad and remove the laster entitity {...}

That catapult isn't working for me either :([/QUOTE]

So I just open it in notepad and delete the one that's at the bottom, no matter what it is?

[DeanWinchester]

Any tips on getting the sky01_01 skybox (not sure if that's the correct name) working?

[Sora3100]

[QUOTE=Stinger21;29380073]Sorry about that. Fixed now[/QUOTE]

So it works now,but what does the last button do?

[Smashman]

Hmm.
How do I do laser cubes? Because I can't get the ruddy thing working.

[Stinger21]

[QUOTE=Sora3100;29380870]So it works now,but what does the last button do?[/QUOTE]

There are 4 buttons 2 for the lasers, one for the light bridge and the one to the very right is a box spawner (Look at the video)

[QUOTE=Smashman;29380890]Hmm.
How do I do laser cubes? Because I can't get the ruddy thing working.[/QUOTE]

Add a "skin" key to the box and give it a value. 0 is the normal box. I think either 3 or 4 is the reflector cube.