[LilRobot]

pennerlord posted:

A real explosion or just the explosion effect?

a real one, the effect i can make myself.

[Kogitsune]

You'd want to do something like:

for k, v in pairs( ents.FindInSphere( hitpos, radius ) ) do
  info = DamageInfo( )
    info:SetDamageType( DMG_BLAST | DMG_DISSOLVE )
    info:SetDamage( 15 )
    info:SetAttacker( pl )
    info:SetInflictor( pl:GetActiveWeapon( ) )
    info:SetDamagePos( hitpos )
    info:SetDamageForce( ( v:GetPos( ) - hitpos ):GetNormal( ) * force )
  v:TakeDamageInfo( info )
end

[pennerlord]

Another way:

local explosion = ents.Create("env_explosion")
explosion:SetPos(pos)
explosion:SetKeyValue("iMagnitude", 100) -- damage
explosion:SetKeyValue("iRadiusOverride", 250) -- radius
explosion:Spawn()
explosion:Fire("explode", "", 0)

[Kogitsune]

That doesn't dissolve stuff.

[LilRobot]

as for an explosion effect, i'm taking a wild guess that this modifier should work it

local effectsplode = EffectData()
	effectsplode:SetOrigin(tr.HitPos)
	effectsplode:SetStart(tr.HitPos())
	effectsplode:SetEntity(self)
	util.Effect("UNKNOWN", effectdata)

"UNKNOWN" is there because i'm not sure of the explosion effects. do they use particle systems?


the only thing i really need right now though is a fix for my holdtype
i'm pretty sure i entered it in right..

SWEP.HoldType			= "SMG";

[Johnny Guitar]

Can't get any derma elements to scroll along with my scrollbar.

[Drakehawke]

Johnny Guitar posted:

Can't get any derma elements to scroll along with my scrollbar.

Post code?

[Rory]

I need an LUA script that will make names different colors. I'd like each level of admin etc to have their name in a separate color.

This is for the sandbox game mode.

[Johnny Guitar]

Whats up with silkicons in the gmod13 update

[ralle105]

Rory posted:

I need an LUA script that will make names different colors. I'd like each level of admin etc to have their name in a separate color.

This is for the sandbox game mode.

This isn't a request thread, go the to the requests section.

[pennerlord]

LilRobot posted:

as for an explosion effect, i'm taking a wild guess that this modifier should work it

local effectsplode = EffectData()
	effectsplode:SetOrigin(tr.HitPos)
	effectsplode:SetStart(tr.HitPos())
	effectsplode:SetEntity(self)
	util.Effect("UNKNOWN", effectdata)

"UNKNOWN" is there because i'm not sure of the explosion effects. do they use particle systems

util.Effect("Explosion", effectdata)

[Gran PC]

Johnny Guitar posted:

Whats up with silkicons in the gmod13 update

They got renamed to .png ones.

[Johnny Guitar]

Gran PC posted:

They got renamed to .png ones.

This is what I am using

PropertySheet:AddSheet( "Intro", SheetItemIntro, "gui/silkicons/heart.png", false, false, "Information about the store!" )

Should this not be correct?

[pennerlord]

Johnny Guitar posted:

This is what I am using





Should this not be correct?

"root\garrysmodbeta\materials\icon16\heart.png "

[Johnny Guitar]

pennerlord posted:

"root\garrysmodbeta\materials\icon16\heart.png "

Thank you.

[Krizzu]

Any snippet to get ID of player who is firing with specifically weapon?

[ArmageddonScr]

I'm trying to get an entity to aim at a direction, but instead of it being instant it turn at a set rate
What I have works fine except at a certain angle the entity does a full rotation in the other direction.

if IsValid(mdl) then
	mdl:Remove()
end
mdl=ents.Create("prop_physics")
mdl:SetModel("models/props_combine/headcrabcannister01a.mdl")
mdl:SetAngles(Angle(0,180,0))


timer.Create("wdf",0.0000001,0,function()
	local owner=player.GetByID(1)
	if !IsValid(mdl) then return end
	if !IsValid(owner) then return end
	
	local ang=mdl:GetAngles()
	local targetangle=owner:EyeAngles()
	local speed=250*FrameTime()

	ang.y=math.Approach(ang.y,targetangle.y,speed)
	ang.p=math.Approach(ang.p,targetangle.p,speed)
	ang.r=0
	
	mdl:SetAngles(ang)

end)

What's the proper way to do this?

