[HOW] Freezing a prop?

[trotski94]

Dont know if this is the right place but i cant find a more appropriate place to post it.
Ive made a function that spawns props for a gamemode im working on, probleme is i want them spawned frozen, and i cannot get it to do that
so far i have:

function SpawnProp(pos, angle, model, material, colour)
	local ent1 = ents.Create("prop_physics")
	print("Prop spawned with model: " .. model)
	ent1:SetAngles(angle)
	ent1:SetModel(model)
	ent1:SetPos( pos )
	ent1:SetColor(colour)
	ent1:Spawn()
	local l = ent1:GetPhysicsObject()
	l:EnableMotion(false)
	l:Sleep()
end

Can anyone spot any errors ive made? Obviously last 3 lines of the function are what's meant to be freezing them

(Also, im using it in gmod 13... if that makes a difference?)

[editline]19th August 2012[/editline]

nobody can help?
:c

[brandonj4]

[QUOTE=trotski94;37317121]Dont know if this is the right place but i cant find a more appropriate place to post it.
Ive made a function that spawns props for a gamemode im working on, probleme is i want them spawned frozen, and i cannot get it to do that
so far i have:

function SpawnProp(pos, angle, model, material, colour)
	local ent1 = ents.Create("prop_physics")
	print("Prop spawned with model: " .. model)
	ent1:SetAngles(angle)
	ent1:SetModel(model)
	ent1:SetPos( pos )
	ent1:SetColor(colour)
	ent1:Spawn()
	local l = ent1:GetPhysicsObject()
	l:EnableMotion(false)
	l:Sleep()
end

Can anyone spot any errors ive made? Obviously last 3 lines of the function are what's meant to be freezing them

(Also, im using it in gmod 13... if that makes a difference?)

[editline]19th August 2012[/editline]

nobody can help?
:c[/QUOTE]

This worked for me in GM12:
[lua]
function SpawnProp(pos, angle, model)
local ent1 = ents.Create("prop_physics")
ent1:SetAngles(angle)
ent1:SetModel(model)
ent1:SetPos( pos )
ent1:Spawn()
local l = ent1:GetPhysicsObject()
if l and l:IsValid() then
l:EnableMotion(false)
print("Disabled motion")
end
if not ent1:IsValid() then return end
print("Prop spawned with model: " .. model)
end
[/lua]

[trotski94]

That hasnt frozen it either... posted it as a bug in the gmod 13 forum.

[zzaacckk]

Set the movetype to MOVETYPE_NONE.

Sleeping the physics of the entity will stop it from moving until it is woken up, which can be initiated by a few events- one example is with the physgun.

[trotski94]

[QUOTE=zzaacckk;37328147]Set the movetype to MOVETYPE_NONE.

Sleeping the physics of the entity will stop it from moving until it is woken up, which can be initiated by a few events- one example is with the physgun.[/QUOTE]
tried that also... im starting to think it may just be gmod 13 itself.

[editline]20th August 2012[/editline]

So far i have this:

function SpawnProp(pos, angle, model, material, colour)
	local ent1 = ents.Create("prop_physics")
	ent1:SetAngles(angle)
	ent1:SetModel(model)
	ent1:SetPos( pos )
	ent1:SetColor(colour)
	ent:SetMoveType(MOVETYPE_NONE)
	ent1:Spawn()
	local l = prop:GetPhysicsObject()
    if l and l:IsValid() then
        l:EnableMotion(false)
        print("Disabled motion")
    end
    if not ent1:IsValid() then return end
	print("Prop spawned with model: " .. model)
end

Still nothing...

EDIT: although it doesnt print 'Disabled motion' either, error with GetPhysicsObject?

[~Razor~]

Before putting an entity to sleep I always do this:

:SetVelocity( Vector(0, 0, 0) );

Might be of some use to you?

[my_hat_stinks]

[QUOTE=trotski94;37331239]

	local l = prop:GetPhysicsObject()

[/QUOTE]

You don't have an entity "prop", that should be ent1 like you had in the previous code

You're also doing SetMoveType to ent, not ent1

[zzaacckk]

You did set the movetype of variable 'ent', which isn't declared within that scope.

Try ent1 instead.

[trotski94]

i know its abit later, but now i have this:

function SpawnProp(pos, angle, model, material, colour)
	local ent1 = ents.Create("prop_physics")
	ent1:SetAngles(angle)
	ent1:SetModel(model)
	ent1:SetPos( pos )
	ent1:SetColor(colour)
	ent1:SetMoveType(MOVETYPE_NONE)
	ent1:Spawn()
	ent1:GetPhysicsObject():EnableMotion(false)
	ent1:SetVelocity( Vector(0, 0, 0) );
	local l = ent1:GetPhysicsObject()
    if l:IsValid() then
        l:EnableMotion(false)
		l:sleep()
        print("Disabled motion")
    end
    if not ent1:IsValid() then return end
	print("Prop spawned with model: " .. model)
end

This still doesnt freeze the props...