Prop Ghosting when your PhysGunning it?

[Jaastin]

I've searched endlessly for this script, but I can't find it.
What I want is, when you physgun a prop, it gets ghosted so you can't prop minge.

Any solutions? I've tried FPP, can't find the option.

[Dwatring]

The option in FPP has just been removed. It was buggy.

[mdew355]

This should work, hasn't been tested. Try both server and client side before saying it doesn't work.

[lua]
function GM:OnPhysgunPickup(ent, mdl)
if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,200)
end

function GM:OnPhysgunDrop(ent, mdl)
if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,255)
end
[/lua]

[PortalGod]

All that does is change the transparency.

[foxxeh]

function GM:OnPhysgunPickup(ent, mdl)
     if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() then return false end
     ent:SetColor(255,255,255,150)
     ent:GetPhysicsObject():EnableCollisions(true)
end
 
function GM:OnPhysgunDrop(ent, mdl)
     if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() then return false end
     ent:SetColor(255,255,255,255)
     ent:GetPhysicsObject():EnableCollisions(true)
end

That should work anyway, stole mdews code :)

[Zephilinox]

[QUOTE=foxxeh;25877779]

function GM:OnPhysgunPickup(ent, mdl)
     if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() then return false end
     ent:SetColor(255,255,255,150)
     ent:GetPhysicsObject():EnableCollisions(true)
end
 
function GM:OnPhysgunDrop(ent, mdl)
     if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() then return false end
     ent:SetColor(255,255,255,255)
     ent:GetPhysicsObject():EnableCollisions(true)
end

That should work anyway, stole mdews code :)[/QUOTE]

Theres no difference in the lua blocks after the functions at all, shouldn't the first one be

[lua] ent:GetPhysicsObject():EnableCollisions(false) [/lua]

?

[mdew355]

function GM:OnPhysgunPickup(ent, mdl)
     if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() then return false end
     ent:SetColor(255,255,255,150)
     ent:GetPhysicsObject():EnableCollisions(false)
end
 
function GM:OnPhysgunDrop(ent, mdl)
     if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() then return false end
     ent:SetColor(255,255,255,255)
     ent:GetPhysicsObject():EnableCollisions(true)
end
 
There we go!

[Jaastin]

So do I just put this into a random.lua file and stuff it in autorun?
If it's a specific lua, could you state that? Thanks alot fp.

[editline]6th November 2010[/editline]

Well adding on, putting it in autorun it can't index GM, returning as a nil value.

[Assault_Trooper]

[QUOTE=Jaastin;25892111]So do I just put this into a random.lua file and stuff it in autorun?
If it's a specific lua, could you state that? Thanks alot fp.

[editline]6th November 2010[/editline]

Well adding on, putting it in autorun it can't index GM, returning as a nil value.[/QUOTE]

The GM stands for gamemode, if you're not making a gamemode then you just have to do it like hook.Add("OnPhysgunDrop", ............

[Zephilinox]

Should work, untested.

[lua]function REQOnPhysgunPickup(ent, mdl)
if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() or ent:IsNpc() or ent:IsBot() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,150)
ent:GetPhysicsObject():EnableCollisions(false)
end

function REQOnPhysgunDrop(ent, mdl)
if ent:IsWorld() or ent:IsPlayer() or ent:IsNpc() or ent:IsBot() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,255)
ent:GetPhysicsObject():EnableCollisions(true)
end

hook.Add( "OnPhysgunPickup", "REQOnPhysgunPickup", REQOnPhysgunPickup)
hook.Add( "OnPhysgunDrop", "REQOnPhysgunDrop", REQOnPhysgunDrop) [/lua]

put it in garrysmod/garrysmod/lua/autorun/server/random.lua

[Jaastin]

As an addon on singleplayer, the above script does not work.

[Zephilinox]

[QUOTE=Jaastin;25892648]As an addon on singleplayer, the above script does not work.[/QUOTE]

Well I've never tested anything in singleplayer before, any errors?

EDIT: my fault for copying the code blocks above, the function was wrong.
EDIT2: the parameters were also wrong, sigh, use the following edited code.
EDIT3: this makes it shorter, really...should be last edit.

[lua]
local valobject = ent:GetPhysicsObject()

function REQPhysgunPickup(ply, ent)
if !valobject:IsValid() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,150)
valobject:EnableCollisions(false)
end

function REQPhysgunDrop(ply, ent)
if !valobject:IsValid() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,255)
valobject:EnableCollisions(false)
end

hook.Add( "PhysgunPickup", "REQPhysgunPickup", REQPhysgunPickup)
hook.Add( "PhysgunDrop", "REQPhysgunDrop", REQPhysgunDrop)[/lua]

[mdew355]

Just put mine in like cl_init.lua in your gamemodes folder... It's a lot easier.

[lorde banana]

Not working for me.