[fishcake]

I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I'll give it a go anyway.

I have a hook on the context menu mouse click, and I'm trying to get the point in the world where the mouse is being clicked as a map coordinate on the server. Does anyone know if this is possible and how I might go about doing it?

[ralle105]

util.PlayerTrace(LocalPlayer(),gui.ScreenToVector(gui.MousePos())).HitPos

[fishcake]

Wouldn't that only work client side? I need the server to know where that position would be so I can create an entity.

[Banana Lord.]

objPl:GetEyeTrace( ).HitPos ?

well that would only work if you make the player's eyes follow the mouse, never mind

[fishcake]

I had tried that but yea, the server only gets the position from the centre of the screen, rather than the mouse.

[ralle105]

The server doesn't know the mouse position so you might as well do what I posted and then send the result to the server.

[fishcake]

Alrighty, well, I guess I should ask this too.

What would be the best way to send data to the server from a client?

[Drakehawke]

fishcake posted:

Alrighty, well, I guess I should ask this too.

What would be the best way to send data to the server from a client?

http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wik...=User_Messages

http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wik...le=ConCommands

[Banana Lord.]

Drakehawke posted:

http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wik...=User_Messages

he meant client -> server, he just worded it weird

[fishcake]

Drakehawke posted:

http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wik...=User_Messages

http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wik...le=ConCommands

Sweet, I shall take a look at doing it with concommands this evening. Thanks for your help guys.

[ollie]

fishcake posted:

Sweet, I shall take a look at doing it with concommands this evening. Thanks for your help guys.

Instead of using console commands you should use datastream.
http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wik...tle=Datastream

[fishcake]

Isn't that being removed in the Garry's Mod 13 update? I'd rather use code that will be usable when that update goes live, unless concommand stuff is changing too?

[Banana Lord.]

ollie posted:

Instead of using console commands you should use datastream.
http://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wik...tle=Datastream

no offense, do you know what you're talking about

[ollie]

Banana Lord. posted:

no offense, do you know what you're talking about

I would like to see you transfer lets say.. a table with consolecommands.

[ralle105]

He isn't sending a table. You should never send a table.

[ollie]

ralle105 posted:

He isn't sending a table. You should never send a table.

What would be the best way to transfer a table from client to server?

[pennerlord]

ollie posted:

I would like to see you transfer lets say.. a table with consolecommands.

Table -> Glon encode -> concommand -> Glon decode -> Table

[ollie]

-snip-

[ralle105]

pennerlord posted:

Table -> Glon encode -> concommand -> Glon decode -> Table

That's exactly whata datastream does.

[ollie]

ralle105 posted:

That's exactly whata datastream does.

So why do everyone think that datastream is shit?

[ralle105]

ollie posted:

What would be the best way to transfer a table from client to server?

My point is that if you know what you're doing you should never have to send a table. But you don't really know what you're doing, do you?

Edited:

ollie posted:

So why do everyone think that datastream is shit?

Because sending a table, with datastream or without, creates a (potentially) large amount of unnecessary data being sent.

[BoInker]

Hey dudes, I'm trying to make a SWEP flashlight but I'm hung up on trying to figure out how to actually draw the light. Is it possible to draw a clientside light who's position is an attachment on a viewmodel? I'm pretty sure it's possible, but I can't find the right hooks to use. The method I've tried is:

local dynamicLight = DynamicLight

if (dynamicLight) then
dynamicLight.Brightness = 3;
dynamicLight.DieTime = CurTime() + 0.1;
dynamicLight.Decay = 384;
dynamicLight.Size = 384;
dynamicLight.Pos = self.Owner:GetAimVector(); -- replace me w/ model attachment stuff
dynamicLight.r = 255;
dynamicLight.g = 255;
dynamicLight.b = 255;

In shared.lua under SWEP:Think(). But of course this didn't work and I suck. Any ideas?

[ArmageddonScr]

The DynamicLight function is clientside only and afaik some swep functions don't get called clientside on singleplayer.