Smart Constraint by Spacetech


This tool is like an updated version of smart-welder. One of the key features is that it constraints by time. It will weld every 0.1 seconds which reduces strain on the server. With smart welder it will constraint everything instantly which can cause crashes. It has the same basic features (select by radius, weld, nocollide, unfreeze when it's done) but more. You can now Shift+Left Click to smart select, it selects all of the entities connected to the prop you clicked. When you E+Left Click, it selects by radius. The new thing with select by radius is that it only selects props that belong to you. When you Right click it will tell you when it starts. It will then begin to weld and/or nocollide over time at 0.1 second intervals. Once it's done it will notify you and it will deselect your props.

This also saves the color of the prop on select/deselect

How to Use: Select Smart Constraint tool. Spawn props. Left click the props or E+Left Click/Shift+Left Click. Right click. The props will be welded and/or nocollided and/or unfrozen.

Installation: Extract the Smart_Constraint folder to your garrysmod/addons directory

Options for server admins: Open up smart_constraint.lua and edit the line: TOOL.TimeBetweenConstraints = 0.1. (It's in seconds)

Options for clients:

• Auto Select Radius
• Weld Checkbox
• Nocollide Checkbox
• Freeze Checkbox
• Unfreeze Checkbox

Change Log:

• 1.2.2: Fixed Random Timer Error
• 1.2.1: Dam notepad++
• 1.2:
  The tool is now under: Constraints
  Removed a little useless part
  Can now freeze all props before starting
  It now tells you how many welds/nocollides were placed.
• 1.1: Fixed an error with Shift+Left Click
• 1.0: First release

Credits

• Dunk - His smart welder gave me great ideas
• Conna - I figured out how to use g_SBoxObjects
• Tad2020 - Used a function of his for the base of Shift+LeftClick

Thanks! been looking for something like this :)

Good thinking.

Really nice, idea! I was hoping that someone would improve some of the good scripts we have.

Good job

When I saw this, the first thing that came to mind was "oh sweet, a Smart Welder for welds, and other constraints like Ball Sockets too", oh well I can dream.

I do like the concept though, I've had problems myself where smart welder has crashed my game, its kinda like the older versions of advanced duplicator that would duplicate all at once, now it assembles it piece by piece, this is like the thing same only with welds!


Looks like a very cool mod and I'll definitely try it if I ever get Gmod working again (Stupid update).

That's the exact reason why I made this. :)

Great work, this means even less server crashes! :D

Thank you! I love it, I really wanted an updated version of smart wield and now i have it!

Nice, add it to my server

I haven't downloaded it yet, but there is a problem with smart weld. When it unselects your props it resets the colour to 0 0 0 0 so you have to redo your colour, how ever, when you use no-collide multi, it saves the colour in a variable and changes it back when its finished. I don't know lua, so could you possibly add this feature?

Lua King? More like Lua God! Awesome work.

It's already included :) (I'll edit first post telling people that)

I've got a NoCollide tool like this (could do welds if one line is changed). I never released it cause it crashes gmod with "too many non-networked entities".

Is this client side? If so... you would need a LUA God

You can't weld/nocollide client side so no, but if the server has this stool then you will have it when your playing.

o wow you are very smart person. you have my download.

Looks good downloading now

Hm actuely you could create a clientside welde system, that just takes control over the player, and works kinda like a makro, but that that is slow, mostly useless and simply stupid way of doing it.

Oh, Spacetech could you add the option, Nocolide to everything else selcted

Awesome (if it works :))

Competition! Spacetech and I agreed that we should do seperate tools and have some friendly competition, so I'm releasing a new version of smart welder soon.
Edit:
It's up.

It appears that this doesn't duplicate.

I think that's impossible. It just welds and nocollides using the default functions. (constraint.Weld(), constraint.Nocollide())

Hmmm... Smart welder saved though.

I noticed that you put this in Construction and not Constraints, not that big of a deal i can change it but for the people who don't know how you should change it whenever you update this again and thanks for the great tool it is much better than smart welder cause of the all at once thing lol

Just updated to version 1.2 with your suggestion. Theirs now also an option to freeze the selected props before constrainting and it will tell you how many welds/nocollides were made once it finishes. )

Me too

It is really nice :)

I did find a bug when you weld some props together with "Nocllide" on then undo it the props still have the "Nocllide" is there a way to have is save it or something so when it is undone it is how it was before you weld it?

Well I don't think so. I would just not smart constraint it if you just wanna nocollide, then undo it.

I love it, I crashed tomato's server twice now because I welded my stuff and everyone building behind me, then I just stopped using smart weld.

This could be a bit better than the smart welder but I still use the smart welder because this only welds the props randomly.

Add an option to weld the props to the nearest neighbours and I would start using this.

This doesn't weld props randomly It does what you say it didn't do.

Hmmm. What name where you using?

Anyway, I remember that smart welder would duplicate.

So your saying the weld's/ nocollides don't duplicate?

I have NoCollide Multi, but when I do too many things at once it crashes. So I used your stool with NoCollide checked and Weld unchecked, but a couple props didn't get no collided...

What did you have Max Welds/Nocollides set to?

Default settings. I believe it's 3?
Oh, I just noticed there is a new version, downloading...

3 means that each prop will be nocollided to it's 3 closest neighbors. Try making the setting more depending on how many props your are constrainting.

All your scripts rock :)

I believe he is talking about my servers, tomatosoup.