Learning about ragdolls question.

Garry's Mod modelling
#1

Hey, so I decided to learn how to make at ragdolls. I started off by just simple stuff. So I decided to join like 2 wood planks.
When I spawn it in game, it spawns as 2 seperate parts.
Here is the pictures:

That’s in model viewer showing bones.

And in game:

Here is QC file, I know something is wrong there, but I have NO IDEA what.


$modelname als/SHIT.mdl
$scale 1.0
$body "Body" shit.smd
$sequence idle "idle" fps 30 ACT_IDLE 1
$illumposition 0 0 0
$surfaceprop "wood"
$cdmaterials "als/"
$collisionjoints "shit_col.smd" {

    $mass 5.0
    $inertia 1.00
    $damping 0.01
    $rotdamping 5.45
    $rootbone "1"
    $jointrotdamping "box02" 0.00

    $jointmassbias "box01" 0.00
    $jointinertia "box01" 3.80
    $jointdamping "box01" 0.30
}
$sequence ragdoll         "idle"         FPS 30         activity ACT_DIERAGDOLL 1
#2

I think you didn’t generate and included the join constraints

#3

How do I do that? Mind explaining?

#4

It’s where you set the max and min rotations for each bone using the model viewer. After that, you’ll click generate qc and just paste it on your qc

#5

The issue here is that you have 2 non-physical bones in between your 2 physical parts.

What I mean is that, in a model/ragdoll, a bone can be used for animation, but may or may not have a physical part attached to it in the physics model. For the model to stay together, you can’t have any non-physical bones separating the link between the physical ones. Or else they won’t get simulated as such.

As far as I can tell in that model viewer shot, you have a bone inside each piece of wood, which have the physical portions affiliated to them. As well as 2 bones in the middle to create the hinge. You don’t need the 2 bones inside the pieces of wood, they’re useless.

Attach the physics parts to the bones that are actually going to be rotating, which are the 2 bones in the middle.

Or you could also use a $bonemerge in the .qc to fuse the bones. And achieve the same effect. But, It’d be better for you to do it right from the start.