Preferred carry angles

[theholygod]

Hi

Is there a way to set preferred carry angles on a model? I know this is possible in hammer using the preferredcarryangles keyvalue, but I'm looking to make something similar to the sawblade in the way it is always held flat.

Thanks

[Fewes]

I think you would find that in the .qc of the sawblade model. Decompile it and see what you can find.

[theholygod]

Already done so, there was nothing i could see.

$modelname "props_junk\sawblade001a.mdl"
$model "Body" "sawblade001a_reference.smd"
$lod 25
{
replacemodel "sawblade001a_reference" "lod1_sawblade001a_reference"
}
$lod 35
{
replacemodel "sawblade001a_reference" "lod2_sawblade001a_reference"
}
$lod 40
{
replacemodel "sawblade001a_reference" "lod3_sawblade001a_reference"
}
$cdmaterials "models\props_junk\"
$hboxset "default"
// Model uses material "phys_objects01a.vmt"
$surfaceprop "metal"
$keyvalues { prop_data { "base" "Metal.Small" } physgun_interactions { "onlaunch" "spin_zaxis" "onfirstimpact" "lose_energy" "onworldimpact" "stick" } }
$illumposition 0.010 0.072 0.000
$sequence idle "idle" fps 30.00
$collisionmodel "phymodel.smd" {

$mass 50.0
$inertia 1.00
$damping 0.00
$rotdamping 0.00
}

[Fewes]

Hmm, that's odd. Feels like that's the only place to specify such a thing unless it's hard coded, which I doubt it is. I'm left clueless.

[theholygod]

[url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:QC_Commands[/url]

Nothing here either

[kfhammond]

If I'm not mistaken, every prop model requires at least one bone. maybe experiment with the orientation of the model relative to that bone.

[cloud_strife]

$keyvalues
{
physgun_interactions
{
"preferred_carryangles" "270 0 0"
}
}

[theholygod]

As far as I know you can't compile a model without at least 1 joint. The orientation of the model wouldn't make a difference as technically it is the joint rotating and the geometry rotating as a result.

There is something somewhere that specifically tells the engine that the model should be set to a specific axis when gravgunned/carried.

[editline]12:27AM[/editline]

Thanks cloud! Will that work for models that are carried by "using" them as well?

[cloud_strife]

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