How to create Portal 2 maps - Games

[QUOTE=GameDev;29749553]Gyazo is being a bitch, sorry. Her hair is blonde and the jumpsuit is blue in the alt skin[/QUOTE] That's [url=http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Mel]Mel[/url]. btw, XP people are shit outta luck. They updated the SDK UI to Vista/7 hoppycock, that's why it won't launch.

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2276133/3dbde2511edce3c5c24922119bd43872.png[/img] A close up... :barf: (not gyazo this time)

[QUOTE=Thingy Person;29749589]That's [url=http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Mel]Mel[/url]. btw, XP people are shit outta luck. They updated the SDK UI to Vista/7 hoppycock, that's why it won't launch.[/QUOTE] Windows 7 master race

[QUOTE=Thingy Person;29749589]That's [url=http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Mel]Mel[/url]. btw, XP people are shit outta luck. They updated the SDK UI to Vista/7 hoppycock, that's why it won't launch.[/QUOTE] The UI isn't updated its the same one from Half-Life 2

Yeah, take my information with a grain of salt. By the way, I just created [url=http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Portal_2_Sky_List]this page[/url].

[QUOTE=Thingy Person;29749826]Yeah, take my information with a grain of salt. By the way, I just created [url=http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Portal_2_Sky_List]this page[/url].[/QUOTE] I am not taking your info with a grain of salt I am just saying that the UI isn't updated.

[QUOTE=Woovie;29747991] Click apply, I had this issue too. If that doesn't work, reload the map/Hammer.[/QUOTE] Restarting hammer resolved the issue. Thanks! However, I now have a second, odder problem. I can't tell if this is my own idiocy or if it's a problem with the instance. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/testinstances0000.jpg/][IMG]http://imageshack.us/m/4/5416/testinstances0000.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Uploaded with [URL=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/URL] I'm using a func_instance with one of the door instances selected (this problem happens with all the door instances I tried). I hooked up a trigger to the func_instance as it already has an attached proxy_io. The trigger opened the door, but now this impassable black wall prevents the player from entering. Yarrg.

So I hexed a model (correctly) and it doesn't want to work. Help?

[QUOTE=ColossalSoft;29750049]So I hexed a model (correctly) and it doesn't want to work. Help?[/QUOTE] I tried flying a kite but it wouldn't lift into the air, oh and give more info on wtf you're talking about. IE: what model? and how doesn't it want to work.

Possible Temp Workaround : go into your portal 2 folder and go into the bins folder and launch hammer.exe from there instead.

[QUOTE=cani;29750353]I tried flying a kite but it wouldn't lift into the air, oh and give more info on wtf you're talking about. IE: what model? and how doesn't it want to work.[/QUOTE] It's the ball model and it's invisible. And when I try it in model viewer, it just says "Error loading model."

[QUOTE=Thingy Person;29749589] btw, XP people are shit outta luck. They updated the SDK UI to Vista/7 hoppycock, that's why it won't launch.[/QUOTE] What the [b]FUCK[/b] Valve? [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] Seriously? [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=ForbiddenDonut;29749965]Restarting hammer resolved the issue. Thanks! However, I now have a second, odder problem. I can't tell if this is my own idiocy or if it's a problem with the instance. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/testinstances0000.jpg/][img_thumb]http://imageshack.us/m/4/5416/testinstances0000.jpg[/img_thumb][/URL] Uploaded with [URL=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/URL] I'm using a func_instance with one of the door instances selected (this problem happens with all the door instances I tried). I hooked up a trigger to the func_instance as it already has an attached proxy_io. The trigger opened the door, but now this impassable black wall prevents the player from entering. Yarrg.[/QUOTE] It's probably an area portal in the door. Name the door entity something and open areaportal properties, and tie it to the door. Areaportals should open when doors open and cloe when doors close [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Neddy;29750394]Possible Temp Workaround : go into your portal 2 folder and go into the bins folder and launch hammer.exe from there instead.[/QUOTE] This does nothing at all

[QUOTE=VaSTinY;29752056] It's probably an area portal in the door. Name the door entity something and open areaportal properties, and tie it to the door. Areaportals should open when doors open and cloe when doors close[/QUOTE] It's not an area portal that's blocking the entrance. I had to decipher the instances (every piece of their instances are instances themselves) and I found that the interior backdrop that they use is actually a toolsblack texture, which blocks player path. I'm not quite sure why they did that. If you move the back wall away, you can walk through the door normally. EDIT: I'm come to the conclusion that the instances for the doors are bugging out. The proxy-relay isn't picking up certain triggers while picking up others, and the blacktools texture backwall is blocking access through the door. Anyone else play around with the doors? Maybe I'm just screwing something up terribly.

