Portal 2 suction tube [help]

[postman]

i saw the portal 2 E3 gameplay trailer, i love the suction vent that sucks up turrets. so i wanted to make a simple thing to do that.

im no good with loops and i dont really understand how a for loop works, that is why its only working with the last prop spawned.

@name suction vent
@inputs
@outputs
@persist Props:array V:vector Prop:entity T
@model models/props_bts/clear_tube_straight.mdl
runOnTick(1)
T = T + 1*25

V = (entity():pos() - Prop:pos())*500

findIncludePlayerProps(owner())
findByClass("prop_ragdoll")
Props=findToArray()
for (I = 0, Props:count())
{
    Prop=Props[I,entity]
    Prop:applyForce(V + $V*2)
} 
Prop:setColor(255,0,0)
Prop:applyAngForce(ang(0,T,0))

the applyAngForce is just for an effect, right now it finds ragdolls, i can change it to props but i cant do both.

thanks for the help, postman.

[Colonel Thirty Two]

Sigh, find functions every tick is not allowed...

if(findCanQuery())
{
    findIncludePlayerProps(owner())
    findByClass("prop_ragdoll")
}

Needs FAQ

[ShadowBrain]

@name suction vent
@inputs
@outputs
@persist Props:array V:vector Prop:entity T
@model models/props_bts/clear_tube_straight.mdl
runOnTick(1)
T = T + 1*25

V = (entity():pos() - Prop:pos())*500
if(findCanQuery()){
   findIncludePlayerProps(owner())
   findByClass("prop_*")
   Props=findToArray()
}
for (I = 0, Props:count())
{
    Prop=Props[I,entity]
    Prop:applyForce(V + $V*2)
} 
Prop:setColor(255,0,0)
Prop:applyAngForce(ang(0,T,0))

fix'd

[Caples]

No pickie no clickie.

[Colonel Thirty Two]

No pickie no clickie.

This is a help thread, not a contraption thread.

[postman]

No pickie no clickie.

Derp.

[postman]

Ah, that makes sense, i dont know all my functions so i dont know what "findCanQuery()" does. ill look that up on the e2 wiki, thanks

[postman]

sorry to say, this doesnt work. It throws all props but the first one away from the entity

[ShadowBrain]

@name suction vent
@persist Props:array V:vector Prop:entity T
@model models/props_bts/clear_tube_straight.mdl
if(first()){
     runOnTick(1) #You only need to set this once.
}
T = T + 1*25

if(findCanQuery()){
    findIncludePlayerProps(owner())
    findByClass("prop_*")
    Props=findToArray()
}
for (I = 1, Props:count()){
    Prop=Props[I,entity]
    if(Prop:pos():distance(entity():pos())<100){ #You might need to change the 100 to something more, this statement makes sure it only sucks up props that are close enough.
         V = (entity():pos() - Prop:pos())
         Force=$V*20+V*4
         Prop:applyForce(Force*Prop:mass())
         Prop:setColor(255,0,0)
         Prop:applyAngForce(ang(0,T,0))
    }
}
#Code is not tested and may show strange behaviour.

That should work.
If not, then it probably makes the prop stay within the tube and I'm not gonna fix that, simply because I have other things to do.

[postman]

10 months later, ive beaten portal 2, best game ever made, wonderful.

No pneumatic diversity vents ( this thread ) in the game that i can tell. (besides the pipes and the elevator.)