is there any way to respawn a func_breakable item via an output like a buton press?
example:
func_breakable: name target1

can i then have a button that says on press, target1 respawn?
i looked through the various outputs and couldnt see anything that was obvious.



next question. can you have an output to change a texture on a item?

liks target 1, on break, icon 1 (a icon outside the room to show the target was blown up) set texture to "what ever"

i also had a odd issue with a sky box.
now its works fine until i place a house in the sky box (just a standard block).
now when i nthe level i can actually see the sky box, hovering in the air outside the map

yea, i've been looking for how to do this as well. that and removing all the decals from a wall (to remove all the bullet holes)

The only material change entity that comes to mind is material_modify_control (http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Material_modify_control)
I haven't tried it but change the "$basetexture" to something else.. I think this entity changes values in the VMT so by changing the basetexture line to something else it should re-render the material with a different texture...

Not sure how to respawn Breakables (http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Func_breakable)

And with skyboxes, the skybx texture renders stuff behind it or something, just stick the skybox next to the level so they can't see each other, if you know what I mean...