[ShufflexDD]

Hi guys, I'm wondering how should I display custom materials to the players. The thing is if player has "Don't download any files" checked, server still tries to display a model; and at the end, game just crashes without any messages.

Thanks.

[ShufflexDD]

and I'm not quite get what PrecacheModel does; even though I didn't use models, but I saw a lot of implements of this function with sounds and materials which works perfectly even without calling this function...

[friagram]

You have to precache stuff or the server will crash when the resource is called if it is not available.. Unless it is a sound, then it will just not play.

[ShufflexDD]

Originally Posted by friagram You have to precache stuff or the server will crash when the resource is called if it is not available.. Unless it is a sound, then it will just not play.

So, if I know the file on the server is available(exist, not locked or used) this command is useless. Am I right?

If so, is there a command to do the same but for player? I mean to prevent game crashes if player do not have particular files...

[friagram]

Always precache files you use.. Precaching something that is already loaded does nothing.
Precaching a file causes the server to load it, and adds it to the stringtables, so all clients will load it as well (providing they have it)