2 Questions.

[Garfield.]

Don't ban me for undescriptive topic.
1. Prop dissapearing in 1 minute. How to do it?
2. Prop sticking to everything as entity, not as thrown with GravyGun. How to do it?
Code of weapon:

SWEP.AdminSpawnable = true
SWEP.ViewModelFOV = 80
SWEP.ViewModel = "models/weapons/XIIIArms/v_Harpoon.mdl"
SWEP.WorldModel = "models/weapons/w_tomgun.mdl"
SWEP.AutoSwitchTo = true
SWEP.Slot = 3
SWEP.HoldType = "smg1"
SWEP.PrintName = "Harpoon Rifle"
SWEP.Author = ""
SWEP.Spawnable = true
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom = true
SWEP.FiresUnderwater = false
SWEP.Weight = 5
SWEP.DrawCrosshair = true
SWEP.Category = "XIII"
SWEP.SlotPos = 2
SWEP.DrawAmmo = true
SWEP.ReloadSound = ("v_tomgun/reload.wav")
SWEP.Instructions = ""
SWEP.Contact = ""
SWEP.Purpose = ""
SWEP.base = "weapon_base"

SWEP.Primary.Sound = ("v_tomgun/machgF1b.wav")
SWEP.Primary.Reload = ("v_tomgun/reload.wav")
SWEP.Primary.Damage = 0
SWEP.Primary.TakeAmmo = 1
SWEP.Primary.ClipSize = 1
SWEP.Primary.Ammo = "pistol"
SWEP.Primary.DefaultClip = 1
SWEP.Primary.Spread = 0
SWEP.Primary.NumberoFShots = 0
SWEP.Primary.Automatic = true
SWEP.Primary.Recoil = 0.5
SWEP.Primary.Delay = 0.5
SWEP.Primary.Force = 10




//SWEP:Initialize()\\
function SWEP:Initialize()
	util.PrecacheSound("v_tomgun/machgF1b.wav")
	util.PrecacheSound("v_tomgun/reload.wav")
	if ( SERVER ) then
		self:SetWeaponHoldType( "smg1" )
	end
end
//SWEP:Initialize()\\

function SWEP:Deploy()
       self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim(ACT_VM_DRAW)
        end
		


function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()
if ( !self:CanPrimaryAttack() ) then return end
	local bullet = {}
		bullet.Num = self.Primary.NumberoFShots
		bullet.Src = self.Owner:GetShootPos()
		bullet.Dir = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
		bullet.Spread = Vector( self.Primary.Spread * 0.1 , self.Primary.Spread * 0.1, 0)
		bullet.Tracer = 0
		bullet.Force = self.Primary.Force
		bullet.Damage = self.Primary.Damage
		bullet.AmmoType = self.Primary.Ammo
	local rnda = self.Primary.Recoil * -1
	local rndb = self.Primary.Recoil * math.random(-1, 1)
	self:ShootEffects()
	self.Owner:FireBullets( bullet )
	self.Weapon:EmitSound(Sound(self.Primary.Sound))
	self.Owner:ViewPunch( Angle( rnda,rndb,rnda ) )
	self:TakePrimaryAmmo(self.Primary.TakeAmmo)
	self.Weapon:SetNextPrimaryFire( CurTime() + self.Primary.Delay )
	self.Weapon:SetNextSecondaryFire( CurTime() + self.Primary.Delay )

	self.Weapon:SetNextPrimaryFire( CurTime() + 0.5 )	

	self:ThrowHarpoon( "models/weapons/XIIIArms/Harpoon.mdl" )

end

function SWEP:SecondaryAttack()
end

function SWEP:ThrowHarpoon()

	if ( CLIENT ) then return end

	local ent = ents.Create( "prop_physics" )

	if (  !IsValid( ent ) ) then return end

	ent:SetModel( "models/weapons/XIIIArms/Harpoon.mdl" )
 
	ent:SetPos( self.Owner:EyePos() + ( self.Owner:GetAimVector() * 36 ) )
	ent:SetAngles( self.Owner:EyeAngles() )
	ent:Spawn()
 
	local phys = ent:GetPhysicsObject()
	if (  !IsValid( phys ) ) then ent:Remove() return end
 
 
	local velocity = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
	velocity = velocity * 100000
	velocity = velocity + ( VectorRand() * 10 )
	phys:ApplyForceCenter( velocity )
 
	cleanup.Add( self.Owner, "props", ent )
 
	undo.Create( "Harpoon" )
		undo.AddEntity( ent )
		undo.SetPlayer( self.Owner )
	undo.Finish()
end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Reload
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:Reload()
	if !( ( self.Weapon:Clip1() ) < ( self.Primary.ClipSize ) ) then return end
	self.Weapon:DefaultReload( ACT_VM_RELOAD )
	self:EmitSound( "v_tomgun/reload.wav" )
end

