Env_beam

[Flippage]

Ok, I'm just trying to get an env_beam to work in CSS.

I haven't used beams before, so I wasnt sure how to do it exactly but, here's what I did:

1) Made an env_beam entity. Named it beam1.
2) Placed a block and made it a func_wall. Then made another on the opposite side of the room.
3) Called them beam1start and beam1end
4) Set those as the starting and ending entities in the env_beam entity properties.
5) Set up the beam, so that it is infinite, red, straight, and "Starts on"

Now, I went into CSS and tried it out, but there is no beam.

My question is, am I doing something wrong? Like, should those func_walls be something else? I am not too sure how to go about it.

Help is appreciated.
Thanks

 

[wizardjames]

http://www.h*l2*worl*d.com/wiki/index.php/Env_beam (remove the ticks.. wtf would they block that???
http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?ent=env_beam
the last link there may of be some help..theres a file to download..maybe u can look at it..

i would myself..but i am trying to find something else out first .. about ropes and why they dont work in css..but work in hl2 fine...

 

[Akabane]

I have trouble with beams too, I can't even get them to work in HL2 or DM. Thanks for the link, I'll try that out.

 

[Ti133700N]

It worked for me in HL2. Did you set life to 0. Maybe the sprite doesn't exists, it should if you use the default one but... I even made the beam to be attached to a physbox I think, I remember shooting the block and the beam followed the entity correctly.

 

[Flippage]

solved it. turns out you need info_target's on either side of the beam.

so yeh, if you are having trouble, follow what I did in my first post, but instead of func_wall's put in info_target's

 

[Raeven0]

You shouldn't be using func_wall in any case, as it's been superseded by func_brush All obsolete entities must die!

Interestingly, dynamic entities like func_door and func_tracktrain work as env_beam endpoints. I don't know why func_brush wouldn't.

 

[Flippage]

Well, the instructions with the env_beam weren't exactly helpful. Just asked me for the entity names to be used as start and end points for it, so I naturally assumed that any entity would do.