Making a door (gate) and having it open properly...

[buck28]

I am having a time making a door, or gate from a wordspawn brush, and getting it to open properly. After creation I, make enity and assign atm:mover_door, and bind handles to it. Everything works properly, the handles are bound, the door, gate opens; but it is hinged in the middle and not on the side as it should be???? What should be done to correct this, or should I use something other than atm:mover_door?? Or do I need to add a spawnarg? Thanks, Buck28

[kyyrma]

Worldspawn has its origin in the middle when converted to an entity.

 

Select the entity in Dark Radiant, press V and then V again, and now you can move the origin from the center of the entity to where the hinge should be.

Edited April 1, 2014 by kyyrma

[Dunedain19]

You are correct in using the spawnarg atm:mover_door, however, the problem you are having relates to the origin of the object - which having been a worldspawn brush - is in the direct centre of the object.

 

What you need to do is:

 

1. Select the door

2. Press 'V' to switch to vertices mode (green squares should appear on the door)

3. Select the origin using Shift and LMB

4. Move it to the bottom of the door and to the side where the hinges are located.

 

The above process can be quickly done by using translate mode and the keyboard to lower the origin point and then moving it leftwards/rightwards.

 

I hope this helps!

[PranQster]

You will likely need to press TAB before V, since it is an entity. Else you might not be able to move the vertices.

[SteveL]

But for this fix, you need to move the origin of the entity not the verts of the brush, so don't press tab. Also I think you have to be in 'Q' editing mode to able to drag the origin.

[buck28]

Thanks everybody for your help. It worked like a dream. I new it was something simple, but being a newbie I couldn't figure it out.

Thanks again!

Buck28 (cloakedindarkness)

[SteveL]

No problem, and I notice the instructions were missing from the wiki. Now fixed: Doors#The_simplest_brush_door