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BeeMod Dark Flip Panel Fix
By ShaggieIII
BeeMod has a bug where flip panels appear dark even in well lit areas. This is an easy fix.
   
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Category: Maps or Levels, Modding or Configuration, Workshop
Languages: English
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9 Feb, 2021 @ 4:25pm
12 Aug, 2022 @ 10:16pm
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Fix for dark flip panels. 
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Fix for dark flip panels.
1. Load the Logic Gates (And, Or, and Not) into the BeeMod working area and upload it to Portal2.
2. If you want to have a panel start as non-portable (Black) and flip to portable (White).
A: Create the flip panel as portable (White) - This is the opposite of the way you want it to start.
B: Use the Logic Gates to put a NOT gate between the flip panel and its input (such as a button).

It will look like this:

Button......Not Gate......White flip panel

The Not gate should be the only thing connected to the panel. If multiple inputs are needed use the appropriate And or Or gates and connect those to the Not gate.

The bug only effects panels that begin non-portable (Black). By starting the panel as portable (white) and adding the Not gate the panel will be correctly lit in the game.

End.
Helpful Screenshots

Unmodified flip panel on the left. Flip panel after using this fix on the right.


Initial Setup


Turn Off Antlines To Panel


Place NOT Gate On Panel


For multiple inputs use AND/OR Gates


Button Inactive - Panel Dark


Button Active - Panel Correctly Lit


Have a great day.
13 Comments
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Sector 5 13 Nov, 2024 @ 10:05am 
Filp panels are supposed to be DARK until opened,,,thats why its called a flip panel....op is absolutely wrong....
Kenokey 4 Nov, 2024 @ 7:05am 
Thanks alot
LUKELCS 10 Aug, 2023 @ 9:03pm 
@Mostly Human, @Bullfrog pointed me to this too lol
Mostly Human 26 Apr, 2023 @ 11:38pm 
@bullfrog pointed me to this and it works perfectly, many thanks for fixing a frustrating niggle.
Chachi 19 Aug, 2022 @ 8:13am 
It worked thank you :steamthumbsup:
Cin 11 Aug, 2022 @ 11:13pm 
Fix worked flawlessly! However I noticed that it needs a bit more elbow grease if two inputs are required to flip the panel. Adding an AND gate, which the inputs connect to, connecting the AND to the NOT, and the NOT to the panel. It works seamlessly.
ShaggieIII  [author] 4 Aug, 2022 @ 11:17am 
As anyone can see from the first picture above sometimes flip panels that are supposed to be white are incorrectly lit by the game engine so that they appear to be gray even with a light directly on them.
Du4lity (they/them) 3 Aug, 2022 @ 2:38am 
Sometimes some problems/limitations you have with the level editor can easily be fixed by changing your level's design
bullfrog 29 Mar, 2022 @ 2:10am 
Thanks :steamthumbsup:
BloodStrike2003 13 Jun, 2021 @ 12:25pm 
ok