Please give me a suggestion on doors

[hogleg]

I have been stuck on making a door work properly.
I made two last night 1 rotates in the middle and the other slides into the wall.
I make my door, texture it then choose func/door and I tried func/rotating door then I apply origin to the door and hinge, ( I can't see an arrow) like
one post suggested.
If I compile it with the origin on the door the game won't start.

Please, I have figured out harder things but I'm kinda goin nutz over this.

Thx

[Major Pain]

Make the origin in the door...

Like this:
_________________________
|______________________|_|

Select it all -> RMB -> func_rotatingdoor.

Now press 'N' for console.
Select the angles (in the angle section) and fill this in:

key/value:

alwaysaway / 1

[panTera]

For a normal door with hinges use func>rotatingdoor, you don't need to see an arrow since it's not a target. Make the door brush, and make the hinge brush and give the latter the common/origin texture. Now, make sure you select both brushes first, rightclick and choose func>rotatingdoor.
To see if both brushes have turned into one entity, deselect them and again select one of them and press Ctrl+e. All parts of the door enitity should be highlighted. Now press N to set the angle if needed. Look at the door in the 2D topview. If the door is facing west/east let it be. If it's facing north/south set an angle:
key> angle
value> 90
(the key alwaysaway defaults to 1, but there's no harm in setting it anyways).

[hogleg]

Thanks ya'll. I was so close. Where can I download a manuel?
I found a video tutorial thats pretty good,

http://www.carbongraphx.com/mohaa/vidtuts.html

But leaves a lot to be questioned.

[Random]

Just incase you didnt know we have a well rounded and easy to understand tut section here. See if this helps

[tltrude]

This tutorial map has 34 doors. The .map file is included, so you can see how the doors are made. Even the manwhole elevator is a func_door!

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/tltrude/Temp/door2.zip



BTW: Alwaysaway 1 is default for rotating doors and does not have to be set. But, the angle must be set to one of the directions the player will face to open it.

[hogleg]

This tutorial map has 34 doors. The .map file is included, so you can see how the doors are made. Even the manwhole elevator is a func_door!

That is so sweeet! I like the garage and attic door, and the mailbox.
Thx