Prop's QC:

$modelname	"weapons/XIIIArms/Harpoon.mdl"
$body mybody	"Arrow.smd"
$staticprop	
$surfaceprop	metal
$cdmaterials	"models\XIIIArms"


$sequence idle	"ragdoll.smd"

$collisionmodel	"Arrow.smd"
{
	$mass		50
	$concave	1
}

$keyvalues
{
	prop_data
	{
		base		metal.Medium
		allowstatic	1
		mass		50
	}
	
	physgun_interactions
	{
		onworldimpact 			stick
		onfirstimpact			stick
		onlaunch				spin_none
	}
}

[boxama]

To answer your first question, you can put [lua]timer.Simple( 60, function() self:Remove() end )[/lua] in your ENT:Deploy

[Garfield.]

Huh, that's what I have:

[ERROR] lua/weapons/xiii_harpoon/shared.lua:112: attempt to index global 'ENT' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - lua/weapons/xiii_harpoon/shared.lua:112

Dumb me, I'm bad at lua.

[boxama]

Sorry, after your ent:Spawn().

[editline]4th November 2013[/editline]

And it should be ent:Remove()

[Garfield.]

That gives the same error.

[Walrus Viking]

Or on creation of the entity you could do something like

timer.Create( "deleteent_" .. ent:EntIndex(), 1, 60, function()
	if ( IsValid( ent ) ) then
		ent:Remove();
	end
end );

[Garfield.]

That's not an entity, that's just a prop, check the code.
OK, I feel like an idiot now. Just a bit sleepy..

[Busan1]

[QUOTE=Garfield.;42753388]That's not an entity, that's just a prop, check the code.[/QUOTE]

[LUA]
function SWEP:ThrowHarpoon()

if ( CLIENT ) then return end

local ent = ents.Create( "prop_physics" )

if ( !IsValid( ent ) ) then return end

ent:SetModel( "models/weapons/XIIIArms/Harpoon.mdl" )

ent:SetPos( self.Owner:EyePos() + ( self.Owner:GetAimVector() * 36 ) )
ent:SetAngles( self.Owner:EyeAngles() )
ent:Spawn()

local phys = ent:GetPhysicsObject()
if ( !IsValid( phys ) ) then ent:Remove() return end

local velocity = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
velocity = velocity * 100000
velocity = velocity + ( VectorRand() * 10 )
phys:ApplyForceCenter( velocity )

timer.Create( "deleteent" .. ent:EntIndex(), 1, 60, function()
if ( ent:IsValid() ) then
ent:Remove();
end
end );

cleanup.Add( self.Owner, "props", ent )

undo.Create( "Harpoon" )
undo.AddEntity( ent )
undo.SetPlayer( self.Owner )
undo.Finish()
end
[/LUA]

and for your second question you really need to clarify that doesn't make any sense

[Pugsworth]

You can add the FVPHYSICS_WAS_THROWN flag when punted with the gravity gun. That way, you can check in the collision hook if it was shot or thrown.

[Garfield.]

Vexx, how?

[Garfield.]

By the way, I need it to stick to ragdolls too, and make them not fly across all the map when hit ( Like, they'd still get damage while Harpoon has low mass ).

[Garfield.]

This needs a bump too.

[BFG9000]

Ok so you're trying to make a harpoon gun?
Sounds like SetParent is your friend

[Garfield.]

And to make it stick to NPCs or ragdolls, should I use SetParentPhysNum?

[BFG9000]

Hell if I know, I've never really messed around with ragdolls and player corpses.
I know of an NPC that does something similar to what you're trying to do; the Hydra. Once it sees a target, it spears it on its... tail? head?... thing, gets the model of the target and creates a ragdoll while at the same time removing the clientside ragdoll created by NPCs and players on death.

Somehow. I haven't looked in the code itself so I don't know the method.

[Garfield.]

This would be too messy. I have seen the Kabar knife swep that sticked to ragdolls and stuff, but it's deleted from workslop now.

[c👌de_g🎷]

Do you still have the .gma of the knife swep?

[BFG9000]

[QUOTE=code_gs;42778834]Do you still have the .gma of the knife swep?[/QUOTE]

Exactly, you should still have the gma AS LONG AS you haven't reinstalled gmod at some point between then and now.

[Garfield.]

Nope, I don't have it anymore.

[BFG9000]

do you know of a garrysmod.org version?

[Garfield.]

Nope, it was never released on gaymod.org.