The most powerful library for Portal 2 that you need!

PCapture-Lib is a comprehensive VScripts library for Portal 2 that empowers mappers to create sophisticated and engaging gameplay experiences. It provides a wealth of features and enhancements, streamlining development and allowing you to focus on the creative aspects of your maps.

Key Features

• Advanced Math Utilities:
  • Quaternion rotations for precise 3D orientation manipulation.
  • Versatile vector operations for calculations and transformations.
  • Comprehensive interpolation functions for smooth transitions and animations.
• Enhanced Entity Interaction:
  • The pcapEntity wrapper class extends the functionality of CBaseEntity with convenient methods for setting bounding boxes, retrieving AABBs, managing user data, and more.
  • Simplify entity manipulation with intuitive functions for setting properties, creating outputs, playing sounds, and handling parent-child relationships.
• Precise and Powerful Ray Tracing:
  • BboxCast functionality with accurate surface normal calculation for detailed collision detection.
  • Customizable trace settings to control ignore lists, entity priorities, and error tolerance.
  • Presets for common trace types, including traces from the player's eyes.
  • Unique support for portal tracing, allowing rays to pass through portals and interact with objects in different portal spaces.
• Robust Event Scheduling:
  • Schedule events with precise timing and control using the enhanced event system.
  • Create complex events composed of multiple actions and manage them efficiently.
  • Cancel events as needed to dynamically adjust gameplay logic.
• Smooth Property Animations:
  • Effortlessly create animations for color, alpha (opacity), position, and angles.
  • Choose between time-based or speed-based animations for fine-grained control.
• Enhanced Data Structures:
  • The arrayLib class provides an improved array implementation with additional methods for manipulation, searching, sorting, and conversion.
  • Utilize the List class for efficient insertion and deletion operations with doubly linked lists.
  • Maintain sorted collections and perform efficient searches with the AVLTree class, implementing self-balancing binary search trees.

And much more to come!

Getting Started

PCapture-Lib is designed for ease of use. Simply include pcapture-lib.nut in your VScripts, and you'll have access to all the powerful features and classes it offers. Refer to the full documentation for detailed information about each module, including usage examples and API references.

About

PCapture-Lib originated from the Project Capture modification, aiming to provide a comprehensive set of tools for Portal 2 mappers. By offering solutions for complex scripting challenges while maintaining an intuitive interface, it enables mappers of all skill levels to create more ambitious and immersive maps.

Contributing

Contributions to PCapture-Lib are welcome! Feel free to open issues for any bugs you find or features you would like to see added. Join us in making PCapture-Lib the ultimate VScripts library for Portal 2 mapping!

License

This library was created by laVashik. Please give credit to laVashik when using this library in your projects! Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License - see the LICENSE file for details.