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ents.CreateClientRope

  Entity ents.CreateClientRope( Entity ent1, number or Vector ent1attach, Entity ent2, number or Vector ent2attach, table extra = nil )
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Description

Creates a clientside only rope, similar to those used by the Dog and Fast Zombie models from Half-Life 2.

Created ropes will be automatically cleaned up when one of the attached entities is removed.

Arguments

1 Entity ent1
The first entity to attach the rope to.
2 number or Vector ent1attach
The attachment ID on the first entity to attach the rope to, or a local Vector relative to the first entity.
3 Entity ent2
The second entity to attach the rope to.
4 number or Vector ent2attach
The attachment ID on the second entity to attach the rope to, or a local Vector relative to the second entity.
5 table extra = nil
Extra optional settings for the rope. Possible values are:
  • slack - How much extra rope to add to the length (default: 0)
  • width - Width of the rope (default: 2)
  • segments - How many segments the rope should have (default: 8, valid range is [2,10])
  • material - Which material should the rope have (default: "cable/cable")
  • nogravity - If set, the rope should have no gravity. (default: 0)

Returns

1 Entity
Created entity (C_RopeKeyframe).

Example

Sample usage, creates a clientside rope between the player entity, and the entity the player is looking at.

concommand.Add( "test_rope", function( ply, cmd, args ) local ent = ply:GetEyeTrace().Entity local ent2 = ply local ropeEnt = ents.CreateClientRope( ent, 0, ent2, 1, { slack = tonumber( args[ 1 ] ) or 0, material ="models/wireframe" } ) print( ropeEnt ) end )

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