prop_weighted_cube

Types of the Aperture Science Weighted Storage Cube.

prop_weighted_cube is a point entity available in 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:Frankenturrets are their own entity, prop_monster_box.

Tip: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 )
• 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> 

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

Bug: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 )

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 )

Turn laser on or off.

Reflection:

DisableDrawInFastReflection  (in all games since )

Turns off rendering of this entity in reflections when using $reflectonlymarkedentities in water material.

EnableDrawInFastReflection  (in all games since )

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:In , the paint type enum value is passed as the parameter.

OnPowered  (only in )

Fired when the cube is powered by a laser.

OnUnpowered  (only in )

Fired when the cube is no longer powered by a laser.