AlliedModders - [Solved] [TF2] prop_ragdoll keeps crashing my game even with a model set.

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[TF2] prop_ragdoll keeps crashing my game even with a model set.

FIXED: The crash was because TeleportEntity was being called before DispatchSpawn and ActivateEntity.

If I spawn a prop_ragdoll using the console:
ent_create prop_ragdoll model "models/player/spy.mdl"
...the game won't crash and the ragdoll is spawned.
However, if I do it in Sourcemod, even ensuring it's model is set... it crashes.

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    float pos[3];

    float ang[3];

    GetClientAbsOrigin(client, pos);

    GetClientAbsAngles(client, ang);

    

    char clientModel[64];

    GetClientModel(client, clientModel, sizeof(clientModel));

    //char add_output_model[32];

    //Format(add_output_model, sizeof(add_output_model), "model %s", clientModel);

    

    //if (!IsModelPrecached(clientModel))

    //{ PrecacheModel(clientModel); }

    //PrintToChatAll(clientModel);

    

    int rag = CreateEntityByName("physics_prop_ragdoll");

    if(rag < 1)

    { return; }

    AcceptEntityInput(ragdoll, "kill");

    

    //SetEntProp(rag, Prop_Send, "m_nModelIndex", GetEntProp(client, Prop_Send, "m_nModelIndex"))

    //DispatchKeyValue(rag, "model", clientModel);

    //SetVariantString(add_output_model);

    //AcceptEntityInput(rag, "AddOutput");

    SetEntityModel(rag, clientModel);

    TeleportEntity(rag, pos, ang, NULL_VECTOR);

    

    char value[32];

    IntToString(GetEntProp(client, Prop_Send, "m_nSkin"), value, sizeof(value));

    DispatchKeyValue(rag, "skin", value);

    

    IntToString(GetEntProp(client, Prop_Send, "m_nBody"), value, sizeof(value));

    DispatchKeyValue(rag, "body", value);

    

    IntToString(4 & 8192, value, sizeof(value));

    DispatchKeyValue(rag, "spawnflags", value);

    

    DispatchSpawn(rag);

    ActivateEntity(rag);

    

    SetEdictFlags(rag, FL_EDICT_DONTSEND);

    

    SetVariantString("OnUser1 !self:Kill::15.0:1");

    AcceptEntityInput(rag, "AddOutput");

    AcceptEntityInput(rag, "FireUser1");

Spawning a prop_dynamic instead of the ragdoll revealed that the model should be set properly.
As I cannot even debug if my game crashes straightaway after the problem, plus seeing how a plugin that spawned prop_ragdolls worked in another game, (and following that plugin's code still crashes in TF2) I have no idea what to do next.

Why do I want server-sided ragdolls? Well, it was just a little experiment I wanted to conduct.

Re: [TF2] prop_ragdoll keeps crashing my game even with a model set.

For TF2, use the entity tf_ragdoll.

Re: [TF2] prop_ragdoll keeps crashing my game even with a model set.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nanochip (Post 2669197)

For TF2, use the entity tf_ragdoll.

I already knew that, I was just experimenting with a rather-pretty-useless feature of forcing server-sided ragdolls. :P

Dangit, I should've made it more clear. I always manage to forget about info, info, and more info.

Re: [TF2] prop_ragdoll keeps crashing my game even with a model set.

Have you tried not creating a "physics_prop_ragdoll" instead use the entity you are using with this command (ent_create prop_ragdoll model "models/player/spy.mdl")

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int rag = CreateEntityByName("prop_ragdoll");

Also dunno if you intended to not transmit the entity you may wanna remove that line.

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SetEdictFlags(rag, FL_EDICT_DONTSEND);

Re: [TF2] prop_ragdoll keeps crashing my game even with a model set.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lux (Post 2669906)

Have you tried not creating a "physics_prop_ragdoll" instead use the entity you are using with this command (ent_create prop_ragdoll model "models/player/spy.mdl")

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int rag = CreateEntityByName("prop_ragdoll");

Also dunno if you intended to not transmit the entity you may wanna remove that line.

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SetEdictFlags(rag, FL_EDICT_DONTSEND);

I actually took those from your code :P
I initially went with prop_ragdoll and didn't include that SetEdictFlags in my code, but they didn't work. Fast-forward to using those bits of code, and it still hasn't solved the problem.

Re: [TF2] prop_ragdoll keeps crashing my game even with a model set.

Well, after the passing of the dreaded 2020, I finally found out why prop_ragdoll was crashing my game.

It was because TeleportEntity was being called before DispatchSpawn and ActivateEntity.

So, uh... do yourselves a good favor and remember how to avoid this crash the next time you want to use prop_ragdoll. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