What's the difference between "trigger_push" & "trigger_catapult"?

Frosty Scales

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trigger_catapult will aim you towards a specified target, trigger_push just sends you in whatever direction you set it to.
 

Muddy

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Trigger push only works for players in mid-air.
Not necessarily, for April Fools I was working on a map (never finished it, rip) where players were pushed along a pre-determined path using trigger_push and it worked even when they were on the ground.
 

henke37

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trigger_push was there first. trigger_catapult was backported from Portal 2 relatively recently.
 

nickybakes

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I've only really gotten trigger_catapult to work, and it doesn't have to launch you towards a target, it can just launch you in a direction. Though the ability to launch towards a specific point is very useful.
 

worMatty

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trigger_catapult can be used to fling things across a map. Useful for explosive or flaming barrels. if you set its power to 0, you can use it as a hovering display stand for physics props.
 

MrHatlf

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Not necessarily, for April Fools I was working on a map (never finished it, rip) where players were pushed along a pre-determined path using trigger_push and it worked even when they were on the ground.
That sounds a lot like koth_conveyor.