One side see-through glass. Created 13 years ago2010-05-14 04:09:09 UTC by TheAngel

Hi, I'm new here. My question is: How do I make glass, but which you can see through only from one side?

You need two brushes- Make one transparent, and the other opaque (which requires no work on your part).
Make the inside of the opaque brush have the null texture, so it's invisible.

If you want it breakable, you'll need a multi_manager and to have both the brushes separate func_breakables.
Make them trigger the multi_manager on break, and make it break both of them. You can't do it directly between the breakables because you'll cause an infinite loop of one triggering the other.

Welcome to TWHL.

Thanks, but I'm pretty confused. When I'm on the side of the null textured brush I don't see anything. It's like I see through the map.

That's because the null texture stops the face from being rendered.

Here's a picture of how to do it.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/btvevq

What am I doing wrong?

One of the two brushes wasn't tied to an entity. To fix it, all you need to do is make both brushes into entities, or to make sure that the non-entity brush isn't touching the walls.

Thanks a lot, I finally got it to work.

Edit: Now I want to make the glass breakable. But, as JeffMOD said, it will cause a loop. How do I make it so it doesn't make a loop, or make it stop somehow?

Like I said, make both of them trigger a multi_manager that triggers both of them- that should prevent a loop from occurring.

Use a trigger_relay to kill both func_breakables after they've been triggered.

Whenever I've tried that, it makes a loop.
Edit your post when I'm writing!

Either way, you'll want the func_breakable that you can't see through to have higher health, like 100 if the transparent one is 25.

Why exactly?

Because it's supposed to be reinforced (in Real life), and you don't want players to accidentally break open a window they don't know is there without at least some firepower behind them.

Realism and a bit of balance, bscly.

surround both of the windows with another invisible breakable. when that is destroyed, it targets the other two and destroys them as well without looping or any other entities.

I was thinking to do that, thanks again