<function name="Rope" parent="constraint" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Creates a simple rope (length) based constraint.</description> <realm>Server</realm> <file line="468-L540">lua/includes/modules/constraint.lua</file> <args> <arg name="ent1" type="Entity">First entity</arg> <arg name="ent2" type="Entity">Second entity</arg> <arg name="bone1" type="number"><page>PhysObj</page> number of first entity to constrain to. (0 for non-ragdolls). See <page>Entity:TranslateBoneToPhysBone</page>.</arg> <arg name="bone2" type="number"><page>PhysObj</page> number of second entity to constrain to. (0 for non-ragdolls). See <page>Entity:TranslateBoneToPhysBone</page>.</arg> <arg name="localPos1" type="Vector">Position relative to the the first physics object to constrain to.</arg> <arg name="localPos2" type="Vector">Position relative to the the second physics object to constrain to.</arg> <arg name="length" type="number">Length of the rope.</arg> <arg name="addLength" type="number" default="0">Amount to add to the length of the rope. Works as it does in the Rope tool.</arg> <arg name="forceLimit" type="number" default="0">Amount of force until it breaks (0 = unbreakable).</arg> <arg name="width" type="number">Width of the rope.</arg> <arg name="material" type="string" default="">Material of the rope. If unset, will be solid black.</arg> <arg name="material" type="string" default="nil">Material of the rope. If unset, will be solid black.</arg> <arg name="rigid" type="boolean" default="false">Whether the constraint is rigid.</arg> <arg name="color" type="table" default="color_white">The color of the rope. See <page>Global.Color</page>.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="constraint" type="Entity">The constraint entity ([phys_lengthconstraint](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Phys_lengthconstraint)). Will be a `keyframe_rope` if you are roping to the same bone on the same entity. Will return `false` if the constraint could not be created.</ret> <ret name="rope" type="Entity">The rope entity. Will return `nil` if `constraint` return value is a [keyframe_rope](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Keyframe_rope) or if the constraint could not be created.</ret> </rets> </function>