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Tables

Watch out!
Constructing tables here!

Trying to create good looking tables! ...You know, for the articles; but they need to reach perfection somewhere. If YOU feel like it, you can create a table here too, so that everyone can learn, including yourself. You can experiment on this page all day long - just leave your name as the title of the table, so that it'll be more organized.

To do such a thing, you would need to do something like this:

{| class="standard-table"
|+ your name goes here
!Header
|-
|Table
|}

For example:

Mr.p.kiwi 23:43, 31 July 2011 (PDT)

This will be a header	This will be a header2	This will be a header3
Column1; Row1	Column2; Row1
Column 1; Row 2&3		Column3; Row2
	Column2; Row3	Column3; Row3

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Disc Room

This is how you do it...

The disc room is the final challenge Atlas and P-body must face when completing a course. It is placed in parts beyond GLaDOS's influence and serve as a last stand of the humans against GLaDOS's growing control over the facility.

Disc Emitter

the disc emitter is the device that creates the discs. It can re-create the disc in case the disc is lost or dissolved. It is usually placed near the Disc Receiver at the end of the last chamber of the course. However it doesn't have to be like that; placing the emitter at the start of the chamber can lead to some interesting puzzles, in which the main priority is to make sure the disc wouldn't get lost.

Step 1

Snap on the grid: 2

Create a prop_static and set it's model to models/props_gameplay/laser_disc_player.mdl, place it anywhere in your disc room. This is where the disc would be picked up from.

We will create the disc now; a prop_dynamic_override. Set its properties as follows:

Property Name	Value
Parent	spawner_door
Disable Shadows	Yes
World Model	laser_disc.mdl
Name	start_disc

Place the disc model in the device as detailed in the picture to the right.

Now create a 8x20x1 brush and texture it with tools/toolsinvisible. Place it on top of the disc model, again, as shown on the picture to the right. Tie the brush to an entity (by pressing Ctrl+T) and make it a func_door. Now set its properties as follows:

Property Name	Value
Name	spawner_door
Speed	26
Start Sound	World.LaserDiskLoad
Delay Before Reset (-1 stay)	-1
Loop Moving Sound	Yes
Move Direction	0 0 0

Note:The Move Direction should be set to whatever Pitch Yaw Roll you have for your laser_disc_player.mdl.

Another entity must be made now a prop_physics_override, this will be the disc the players would carry around. Hold ⇧ Shift and drag the start_disc to the point it is no longer in the device and only it's 'tip' touches the entrance. Change it's "Class" to prop_physics_override and name it disc.

Step 2

Here we would make some templates to respawn the disc in case it'll get lost.

Note:This step is not crucial for the emitter to operate, skip to step 3 if there is no way to lose the disc in your map.

Create a point_template with the following properties:

Property Name	Value
Name	template_disc_spawn
Template 1	start_disc
Template 2	spawner_door

Create one more point_template with these properties:

Property Name	Value
Name	template_disc
Template 1	disc

Step 3

This time, everything's included.
Snap on the grid: 8

Create a logic_auto with the following output:

	My Output >	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
	OnMapSpawn	template_disk_spawn	ForceSpawn		0.00	No

Tip:We would use this entity again further in the tutorial, don't forget it's here.

Open your spawner_door 'Output' tab and add the following properties:

	My Output >	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
	OnFullyOpen	start_disc	ClearParent		0.00	No
	OnFullyOpen	start_disc	TurnOff		0.00	No
	OnFullyOpen	template_disc	ForceSpawn		0.00	No
	OnFullyOpen	start_disc	Kill		0.10	No
	OnFullyOpen	spawner_door	Kill		0.10	No

Now add the following output to your template_disc_spawn:

	My Output >	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
	OnEntitySpawned	spawner_door	Open		0.00	No

Make sure that the entity that detects when the disc has been lost or killed has the following output:

	My Output >	Target Entity	Target Input	Parameter	Delay	Only Once
	OnTrigger	template_disk_spawn	ForceSpawn		0.00	No

Tip:It is usually advised to let the entity which destroyed said disc to fire the output. For example, when the fizzler dissolves the disc, it will fire the output OnDissolve. Check that there are no other physic objects that can get dissolved by that fizzler.

Now the emitter should be working, and dispensing new discs when the last one is gone. However, this is only a third of the process of getting the disc room to be functioning.

Disc Receiver

The disc receiver (also disc player) is where the disc is placed to fulfill it's purpose; placing the disc in the receiver turns on the video showing the information GLaDOS was looking for.

Step 1

Snap on the grid: 2

Place a prop_static in your disc room, and set it's model to models/props_gameplay/laser_disc_player.mdl. This is where the player will place the disc to end the level.

When the player places the disc near the receiver the disc that was carried would be removed and a hidden disc would load. We will do this to have better control over the way the disc will enter the receiver and to simply overcome a lot of problems. Another prop_dynamic_override would be required, the one that would load in the device by being attached to a func_door.

Property Name	Value
Parent	loader_door
Disable Shadows	Yes
World Model	laser_disc.mdl
Name	hidden_disc

The disc needs to be placed as detailed in the picture to the right.

Now create a func_door brush with the tools/toolsinvisible. Place it on top of the disc model, again, as shown on the picture to the right. Add the following properties:

Property Name	Value
Name	loader_door
Speed	8
Start Sound	World.LaserDiskLoad
Delay Before Reset (-1 stay)	-1
Loop Moving Sound	Yes
Move Direction	0 180 0

Note:The Move Direction should be set to the opposite Pitch Yaw Roll you have for your laser_disc_player.mdl.

Note:The func_door brush length depends on how far you want the disc to go; the disc has a 25 unit radius^[1], so you can judge by that. In the picture above the brush is 26 units long, making the entire disc go in.

One last thing, make a trigger_once brush

Property Name	Value
Name	spawner_door