bounce entities?

o_wunder · 05-31-2006, 11:08 PM

hey all, i was wondering if there was a way make brushes effect the players like a trampoline would. in quake (i think its quake, maybe ut) you could fly around by just walking on a colored square, does hammer have this function?

o_nezumi · 06-01-2006, 02:13 AM

Yes.

In HL1/2 (and I'm assuming it was similar in quake) it was done with a trgger_push entity, which is, obviously, just a brush that pushes things inside it.

Go play the HL1DM map Bounce to see the best examples of jump pads.

It's a bit trickier in source 'cause physics objects (including grenades and dropped weapons) and players get pushed but ragdolls don't, as far as I can tell so it looks a bit odd if you die on one, but it's definitely possible in gameplay terms.

o_kam · 06-01-2006, 04:00 AM

I am yet to see anyone make a decent bounce pad in hl1/2

o_fjorn · 06-01-2006, 01:04 PM

I agree, the bounce pads are horrible in every TFC map I've played that has them (even haste, altohugh its pretty decent in haste)

o_dr zoidberg · 06-01-2006, 11:53 PM

come to think of it, quake's bouce/boost pads are really nice and fluent. thats cause the original developer ment for them to be. but in hl1/2 they we're used to do other things.
so maby a quick entity for this is in order?

Would really be awesome for some maps

o_wunder · 06-02-2006, 01:28 AM

yeah, i was hoping just to use it for a respawn, so instead of walking out of the door in dustbowl into a pipe and rocket frenzy, you could would shoot out.

also i think a fun pub deathmatch map would be just a series of jumps in an arena, like unreal tournament

**mervaka** · 06-02-2006, 04:04 PM

needs a quick brush entity coded tbh. upon hitting jump it propels the player within its area with a certain vector. sorted.

o_nezumi · 06-03-2006, 12:57 AM

Dude, it's called a trigger push.
(They'll push you across the ground, but they can't lift you unless you jump)

o_player · 06-03-2006, 08:50 AM

But they are called bounce pads :P

Lost · 06-03-2006, 03:42 PM

If they bounce you to their maximum, are they maxi-pads?

o_madjester · 06-05-2006, 10:06 PM

old mapping trick.

have a "bounce pad" worldbrush with all your pretty colors.
then have your trigger push set to however fast and at what angle.

then have a small clip brush, that is a tiny ramp. so the player runs into the clip brush, it then ends and he is in the air. and presto, the trigger push can now add height to his path.

05-31-2006, 11:08 PM	#1
o_wunder Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	bounce entities? hey all, i was wondering if there was a way make brushes effect the players like a trampoline would. in quake (i think its quake, maybe ut) you could fly around by just walking on a colored square, does hammer have this function?

06-02-2006, 04:04 PM	#7
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	needs a quick brush entity coded tbh. upon hitting jump it propels the player within its area with a certain vector. sorted. __________________ Support FF:

06-03-2006, 03:42 PM	#10
Lost Fear teh crowbar. Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Gametype: CTF ftw, yeh Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	If they bounce you to their maximum, are they maxi-pads? __________________ Do what you want cuz a pirate is free! You are a pirate!

06-01-2006, 02:13 AM	#2
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Yes. In HL1/2 (and I'm assuming it was similar in quake) it was done with a trgger_push entity, which is, obviously, just a brush that pushes things inside it. Go play the HL1DM map Bounce to see the best examples of jump pads. It's a bit trickier in source 'cause physics objects (including grenades and dropped weapons) and players get pushed but ragdolls don't, as far as I can tell so it looks a bit odd if you die on one, but it's definitely possible in gameplay terms.

06-01-2006, 04:00 AM	#3
o_kam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I am yet to see anyone make a decent bounce pad in hl1/2

06-01-2006, 01:04 PM	#4
o_fjorn Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I agree, the bounce pads are horrible in every TFC map I've played that has them (even haste, altohugh its pretty decent in haste)

06-01-2006, 11:53 PM	#5
o_dr zoidberg Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sweden Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	come to think of it, quake's bouce/boost pads are really nice and fluent. thats cause the original developer ment for them to be. but in hl1/2 they we're used to do other things. so maby a quick entity for this is in order? Would really be awesome for some maps

06-02-2006, 01:28 AM	#6
o_wunder Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	yeah, i was hoping just to use it for a respawn, so instead of walking out of the door in dustbowl into a pipe and rocket frenzy, you could would shoot out. also i think a fun pub deathmatch map would be just a series of jumps in an arena, like unreal tournament

06-03-2006, 12:57 AM	#8
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Dude, it's called a trigger push. (They'll push you across the ground, but they can't lift you unless you jump)

06-03-2006, 08:50 AM	#9
o_player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Europe Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	But they are called bounce pads :P

06-05-2006, 10:06 PM	#11
o_madjester Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	old mapping trick. have a "bounce pad" worldbrush with all your pretty colors. then have your trigger push set to however fast and at what angle. then have a small clip brush, that is a tiny ramp. so the player runs into the clip brush, it then ends and he is in the air. and presto, the trigger push can now add height to his path.

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