Ricochet Level Creation/Pad

Pads in Hammer. Download this map.

Pad is the primary element of gameplay in Ricochet. This tutorial explains how to create it.

The brush

• Create a 256x256x16 cylinder brush with 20 faces and make it func_wall entity.
• Paint its faces with following textures:

Color	Up and down	Sides
Blue	disc_blue1/2/3	trim_blue1
Red	disc_red1/2/3	trim_red1
Dual-color	disc_dual1	North-west and south-east: trim_red1 North-east and south-west: trim_blue1

• Make the side faces have 0.5 Y texture scale.
• Create info_target 8 units above the pad at its center for jumping on it and call it some name.

The beam

On Arena, there is beam under pads.

Note:There is no known beam color for dual-color pads.

To make the beam, create 2 info_targets under the pad. Place the first info_target right under the pad in the middle, and the second 384 units below it. Create env_beam in any place with the following parameters:

• Start entity: first info_target
• Ending entity: second info_target
• Render FX: Normal
• Brightness: 100
• Beam color: 0 120 255 (for blue pad) / 255 0 0 (for red pad)
• Radius: 256
• Life: 0
• Width of beam: 255
• Amount of noise: 20
• Sprite name: sprites/laserbeam.spr
• Texture Scroll Rate: 35
• Frames per 10 seconds: 0
• Starting frame: 0
• Strike again time: 1
• Damage: 0
• Flags: Start On, Shade End

The pad is ready. Attach some jump arrows to it.