Rough'n'ready Portal 2 SDK

[Randdalf]

Me and DarkDragon (DeanWinchester on Facepunch) have merged our two FGDs together, and they now come with a sample map http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9133125/FGD/fgd.zip

 

[Pocket]

Thanks for the fixed link. I already made a little map with some little entities.
But at the moment I got 1 probelm and 1 question:
Whenever i want to make toxic, it looks like this:

When I jump in it, i die and the sound is also the roght one. But it just looks so ugly. Can someone plz help me here?

I suspect it has to do with water in Portal 2 having a special surface flow system that's meant to realistically simulate flow and can't be generated automatically through any of the available tools. Then again, didn't Left 4 Dead 2 have that too?

 

[Phil42]

But there's already a map with toxic:
http://forums.thinkingwithportals.com/downloads.php?view=detail&df_id=323

I made it the same way, but it doesn't work

 

[Ravidge]

uploaded this, just for the hell of it...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1281220/ravidge_chamber001.bsp *note: not an actual map. It's the "my first box-room" map that I always make for every new game/editor that I encounter.

Seems I have more than enough tools under control, now I just need to design stuff... hm

 

[Snacks]

So apparently people are extracting all the P2 content and the decompiled maps are missing static props.

Make a config in the Alien Swarm SDK
The edit config in the SDK launcher should go to <your folders here>\portal 2\portal2

In hammer:
Game Executable Directory:
$SteamUserDir\portal 2

Game Directory:
$SteamUserDir\portal 2\portal2

Copy these folders with their contents from AS to P2:
alien swarm\platform\materials\editor
alien swarm\platform\materials\editor\models\editor
alien swarm\platform\models\editor

into, respectively:
portal 2\portal2\materials\editor
portal 2\portal2\materials\editor\models\editor
portal 2\portal2\models\editor


For decompiling, I'm using BSPSource 1.1.1, and check Fix Rotations, otherwise a bunch of brush ents get rotated off where they should be.

 

[Lord Ned]

Please add this to the OP:
ALL 105 ORIGINAL PORTAL 2 MAPS DECOMPILED, WITH STATIC PROPS AND FIXED ROTATIONS ON INSTANCES: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/813382/VHT/Original Maps.7z

 

[Freyja]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/portal/aly_chamber001.png

My first attempt

 

[Jimmy]

Ugh. GCFScape keeps crashing when I try to export materials and models. Damn it.

 

[Vincent]

Ahahaha.

 

[Barracuda]

Here's a complete list of all entities used in Portal 2 maps on the Dev-Wiki: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/List_of_Portal_2_Entities

 

[Freyja]

Boom;
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/portal/Chamber001/aly_testchamber0010001.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/portal/Chamber001/aly_testchamber0010002.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/portal/Chamber001/aly_testchamber001.bsp.bz2

A few interesting facts:

A gravity beam's linear force appears to push a cube at 2xLinearForce inches a second. the default is 300, is the inches per second is 150
It takes exactly 0.5s for a gravity beam to reverse

 

[Smashman]

Just to clarify.

5) place portal2.fgd in the steamapps/<username>/source_sdk/bin/orangebox/bin folder

The sourcesdk, doesn't have an underscore.

 

[Ritz]

Detailing with panels is really fun.

Here's my test map, it's pretty small and not very difficult but I quite like it.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1848073/Portal%202/portal_map.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1848073/Portal%202/ritz_test.bsp

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Hmm, can't get the laser cubes working. I tried changing the "cube type" but nothing happens.

 

[Smashman]

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

 

[Swordz]

I made a co-op race map.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T8AY9CN5

Works like it should. Sure, there are some horrendous things in the map, i only made it to test. If you want to try, get you and your partner to download it, launch coop and type changelevel mp_swordzrace_a1 when you are at the lobby. Press E at the trigger brush thing so you get launched at the same time. (a.k.a: i don't know how to make a proper timer)

The button at the end sends you back to the coop lobby.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Is there a way to make it so that when you compile a map, it launches Portal2 to play it in? Or is it a sign that I didnt install the FGD correctly?

 

[LeSwordfish]

No, i havent got that either. besy i can recommend is keep portal 2 running in the background, if possible.

Laser cubes work for me by changing the "cube type" to 2. They dont show up in the editor, but do in-game.

 

[Randdalf]

Is there a way to make it so that when you compile a map, it launches Portal2 to play it in? Or is it a sign that I didnt install the FGD correctly?

FGD doesn't handle that kind of thing. It'd be more efficient from a testing perspective to keep Portal 2 open anyway, imo.

 

[LeSwordfish]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13673854/Portal2/Box Dropper.vmf

Box dropper prefab. Works, as far as i can tell. Most other stuff is explained in the entity comments.