ba_jail_waterbase_v1 - I'm back!

[redstarfish]

Ya!I'm going to work on it again, since I haven't been for quite awhile. I have questions for ya's.

1. How do I make lasers go on and off with one button?
2. Automates messages - Tell me how.
3. What settings do displacements shouldi use for an island?

 

[Captain Nighthawk]

1) use env_lasers and use the toggle output ( i think ?)

2)Use a logic_auto and a point_servercommand

Input OnMapSpawn
Target (point_servercommand name)
Output Command
Parameter say @ Redstafish fails
Delay - Whenever you want - 55 for 5:11

3) What ?

 

[redstarfish]

Hmmm like what is the easiest to like sculpt an island with displacemnts, mine comes out too large.

 

[Darklethal12]

I recommend displacements for all your island needs. Note that you can "Tile" multiple displacements to get the resolution (Not-big-ness) you need, just remember to select them all at once to avoid gaps, or press the "sew" button with all of them selected.

 

[Captain Nighthawk]

Well for one, put brushes underneath the dispacements as they leak and oh since the update on cs:s, lasers don't damage you anymore

 

[Grumio]

Well I can help you with the lasers.
I usually have groups of lasers, such as one group for a doorway.
If the doorway is 128 units wide, you'll need 3 lasers.
Each laser beam has a env_laser at one end, and a info_target at the other.
It's useful to use a naming system, like LaserRave01 and TargetRave01 etc.
Next to each group of lasers, put a logic_branch entity.
This isn't necessary, but makes everything a lot simpler and easier to change later.
Get to the logic_branch entity's properties and make a few outputs.
Name the logic branch to fit the place, such as RaveLaserController.
Add the output:
On User1 > RaveLaser01 > Toggle
On User1 > RaveLaser 02 > Toggle
And add as many outputs as there are lasers, specifying the name in each one.
Then make a button to control the laser.
The button is usually a prop_dynamic with a nodraw brush surrounding it.
Tie the nodraw brush to the func_button entity.
Make the func_button output as follows:
OnPressed > RaveLaserController > FireUser1
Now you have one button that triggers a branch that controls multiple lasers!
Hope that helps!

 

[Trippey]

If you want lasers to kill/hurt players, you have to put a trigger brush over the area where the laser will be, than make the brush a "trigger_hurt". So now whenever people go through the laser they get hurt or die.