Making an entity no collide with players?

[Lordbleck]

Trying to make the gms_buildsite entity from Garry's Mod Stranded no collide with players but not the world.

I found this:
[url]http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wiki/wiki.garrysmod.com/index8483.html[/url]

Can someone elaborate a bit more one what I need to do to set this up?
I've never actually tried creating my own code, only edited what was already there.

[tyguy]

ent1 = ent to nocollide
ent2 = with this

[Lordbleck]

[QUOTE=tyguy;40790854]ent1 = ent to nocollide
ent2 = with this[/QUOTE]

Put

local function ShouldCollideTestHook( gms_buildsite, ent2 )
 
	if ( ent1:IsPlayer() and ent2:IsPlayer() ) then
		return false //Returning false stops the entities from colliding
	end 
	-- DO NOT RETURN FALSE HERE OR YOU WILL FORCE EVERY OTHER ENTITY NOT TO COLLIDE
end
hook.Add( "ShouldCollide", "ShouldCollideTestHook", ShouldCollideTestHook )

In both the gms_buildsite lua and shared.lua. Still didn't work.

Edit: I have to go to work for the next 9 hours, I'll check back then.

[tyguy]

is gms_buildsite the class of the entity? then make ent1 and ent2 the arguments and use ent1:GetClass()

[Lordbleck]

Here's gms_buildsite.lua

AddCSLuaFile()

ENT.Type = "anim"
ENT.Base = "gms_base_entity"
ENT.PrintName = "Buildsite"
ENT.Purpose = "To build."
ENT.Instructions = "Press use to add resources."

ENT.Model = ""
ENT.Color = Color( 90, 167, 243, 255 )

if ( CLIENT ) then return end

function ENT:OnInitialize()
	self:DropToFloor()
	self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_NONE )
 	self:SetMaterial( "models/wireframe" )
 	self.LastUsed = CurTime()
end

function ENT:AddResource( res, int )
	self.Costs[ res ] = self.Costs[ res ] - int
	if (self.Costs[ res ] <= 0) then self.Costs[ res ] = nil end

	local str = ":"
	for k, v in pairs( self.Costs ) do
		str = str .. " " .. string.Replace( k, "_", " " ) .. " ( " .. v .. "x )"
	end
	self:SetNetworkedString( "Resources", str )
end

function ENT:Setup( model, class )
    self:SetModel( model )
    self.ResultClass = class

	self:PhysicsInit( SOLID_VPHYSICS )
	self:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS )
	self:SetSolid( SOLID_VPHYSICS )

	local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
	if ( phys != NULL && phys ) then phys:EnableMotion( false ) end
end

function ENT:Finish()
	if ( self.ResultClass ) then
		local ent = ents.Create( self.ResultClass )
		if ( self.NormalProp == true ) then ent.NormalProp = true end
		ent:SetPos( self:GetPos() )
		ent:SetAngles( self:GetAngles() )
		ent:SetModel( self:GetModel() )
		ent.Player = self.Player
		ent:SetNWString( "Name", self.Name )
		ent:Spawn()

		local owner = ent.Player
		if ( !IsValid( owner ) ) then owner = ent.Table end
		SPropProtection.PlayerMakePropOwner( owner, ent )

		ent:Fadein()
	end

	if ( IsValid( self ) ) then
		if ( IsValid( self.Player ) ) then self.Player.HasBuildingSite = false end
		self:Remove()
	end
end

function ENT:OnUse( ply )
	if ( CurTime() - self.LastUsed < 0.5 ) then return end
	self.LastUsed = CurTime()

	if ( self.Costs ) then
		for k, v in pairs( self.Costs ) do
			if ( ply:GetResource( k ) >= 0 ) then
				if ( ply:GetResource( k ) < v ) then
					self:AddResource( k, ply:GetResource( k ) )
					ply:DecResource( k, ply:GetResource( k ) )
				else
					self:AddResource( k, v )
					ply:DecResource( k, v )
				end
			end
		end

		if ( table.Count( self.Costs ) > 0 ) then
			local str = "You need:"
			for k, v in pairs( self.Costs ) do
				str = str .. " " .. string.Replace( k, "_", " " ) .. " ( " .. v .. "x )"
			end
			str = str .. " to finish."
			ply:SendMessage( str, 5, Color( 255, 255, 255, 255 ) )
		else
			self:Finish()
			ply:SendMessage( "Finished!", 3, Color( 10, 200, 10, 255 ) )
		end
	else
		self:Finish()
		ply:SendMessage( "Finished!", 3, Color( 10, 200, 10, 255 ) )
	end
end

[Kogitsune]

[lua]self:SetCollisionGroup( COLLISION_GROUP_WEAPON )[/lua]

This makes it solid to everything except players.

[Lordbleck]

[QUOTE=Kogitsune;40797312][lua]self:SetCollisionGroup( COLLISION_GROUP_WEAPON )[/lua]

This makes it solid to everything except players.[/QUOTE]

Worked.

Someone else had me try a couple other methods that did collide them to me, but it then ignored me pressing E on the entity so I couldn't actually construct it. This no collided it to me, AND let me press E on it.

Thanks.