point_changelevel

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point_changelevel is a point entity available in Portal 2. Used to make an easy, one-way map transition. If no landmarks are present in the map, the player will spawn at the info_player_start in the destination map.

However, if the current map contains an info_landmark_exit and the destination map contains an info_landmark_entry, the player's offset relative to the exit landmark will be applied relative to the entry landmark in the next map. Effectively, this makes the entity behave more like a trigger_changelevel. This will also cause all entities to transition over; to limit what entities this applies to, use a trigger_transition. In the Portal 2 campaign, this is positioned in such a way that no entities are ever inside it.

Note:The map does not transition instantly; an automatic 0.5 second fade to black is applied first. Use ChangeLevelPostFade instead if you want to transition instantly.

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

Inputs

ChangeLevel <string>

Changes the level to the map name supplied as a parameter.

ChangeLevelPostFade <string> !FGD

Changes the level instantly, without fading out.

Outputs

OnChangeLevel

Fired when the level is about to change.

See also

• Level Transitions
• info_landmark
• trigger_changelevel
• trigger_transition
• point_changelevel (only in )
• info_changelevel (only in )