[Zephilinox]

[QUOTE=mdew355;25892921]Just put mine in like cl_init.lua in your gamemodes folder... It's a lot easier.[/QUOTE]

If you had read my post you would know yours wouldn't have worked, and I'll tell you why:

OnPhysgunDrop/Pickup is NOT a function.

what you defined as "ent" was actually a player, so you were trying to check if a player was the world or a player, and then if it wasn't try to set the colour and the collision for that player (I assume player is the one holding the physgun)

[Jaastin]

@ mdew355
Doesn't work in cl_init @ single player
@ zeph
Doesn't work in lua/autorun/server

[Zephilinox]

[QUOTE=Jaastin;25893020]@ mdew355
Doesn't work in cl_init @ single player
@ zeph
Doesn't work in lua/autorun/server[/QUOTE]

Then give me the errors that pop up in your console, saying it doesn't work doesn't help me as much as the errors would.

[leiftiger]

Zephilinox you putted valobject outside the hook, and the 'ent' object does not exist yet, put it inside the hook.

[Assault_Trooper]

[QUOTE=Jaastin;25893020]@ mdew355
Doesn't work in cl_init @ single player
@ zeph
Doesn't work in lua/autorun/server[/QUOTE]

Just download source dedicated server and install Garry's Mod in it. If you're going to code lua scripts server-side you don't want to do that in shitty single player.

[Zephilinox]

[QUOTE=leiftiger;25893068]Zephilinox you putted valobject outside the hook, and the 'ent' object does not exist yet, put it inside the hook.[/QUOTE]

If I put the variable inside the function, then that variable would only apply to that function, if I take it out the function, I can use that variable anywhere inside the lua file.

At least thats what the tutorials say.

[lorde banana]

Ok, now you all lost me. What the hell should this file look like then?

[leiftiger]

[QUOTE=Zephilinox;25893126]If I put the variable inside the function, then that variable would only apply to that function, if I take it out the function, I can use that variable anywhere inside the lua file.

At least thats what the tutorials say.[/QUOTE]

Put the variable in both functions, the entity object does not exist outside of the hook! You will not be able to get a physics object from it.

This would be the correct example:
[lua]

function REQPhysgunPickup(ply, ent)
local valobject = ent:GetPhysicsObject()
if !valobject:IsValid() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,150)
valobject:EnableCollisions(false)
end

function REQPhysgunDrop(ply, ent)
local valobject = ent:GetPhysicsObject()
if !valobject:IsValid() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,255)
valobject:EnableCollisions(true)
end

hook.Add( "PhysgunPickup", "REQPhysgunPickup", REQPhysgunPickup)
hook.Add( "PhysgunDrop", "REQPhysgunDrop", REQPhysgunDrop)[/lua]

[Zephilinox]

[QUOTE=leiftiger;25893141]Put the variable in both functions, the entity object does not exist outside of the hook! You will not be able to get a physics object from it.

This would be the correct example:
[lua]

function REQPhysgunPickup(ply, ent)
local valobject = ent:GetPhysicsObject()
if !valobject:IsValid() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,150)
valobject:EnableCollisions(false)
end

function REQPhysgunDrop(ply, ent)
local valobject = ent:GetPhysicsObject()
if !valobject:IsValid() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,255)
valobject:EnableCollisions(false)
end

hook.Add( "PhysgunPickup", "REQPhysgunPickup", REQPhysgunPickup)
hook.Add( "PhysgunDrop", "REQPhysgunDrop", REQPhysgunDrop)[/lua][/QUOTE]

defeats the purpose of having the variable, which is to re-use it. But yeah, if its because of the variable, then putting it inside the function would work, try that banana lord/jaastin, in a lua file @ garrysmod/garrysmod/lua/autorun/server

[lorde banana]

My prop is now under the map

lol

[editline]6th November 2010[/editline]

Also, that code has on the drop valobject:EnableCollisions(false), it needs to be true.

[Zephilinox]

[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;25893220]My prop is now under the map

lol

[editline]6th November 2010[/editline]

Also, that code has on the drop valobject:EnableCollisions(false), it needs to be true.[/QUOTE]

I must have mistook it for the first function when I was editting it in the quick reply box, heh :P

[lorde banana]

So is there any way to stop this from letting my props go through worldspawn?

[commander204]

SEt it to Collision GRoup DEbris, and then back to VPhysics

[lorde banana]

I can't tell if somehow that message was code for something, with the random caps and all.

Thanks.

[leiftiger]

You could use COLLISION_GROUP_WORLD, that will make the entity only collide with world
[lua]

function REQPhysgunPickup(ply, ent)
if !ent:IsValid() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,150)
ent.OldColGroup = ent:GetCollisionGroup()
ent:SetCollisionGroup(COLLISION_GROUP_WORLD)
end

function REQPhysgunDrop(ply, ent)
if !ent:IsValid() then return false end
ent:SetColor(255,255,255,255)
if ent.OldColGroup then
ent:SetCollisionGroup(ent.OldColGroup)
end
end

hook.Add( "PhysgunPickup", "REQPhysgunPickup", REQPhysgunPickup)
hook.Add( "PhysgunDrop", "REQPhysgunDrop", REQPhysgunDrop)[/lua]

[lorde banana]

What if I wanted it to collide with windows and stuff too?