[QUOTE=Smashman;29722775][img_thumb]http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/7672/gabenevue.png[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7567/portapotty2.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] My last name is Eklund, and I also happen to be Swedish. :v:

What's funny is, that I usually run Windows 7 but I'm stuck with XP until the weekend >:(

[QUOTE=VaSTinY;29752056]What the [b]FUCK[/b] Valve?[/QUOTE] There was a Valve Employee on SPUF troubleshooting with us yesterday. Keep your pants on, I'm pretty sure they're going to try to fix this.

[QUOTE=Thingy Person;29753758]There was a Valve Employee on SPUF troubleshooting with us yesterday. Keep your pants on, I'm pretty sure they're going to try to fix this.[/QUOTE] Yeah I saw that thread, I hope things will look better today.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS8vzq0yt_k[/media] Fun stuff. (Also that tube in the background is a Pneumatic Diversity vent)

Goddamnit valve ,you and your bloody vista / 7

[QUOTE=wingless;29753948][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS8vzq0yt_k[/media] Fun stuff. (Also that tube in the background is a Pneumatic Diversity vent)[/QUOTE] Video appears to be private right now. :v:

[QUOTE=boomer678;29749595][img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2276133/3dbde2511edce3c5c24922119bd43872.png[/img_thumb] A close up... :barf: (not gyazo this time)[/QUOTE] Caroline maybe?

[QUOTE=3noneTwo;29754369]Video appears to be private right now. :v:[/QUOTE] Shit, I hit private instead of public, I set it to unlisted while audioswap did it's thing, in compensation have an infinite stairs map I made. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYDnWqfuCKM[/media]

Well I'm new to mapping, and I just got the authoring tools(didn't install source SDK, just the portal 2 tools). I've been looking at some guides and I was able to make a room with a spawn point and portal gun, but I get this: [media]http://i.imgur.com/hbiAO.png[/media] The compiler reported no leaks at all. I'm wondering if anyone knows what went wrong. Thanks!

[QUOTE=Blueridge;29755709]Well I'm new to mapping, and I just got the authoring tools(didn't install source SDK, just the portal 2 tools). I've been looking at some guides and I was able to make a room with a spawn point and portal gun, but I get this: [media]http://i.imgur.com/hbiAO.png[/media] The compiler reported no leaks at all. I'm wondering if anyone knows what went wrong. Thanks![/QUOTE] Can you give a screenshot from hammer?

Sure. [media]http://i.imgur.com/9BheH.png[/media]

[QUOTE=Blueridge;29755862]Sure. [media]http://i.imgur.com/9BheH.png[/media][/QUOTE] Well for starters it looks like your working off the grid or something. Also, Im surprised that even compiled. Im sure i see leaks there.

[QUOTE=ForbiddenDonut;29752257]It's not an area portal that's blocking the entrance. I had to decipher the instances (every piece of their instances are instances themselves) and I found that the interior backdrop that they use is actually a toolsblack texture, which blocks player path. I'm not quite sure why they did that. If you move the back wall away, you can walk through the door normally. EDIT: I'm come to the conclusion that the instances for the doors are bugging out. The proxy-relay isn't picking up certain triggers while picking up others, and the blacktools texture backwall is blocking access through the door. Anyone else play around with the doors? Maybe I'm just screwing something up terribly.[/QUOTE] I've been looking at the doors and they're a prop_linked_portal_door, which means they use world portals. That's why it's displaying black - it can't find a partner door and just does nothing. Also, you cannot set a value for the partner without editing the instances.

oh my god have you read the Game Mechanics section in the dev wiki [quote=dev wiki]Inform the player of their relative position in a string of tests, what a given test will involve, and that the player is taking a test. Be sure to remind the player as often as possible that they are testing, otherwise they may become distracted. One way of doing this is by using panels to spell out the word "TEST" on the wall. Also, it's important for players to know who made the test. If your name happens to be Wheatley, for instance, you could use panels to spell your name on the wall. This is even more vital if you are using a moniker or online handle.[/quote]

So the tools wont work if you're on xp? :saddowns:

[QUOTE=Frying Dutchman;29756545]So the tools wont work if you're on xp? :saddowns:[/QUOTE] They work fine on XP as some people have confirmed this. So it has NOTHING to do with XP.