Portal BTS - Tutorial - Doors

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Introduction

This guide will show you how to open doors with handles that can be opened with the use key.

Note:This guide will assume you have Toggle Face Alignment active, this will be necessary for when we modify the textures.

Door

Create a prop_door_rotating and enter the following properties:

Property Name	Value
Name	d1
World Model	models/props_c17/door01_left.mdl
Skin	5
Disable Shadows	Yes
Rotating Distance	110
Fully Open Sound	Doors.FullOpen1
Fully Closed Sound	Doors.FullClose1
Move Sound	Doors.Move1

Door Frame

Create 2 4w*4l*112h brushes with the nodraw texture.

Create a 4w*48l*4h brush with the nodraw texture.

Select all the brushes and tie them to a func_detail

Move these brushes around the door and texture all visible faces with metal/metaldoor_white01

Select the Face Edit Sheet, select the front faces and set the Texture Shift X value to 16.

Front Faces Texturing

Select the back faces, set the Texture Shift X value to 16 and set the Alignment to World.

Back Faces Texturing

Select the Right face, set the Texture Shift X value to 216.

Right Face Texturing

Select the Left face, set the Texture Shift X value to 25.

Left Face Texturing

Select the Top face, set the Texture Shift X value to 16 and set the Texture Shift Y value to 88.

Top Face Texturing

Areaportal

Create a 2w*56l*112h brush with the Areaportal texture.

Center this brush with the Door Frame.

Tie this entity to a func_areaportal entity and enter the following properties:

Property Name	Value
Name of Linked Door	d1
Initial State	Closed

Note: If your door starts open, set the Initial State Property to Open.

Implementation

Place the door in a suitable area, these doors are typically connected to or used in Observation Hallways.

Keypad Doors

Use the same Door Frame as seen earlier. Next, create a 48w*2l*108 brush with the nodraw texture, texture all visible faces with metal/metaldoor_white01, align the texture if necessary.

See also

• Portal Level Creation