The SetFriction() function: Please fix!

[KO #1]

So recently I was scrolling around Facepunch to find an option to 'smooth out' a player's movement (i.e sliding along walkable surfaces and things like that).

I thought the first place to start would be setting my player's friction to zero. This lead me to [URL="https://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Entity/SetFriction"]this[/URL] page, explaining that the SetFriction function doesn't do squat. This is something I think should be fixed, unless of course you guys know a better way I can make players slip like butter.

I have seen on the ArcadiaServers TTT server they have a slippery event where players can slip around. Does anyone know how I can recreate something similar to this?

Thanks in advance.

[Rubat]

It can be controlled with serverside console variables, such as sv_friction.

[KO #1]

Thanks Robotboy, this solves my specific problem, but just out of curiousity, how can I target specific players with this?

[Rubat]

You can't.

[KO #1]

;(

[c👌de_g🎷]

I would make a GitHub issue if there isn't one already.

[KO #1]

After looking around Facepunch for a bit I found [URL="https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1277340"]this[/URL] thread and was brought to the GM:Move() hook, does anyone know how I might override this to remove my player's friction while still keeping basic gravity and stuff like that?

[NeatNit]

[QUOTE=KO #1;51965686]After looking around Facepunch for a bit I found [URL="https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1277340"]this[/URL] thread and was brought to the GM:Move() hook, does anyone know how I might override this to remove my player's friction while still keeping basic gravity and stuff like that?[/QUOTE]
I just read a bit into this, it seems pretty difficult but definitely possible. Use SetupMove, not Move.

[KO #1]

I've played around a bit now with the movement hook, specifically trying to set the player's physobject material to "gmod_ice" which seemed to have no effect. It's really bugging me that this isn't a thing. Is there any place I could find out how the sv_friction command works? All I'm trying to do is execute this command only on certain players, but the difficulty is in the fact that it is a server side variable.

[rtm516]

[QUOTE=KO #1;51966564]I've played around a bit now with the movement hook, specifically trying to set the player's physobject material to "gmod_ice" which seemed to have no effect. It's really bugging me that this isn't a thing. Is there any place I could find out how the sv_friction command works? All I'm trying to do is execute this command only on certain players, but the difficulty is in the fact that it is a server side variable.[/QUOTE]

If you get a solution please let me know, I'm interested on how you do it. Thanks.

[SFAriel]

I didn't realise this thread was still here. I will copy my reply from the Problems That Don't Need a Thread:

[QUOTE=SFArial;51968702]You can't by default. What you could do is port the hl2dm movement code from the SDK to lua.

[editline]16th March 2017[/editline]

Adding onto that, here's the relevant code in the SDK:
[URL="https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/blob/master/mp/src/game/shared/gamemovement.cpp#L2025"]https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/blob/master/mp/src/game/shared/gamemovement.cpp#L2025[/URL][/QUOTE]

This is the only way, hands down. Use the various Move hooks to override player movement using parts of, or the whole of the movement code from the SDK.