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Since I'm so full of fail tonight a third, and final(?) post on this!

In editor create a brush, apply a "skip" texture to the whole brush then select a single face and apply your "alpha'd"(cobweb) texture.

Now, turn that brush into a func_detail_fence or a func_detail_illusionary(non-solid) and add a key/value pair of: _mirrorinside "1"

This requires you to use ericw's tools for it to compile correctly.

If you need any more specific help than what I have stated... ask away. 
 
Thanks to all. It's amazing how helpful this community is. 
 
Thanks to all. It's amazing how helpful this community is.

Does vanila Quake have grates/fences textures? I'm asking, 'cause I don't recall it to, and default wad has none. 
@19652 
It does not, and vanilla Quake doesn't actually support alpha-masked geometry textures, only 2D elements (HUD and sprites)- one of the few if any objective steps backwards compared to Doom. 
 
Why they is black? How fixed it?

http://uploads.ru/LtTb0.png 
 
It's in quakespasm.
In fitzquake normal light, but for this monster only.

I think because they stand on func_train. In the air, far from surfaces, the monsters are also black in both engines. 
 
They are lit by the point directly under them. Either add a light source on the ground below inside a black func_illusionary brush or possibly add _minlight to them. 
 
I have a brush of the sky that the floor is made of. I made the bottom surface with a different texture. It returned normal lighting 
Create A Func_illusionary Floor With Sky Texture 
About 16 thick and 16 above the floor with a normal texture. 
@digs 
there is a TF channel https://discord.gg/3zgJQ 
Music 
I'm wondering if there is any way to set it so when a level is started, it plays a song from quake, I know there is a property for entities called "music" but i don't know what to use the property on if that is what you use for the music 
In Vanilla Quake Or A Mod? 
 
Vanilla 
QuakeSpasm 
 
Also, i have the music files working in the normal game 
 
Add a sounds key to worldspawn with a number for the track you want.

sounds | 3 
Thanks 
 
Target/TargetName 
I've been working on a death match map that has moving parts, I've noticed that for some reason, things aren't targeting properly. I have 2 moving doors that both use buttons, one of the doors has the targetname da1, with a button targeting it with the target da1, then I have a door with the targetname db2, and a button with the target db2, and what happens is one of the buttons doesn't open a single door, whilst the other button opens both! I need some help. 
Qrani 
This is a very common issue. By default, Quake groups doors which are close by into a single system. If you want to opt-out of this behaviour, you can add the DOOR_DONT_LINK spawnflag (3rd tickbox, numeric value 4) to each of the doors. 
Thanks 
 
Items 
I have another question, why do item_blank entities go through the floor sometimes? 
Bonus Content 
You might wonder why this door linking feature is included. It doesn't seem all that helpful at first, and often confuses mappers (even after they've encountered it before, it's easy to be caught out again!)

But door linking actually has good reasons for existing as well. I'm going to borrow a clear example from Dumptruck's tutorials on Trenchbroom. Take a quick look at theis gold key door setup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8MN8V0JuE&feature=youtu.be&t=2m49s

Here, the bars are separated into two different entities, so that they can move in different directions. If they were not linked together, you would require two gold keys to get past, one to unlock the left-hand bars and another to unlock the right!

It's also worth noting that the way that both of the left hand bars are combined into a single entity is crucial to pulling this off. Door are linked if their bounding boxes overlap or touch. The bounding box extends between the left-hand bars, so that they intersect the right hand bar. If all three bars were separate entities, none of them would link, and you'd need three keys to open them all. 
Item Fall Out 
Avoid overlapped items.
Make sure they aren't sticking more than 6 units into the floor.
Make sure there is at least 56 units of vertical space.
Make sure you have at least 1 to 2 units of space on all sides, preferably 4 as a safe minimum.
If you are using JACK/Worldcraft, the fgd file may show the box in an incorrect visual object position relative to the actual origin (look for the X in the 2D views):
•In vanilla Quake, origin is in the bottom left corner
•In AD and other mods, custom items may use the center bottom of the visible item as the origin point instead.
Also, they might fall out if you place an item inside a solid brush such as a door. 
Minor Correction 
Origin in bottom left corner is for ammo and health boxes only; all else use center bottom. 
Fortress 
does anyone have entity definitions for the team fortress mod? 
Fortress 
or at least the entity names? 
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