Portal 2 - Hammer Tutorial: How to make the Arrival And Departure Elevators

In this video, I will be showing you how to make the arrival and departure elevators in portal 2. I apologize for not posting any tutorials recently. The pandemic has made it hard to record.

[@ThrixtyGAMING]

holy shit ive been quickly brushing through the playlist and like was this series 10 years long?

[@RunnerIsRunner]

If the elevator does not spawn
Try saving to create the map file

[@HeckerUA]

THANKS!!!!

[@jswid2251]

Yes you are back!

[@ferrocene2427]

Your my fav I found a UA-cam that does this

[@bazsikapalcsak9972]

thank you!

[@tbtheking22]

Very Good

[@AmberSkitty3]

I don't know what I did but part way through making the chamber the elevator stopped working, whenever I run the map I just spawn in an empty void

[@JhonnyRivers]

nice!

[@retr0breezy]

This helped me alot! But i have a question. How do i make it spawn without the portal Gun?

[@memor22]

You can put the portal gun item in the elevator if you want
For me it spawns it with the gun but okay

[@bpnbeckeroo]

create a logic_script and name it failsafe_transition_script
that's it

[@toopsisdfg6339]

how would i go about disabling the sound from the elevator room when the player leaves it? I'm assuming you'd just use a trigger but I'm not sure how you would target the sound coming from the elevator room...

[@Shacklee]

I believe there's a soundscape in the elevator that you have to disable, forgot what it was though.

[@toopsisdfg6339]

I think I've found a solution to my problem that I have not tested yet. So first I copied the soundscapes from the instance into my map, then I customized the instance and deleted the soundscapes, then I moved the soundscapes that I copied into my map to where they would be placed in the instance, so then I can easily disable them with a trigger. (I'm very new to hammer editor, so if there would've been an easier way for me to do this I apologize. I do know about func_instance_io_proxy's and what not but I'm still unsure how to use them.)

[@toopsisdfg6339]

Actually, I think I found a reason why this might not work, one of the soundscapes is attached to the elevator to move up with it, so I don't think my solution would work...

[@toopsisdfg6339]

Found out that triggering another soundscape disables all other soundscapes, so I was able to have a soundscape that didnt have a sound file attached to mute the other soundscapes basically. So, problem fixed :)

[@tikycookie7760]

@@toopsisdfg6339 THANK YOU SO MUCH DUDE

[@nicolasandrade7794]

im starting with the portal gun when i try this, is there any way i could make it so i dont start with one?

[@Shacklee]

Put a trigger_weapon_strip in the elevator

[@kjj735]

how to add movies

[@bamb0zul]

when i try to start the map an error appears and portal 2 doesn't start, anyone know how to fix this?

[@MonqeJumpUpDrumAndBass]

happens to me too, saying the error is too many overlapping faces

[@sheepy2345]

how do i get the elevator videos to work?

[@munchbunchyt185]

They wont work in playtesting, when uploaded, they work

[@Srubbyyy]

I have 1 problem.... I spawn WITH a portal_gun... i do not want that! (no my map has no "sp_" in its name) Please help!

[@Shacklee]

I haven't used hammer in ages at this point but I believe you can place a trigger_weapon_strip inside of the elevator where the player spawns to get rid of the portal gun

[@stormstudios1]

how do i make it not give you the portal gun?

[@Shacklee]

Place a trigger_weapon_strip where the player spawns in the elevator.

[@stormstudios1]

@@Shacklee thanks

[@maximo123rocafnalowh5]

i only see all white and the portal gun

[@maximo123rocafnalowh5]

i fixed it

[@VL4DR7pt]

Make overground elevator

[@memor22]

That one is very complex

[@jhance265]

he mentioned the overgrown ones @ 1:18

[@redaipo]

Bruh did you just change your name

[@Shacklee]

yes I did

[@redaipo]

@@Shacklee Nice.