trigger_portal_button

This entity is not in the FGD by default.
It should not be put directly in a map because it is generated automatically in code and crashes the game if placed directly.

trigger_portal_button is a point entity available in Portal series. It is the actual trigger used by a prop_floor_button, prop_floor_cube_button, or prop_floor_ball_button to detect objects. When placed in a map directly, the game will crash as the entity keeps a reference to the button it is tied to, which can only be set through code. A trigger_multiple should be used instead as it functions almost identically.

Tip:The auto-generated triggers use their oriented bounding box as the detection area, so the SetSize() VScript function can be used to resize the trigger.

Keyvalues

Delay Before Reset ([todo internal name (i)]) <float>

Delay in seconds before OnTrigger can fire again, 0 defaults to 0.2. If set to -1, it will kill itself when triggered (as trigger_once), which means outputs like OnEntireTeamStartTouch can never fire.

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Filter Name (filtername) <filter> A filter entity to test potential activators against. Start Disabled (StartDisabled) <boolean> Stay dormant until activated (with theEnableinput).

Flags

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Everything (not including physics debris) : [64] Clients (Survivors, Special Infected, Tanks ) : [1] Only clients in vehicles : [32] Only clients *not* in vehicles : [512] Disallow Bots (removed since ) : [4096] NPCs (Common Infected, Witches ) : [2] Only player ally NPCs : [16] Only NPCs in vehicles (respects player ally flag) : [2048] Physics Objects (not including physics debris) : [8] Physics debris (include also physics debris) : [1024] Pushables (Passes entities with classname func_pushable) : [4]  Deprecated. Equivalent to using Everything + filter_activator_class that filters func_pushable.

Inputs

TouchTest

Tests if the trigger is being touched and fires an output based on whether the value is true or false.

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Toggle Toggles this trigger between enabled and disabled states. Enable Enable trigger Disable Disable trigger TouchTest  (in all games since ) Triggers either the OnTouching or OnNotTouching outputs for whether anything is touching this entity. Bug:Sleeping prop_physics will never fire "OnTouching". Also applies to entities using prop_physics as base.  (tested in: ) StartTouch  (in all games since ) !FGD Behave as if the !caller entity had just entered the trigger volume. Accepts non-physical entities. EndTouch  (in all games since ) !FGD Behave as if !caller had just exited the trigger volume. DisableAndEndTouch  (only in ) Disables this trigger and calls EndTouch on all currently-touching entities.

Outputs

OnStartTouchAll

Fired when an entity starts touching this trigger, and no other entities are touching it. Only entities that passed this trigger's filters are considered.

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OnStartTouch Fired when a valid entity starts touching this trigger. !activator is whatever touches the trigger. Bug:Spamming crouch jumps in a trigger can randomly fire OnStartTouch. Confirm:Is it a Multiplayer issue only?   [todo tested in ?] OnStartTouchAll Fired when a valid entity starts touching this trigger, and no other entities are touching it. If there are any other entities touching the trigger when a new one begins to touch, only OnStartTouch will fire. OnEndTouch Fired when a valid entity stops touching this trigger. Warning:This includes entities which are deleted while inside the trigger. In this case !activator will be invalid. Warning:Will also fire if sent Disable input or an entity teleports outside of the trigger area. Warning:OnEndTouch can fire before OnStartTouch under certain circumstances where both are fired on the same tick and each have the same delay. Fix:Add a slight delay to OnEndTouch. Bug:Spamming crouch jump in a trigger can randomly fire OnEndTouch. Confirm:Is it a Multiplayer issue only?   [todo tested in ?] OnEndTouchAll Fired when all valid entities stop touching this trigger. OnTouching  (in all games since ) Fired if something is currently touching this trigger when TouchTest is fired. OnNotTouching  (in all games since ) Fired if nothing is currently touching this trigger when TouchTest is fired.