[almcaeobtac]

Does anyone have a script for creating a simple rope entity?

[übersoldat]

in hammer, the entity is called move_rope and is paired with a keyframe_rope. setting the move ropes next key frame to the keyframe rope. for this you would need to name both. you might want to add slack as well, the default is 25, but you can adjust it.

[almcaeobtac]

I did that, It didn't work.

[FaTony]

Try editing netprops. For example spawning env_beam was a huge pain in ass.

[almcaeobtac]

Does anyone have a script that successfully spawns a rope?

[asherkin]

Originally Posted by almcaeobtac I did that, It didn't work.

Originally Posted by almcaeobtac Does anyone have a script that successfully spawns a rope?

Show us the code you wrote.

[almcaeobtac]

Ok

public CreateWire(Part1, Part2)
{
	decl Float:Org1[3];
	decl Float:Org2[3];
	decl String:Origin1[128];
	decl String:Origin2[128];

	GetEntPropVector(Part1, Prop_Data, "m_vecOrigin", Org1);
	GetEntPropVector(Part2, Prop_Data, "m_vecOrigin", Org2);

	Format(Origin1, 128, "%f %f %f", Org1[0], Org1[1], Org1[2]);
	Format(Origin2, 128, "%f %f %f", Org2[0], Org2[1], Org2[2]);

	new Rope1 = CreateEntityByName("move_rope");
	new Rope2 = CreateEntityByName("keyframe_rope");

	decl String:Name1[64];
	decl String:Name2[64];
	decl String:PartName1[64];
	decl String:PartName2[64];

	Format(Name1, 64, "compwire_%d", Rope1);
	Format(Name2, 64, "compwire_%d", Rope2);
	Format(PartName1, 64, "comppart_%d", Part1);
	Format(PartName2, 64, "comppart_%d", Part2);

	DispatchKeyValue(Part1, "targetname", PartName1);
	DispatchKeyValue(Part2, "targetname", PartName2);

	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "MoveSpeed", "64");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "Slack", "25");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "Subdiv", "2");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "Width", "1");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "TextureScale", "1");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "RopeMaterial", "cable/cable.vmt");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "PositionInterpolator", "2");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "targetname", Name1);
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "NextKey", Name2);
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope1, "origin", Origin1);
	
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope2, "MoveSpeed", "64");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope2, "Slack", "25");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope2, "Subdiv", "2");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope2, "Width", "1");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope2, "TextureScale", "1");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope2, "RopeMaterial", "cable/cable.vmt");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope2, "PositionInterpolator", "2");
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope2, "targetname", Name2);
	DispatchKeyValue(Rope2, "origin", Origin2);

	DispatchSpawn(Rope1);
	DispatchSpawn(Rope2);

	//SetVariantString(PartName1);
	//AcceptEntityInput(Rope1, "SetParent");

	//SetVariantString(PartName2);
	//AcceptEntityInput(Rope2, "SetParent");

	WireEntity[1][Part1][Part2] = Rope1;
	WireEntity[2][Part1][Part2] = Rope2;
	WireEntity[1][Part2][Part1] = Rope2;
	WireEntity[2][Part2][Part1] = Rope1;

	return;
}

It wasn't working with the parenting, so I removed it to see if it would at least spawn in the right place for me. It didn't.

[McFlurry]

I've had some trouble with the origin keyvalue before try using TeleportEntity?

[AtomicStryker]

Check out a stripper dump first on what information exactly is in the needed entities.

[dirtyminuth]

Just throwing this out there, but CreateEntityByName() for move_rope and keyframe_rope may be returning an entity reference, not an index. Use EntIndexToEntRef() to solve this issue. I ran into a similar problem trying to create a filter_activator_tfteam.

To know for sure, try printing Name1 and Name2 strings.