How to make clientside ragdolls disintegrate?

[Dlaor]

I saw this happen in HL2: DM so I'm sure it's possible in Gmod. I don't want ragdolls staying around, I want them to fade away, or even better, disintegrate (combine ball effect). How would I do this?

[Entoros]

For your first thing, try:

ragdoll:Fire( "FadeAndRemove", "", 0)

I don't know about the combine ball effect, but that would be nice. ([url]http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Prop_ragdoll[/url])

For your second thing, you could just try a manual override with [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=G.engineConsoleCommand]engineConsoleCommand[/url] and check player teams within the function.

[Dlaor]

I fixed the suicide thing with GM:CanPlayerSuicide.

For the ragdoll fade thing, I'll see if that works.

[editline]05:34PM[/editline]

Doesn't work, too bad. Entity.Fire is serverside...

[Entoros]

Why do the ragdolls have to be clientside? Do they need to dissolve for some people but not others?

[CowThing]

Maybe using [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=CTakeDamageInfo.SetDamageType]DamageInfo:SetDamageType()[/url] to set the damage to DMG_DISSOLVE.

[_Kilburn]

[QUOTE=Entoros;19101044]Why do the ragdolls have to be clientside? Do they need to dissolve for some people but not others?[/QUOTE]

Optimization. The server doesn't give a shit about ragdolls, they are here for decorative purposes. Anything which is there for the fancy and cannot interact with anything should be done clientside.

[QUOTE=CowThing;19101084]Maybe using [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=CTakeDamageInfo.SetDamageType]DamageInfo:SetDamageType()[/url] to set the damage to DMG_DISSOLVE.[/QUOTE]

This. It should work.

[andrewmcwatters]

Also, before you find out, if you don't already know, the client-side ragdoll class is, "class C_ClientRagdoll".

Slightly different from your typical "prop_type" format.

[Dlaor]

[QUOTE=CowThing;19101084]Maybe using [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=CTakeDamageInfo.SetDamageType]DamageInfo:SetDamageType()[/url] to set the damage to DMG_DISSOLVE.[/QUOTE]
That worked, thanks!

[editline]09:30PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=andrewmcwatters;19104243]Also, before you find out, if you don't already know, the client-side ragdoll class is, "class C_ClientRagdoll".

Slightly different from your typical "prop_type" format.[/QUOTE]
Is this even relevant or am I missing something?

[andrewmcwatters]

"How to make clientside ragdolls disintegrate?"

"prop_ragdoll" and "class C_ClientRagdoll" aren't the same entity class. Kill a horde of NPCs, and you'll find that out fast.