prop_weighted_cube

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Types of the Aperture Science Weighted Storage Cube.

prop_weighted_cube is a point entity available in Portal 2 Portal 2. It represents the various kinds of Weighted storage cubes, including the Discouragement Redirection Cube that redirects Thermal Discouragement Beams. It can be painted with gel.

Note.pngNote:Frankenturrets are their own entity, prop_monster_box.
Tip.pngTip:TeamSpen210's Hammer Addons allow this entity to accurately display all cube types in Hammer, as well as custom models.

Keyvalues

Name (targetname) <string>
The name that other entities refer to this entity by, via Inputs/Outputs or other keyvalues (e.g. parentname or target).
Also displayed in Hammer's 2D views and Entity Report.
See also:  Generic Keyvalues, Inputs and Outputs available to all entities

Cube Type (CubeType) <choices>
Cube model type.
  • 0 : Standard
  • 1 : Companion
  • 2 : Reflective
  • 3 : Sphere
  • 4 : Antique
  • 5 : Schrödinger's Cube (only in Portal 2: Community Edition)
  • 6 : Custom model (!FGD)
Skin Type (SkinType) <choices>
Which skin variant to use. Only Standard and Reflection cubes have rusted skins.
  • 0 : Clean
  • 1 : Rusted
Custom model (model) <string> !FGD
If Cube Type is set to 6, this is the model to use. Swap to a normal type OnMapSpawn using AddOutput to ensure gel skins behave correctly.
Paint Power (PaintPower) <choices>
The cube's starting paint type.
  • 0 : Bounce
  • 2 : Speed
  • 3 : Portal
  • 4 : None
Skin (OLD) (skin) <choices> Obsolete
Deprecated.
Use Cube Type instead. Cube skin, old method. This appears to just set specific Cube Types on spawn.
  • 0 : Standard
  • 1 : Companion
  • 2 : Standard Activated
Icon-Bug.pngBug:Non-functional. Produces a companion cube.  [todo tested in?]
  • 3 : Reflective
  • 4 : Sphere
  • 5 : Antique
Use new skins (NewSkins) <boolean>
Use the values in the Cube Type and Skin Type fields instead of the Skin(OLD) field.
Allow Portal Funneling (allowfunnel) <boolean>
Whether or not this object should auto-funnel into a portal.
Render in Fast Reflections (drawinfastreflection) <boolean> (in all games since Portal 2)
If enabled, this entity will render in fast water reflections (i.e. when a water material specifies $reflectonlymarkedentities) and in the world impostor pass.

Inputs

EnablePortalFunnel
Enable portal funneling behavior.
DisablePortalFunnel
Disable portal funneling behavior.
Dissolve
Dissolves the cube.
SilentDissolve
Kills the cube and fires its OnFizzled output.
PreDissolveJoke
Calls the VScript function CoopCubeFizzle() on @glados. Used in mp_coop_multifling_1 when the cubes fall in the goo. Seemingly useless, as this could have been done by using FireUser inputs or just directly calling the function from the trigger.
ExitDisabledState
Exits the disabled state of a reflective cube.
EmitLaser <boolean> (only in Portal 2: Community Edition)
Turn laser on or off.

Reflection:

DisableDrawInFastReflection  (in all games since Portal 2)
Turns off rendering of this entity in reflections when using $reflectonlymarkedentities in water material.
EnableDrawInFastReflection  (in all games since Portal 2)
Turn on rendering of this entity in reflections when using $reflectonlymarkedentities in water material.

Outputs

OnFizzled
Fired when a cube is fizzled.
OnOrangePickUp
Orange picked up the cube.
OnBluePickUp
Blue picked up the cube.
OnPlayerPickup
Player picked up the cube.
OnPhysGunDrop
Player dropped the cube.
OnPainted
Fired when the cube is painted with gel.
Note.pngNote:In Portal 2: Community Edition, the paint type enum value is passed as the parameter.
OnPowered  (only in Portal 2: Community Edition)
Fired when the cube is powered by a laser.
OnUnpowered  (only in Portal 2: Community Edition)
Fired when the cube is no longer powered by a laser.