Hanging a ragdoll from a rope

[Tutorial]

category
General Half-Life 2/Entities

description
Add a body or other ragdoll to a rope.

keywords
ragdoll, rope, hanging.

Tutorial re-written 18/08/09

This tutorial is for anyone who wants to hang a ragdoll from a rope. Sorry, pictures will be lacking as this isn’t really that difficult.

Entities you’ll need:

• Keyframe_rope
• Move_rope
• Prop_ragdoll
• Phys_ballsocket

Let’s get started, shall we? Place a keyframe_rope in your map intersecting a surface, this will be the origin of your rope. In the properties tab name it rope1, change “Next Keyframe” to rope2 and change the “Slack” to zero.

Now place a move_rope into your map, this will be the endpoint for your rope. In the properties tab name it rope2 and change the “Parent” to ragdoll.

Place a prop_ragdoll in your map. In the properties click “World Model”, for this tutorial I used corpse1.mdl, and name it ragdoll. Place the corpses’ feet level with the move_rope entity.



Almost there, place a phys_ballsocket in the exact same spot as your keyframe_rope. In the properties tab set “Entity 1” to ragdoll.



There you have it, a corpse swinging from the ceiling for all to shoot or smack around like a disgusting piñata.



- Horyo

[CRAZY-MAN]

what if u use a lamp when i rope them together the raope willnot keep it up when the lamp hit the floor the wire streaches to fix it but i want it to not streach but the wire to keep the lamp up???

[Swatje]

simple:

light_spot
point_spotlight parented to a prop_physics with light model
move_rope at the ceiling
keyframe_rope parented to you prop
phys_ballsocket with as entity 1 your prop

at move_rope

next keyframe = the name of keyframe_rope

try it, not 100 percent shure, maybe someone smarter than i can correct me :p

[Someth|ng W|cked]

You cant use that technique in multiplayer because of the serverside/clientside issues, thats why u cant parent a physics object to anything

[Rakkerzero]

Can this trick be used for a ropebridge???

[Grim Reaper]

Yes but for that, you will need to set the bridge as a func_physbox, and get the ropes to snap. Or something else, for instance, and output on a button that kills the ropes.

[Grim Reaper]

If i was trying to get a combine to hang from a rope is there anything i should try, im using a npc_combine_s, but if i set the model to "ragdoll" and i have a move_rope at the top and a keyframe_rope at the bottom, in between i have a phys_ragdoll constraint, entity 1 is my combines name, and entity 2 is my keyframe_rope. But because i cannot parent the npc_Combine_s he is falling to the ground.

[iMoogle]

Can you add a ragdoll to a rope that has both ends connected to a wall?

like this:
|------o------|

| = wall
o = ragdoll
- = rope

[Cr4ig]

Yes - You can have as many ropes as you want.

[Nav]

Can you have a ragdoll being dragged on a rope connected to an npc like a helicopter? I've tried countless times, but the ragdoll just falls through the floor and the rope stretches instead of him getting dragged.

[Blink]

You may need to parent a phys_ragdollconstraint to the moving entity, and then parent the NPC to that as per tutorial, unless you already are.

[Avenged7Fold]

when I do it the ragdoll moves but the rope doesnt lol

[Avenged7Fold]

the rope goes through my map...wtf...and it doesnt go to the ragdoll

[Sauce]

You guys are all so crude. Why not hang a tire from the rope instead? Then you've got yourself an instant tyre swing! much more fun than hanging ragdolls because you can actual pick up the tire and shoot it at people with the grav gun (assuming your mapping for HL2 or Deathmatch)!

[FatCat]

ok.. this is mostly related...

I have a wench, with a rope hanging from it.. i want to attach a func_breakable to the end of my rope and have it swing around when its shot...

if i eliminate my last keyframe_rope and add an entity to it i can have it swing like a hanging lamp(prodigy)... but whenever i attach anything to my rope.. it jus sits there.


so far my entities go in this order:
i start with a move_rope, then move through to keyfram_rope #6
at the joint of keyframe_rope #5 i attached my ballsocket and put in a small nodraw surface to attach it to



i cant get this to work and its driving me crazy..