<cat>Play.GettingStarted</cat> <title >How To - Physics Gun (Physgun)</title> <title>How To - Physics Gun (Physgun)</title> # Physgun The **Physics Gun** - commonly referred to as **Physgun** - is a tool that allows you to manipulate most entities in various ways. <br/> ## Targeting By pointing towards an entity you want to target and holding down <key> LMB </key> the Physgun will try to select it, if it is in range. A colored beam will be emitted from the Physgun towards the target. ![Targeting] <br/> ## Abilities Except for players, all entities can be manipulated in the following ways. <br/> ### Moving While selected, the targeted entity will move towards wherever you point. The entity can also be moved towards / away from you by scrolling your mouse wheel or holding the <key> E </key> key and pressing <key> S </key> or <key> W </key> ![Moving] <br/> ### Rotating Holding down <key> E </key> allows the player to rotate a grabbed object. By also holding down <key> Shift </key> , the player can rotate the object at an angle specified in degrees by the convar gm_snapangles (default 45). ![Rotating] <br/> ### Freezing <key> RMB </key> allows you to freeze the held object in place regardless of where it is. Pressing <key> R </key> while aiming at a frozen prop or ragdoll allows the player to unfreeze it. Pressing <key> R </key> twice in quick succession will unfreeze all props spawned by that player. ![Freezing] [Targeting]: https://files.facepunch.com/wiki/files/b5608/8dc5521bbcc4851.gif [Rotating]: https://files.facepunch.com/wiki/files/b5608/8dc5521b2d89e9e.gif [Freezing]: https://files.facepunch.com/wiki/files/b5608/8dc5521ab21df3a.gif [Moving]: https://files.facepunch.com/wiki/files/b5608/8dc5521a1454968.gif