Setting a material or color to a Entity:PhysicsInitSphere()

[schme16]

Is this possible to do? if so, could anyone give me a quick sample on how; any help greatly appreciated!

[*Fish*]

You mean something like this?
[lua]
function ENT:Initialize()
local d=20 //Diameter
local r=d/2 //Radius
self.Entity:SetModel("models/BarneyHelmet_faceplate.mdl")
self.Entity:SetMaterial("Models/effects/splodearc_sheet")
self.Entity:SetColor(255, 0, 0, 255)
self.Entity:PhysicsInitSphere(r)
self.Entity:SetCollisionBounds(Vector(-r,-r,-r),Vector(r,r,r))
end
// UnTested
[/lua]

[schme16]

Didn't seem to work, it created a physicsinitsphere but the prop was missing and the material wasn't added

[theJ89]

Uh, you do realize the Physics model is invisible, right? You'll need to set the world model of your entity to a sphere .mdl (I suggest the helibomb model), apply the material, color, and then scale it appropriately so it matches the radius of PhysicsInitSphere() you created for it.

[DarKSunrise]

This should be what theJ89 meant.

[url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.SetModel]Entity.SetModel[/url]
[url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.SetModelScale]Entity.SetModelScale[/url]
[url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.SetMaterial]Entity.SetMaterial[/url]
[url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.SetColor]Entity.SetColor[/url]

On serverside:
[lua]
function ENT:Initialize()
local s = 10; -- this is the scale

self.Entity:SetModel("models/combine_helicopter/helicopter_bomb01.mdl") -- we're using the helibomb as it's almost a perfect sphere
self.Entity:SetMaterial("Models/effects/splodearc_sheet") -- you should change this to the material
local d = self.Entity:BoundingRadius() * 2 * s; -- diameter of the sphere
self.Entity:SetColor(255, 0, 0, 255); -- this should be the color
self.Entity:PhysicsInitSphere(d / 2); -- initialize the physics as a sphere
self.Entity:SetCollisionBounds(Vector(-d / 2, -d / 2, -d / 2),Vector(d / 2, d / 2, d / 2)); -- set up the collision bounds
end
[/lua]

On clientside:
[lua]
ENT:Think()
local s = 10; -- this is the scale again - it should be same as on the server

ply:SetModelScale(Vector(s, s, s) -- It wasn't setting properly for me, unless called in the Think-function
end
[/lua]

Yes, it has whitespacing -- click 'view plain' to see it properly. Note that the code is untested.