Physics Application - Models

[Tutorial]

category
General Half-Life 2/Entities

description
Models can also be used as physics objects.

keywords
physics, models, application, model.

As you can see from the image below, I have a very basic room with only a few lights and a player spawn in it. It doesn't matter how much detail there is in the map you’re looking at, this is just for teaching you how to apply physics to models. Once you have your map in front of you, select the entity tool , place it near the ground and select prop_physics as shown below.



Under the "Keyvalues" menu, highlight "World Model", click on browse and go to \models\props_c17. You will see a model called "oildrum001". Double click the model and you will be returned to the Object Properties box. Close this and you should see an entity in the form of an oil drum.



That’s it, easy as that. Try it out in game. You can experiment with different models and properties.




Related:
Example Map

Cr4ig

[Idono]

How do i make models none collideble with the player??

[Blink]

Without checking i think it's the Debris flag, it does say.

[Idono]

The debris - Dont collide with player or other debris??

It works but i allso want debris to collide with each other.

[-|Dizmas|-]

Make the entity "prop_physics_multiplayer"
instead of "prop_physics"

[Spartan]

I've already written a tutorial on this.

http://www.interlopers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2174

[wiggle987]

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:11 pm

This one wins.

[purplemonkeydishwasher]

for some reason the model keeps falling through my terrain, is there something wrong with the terrain?, maybe some parameters on the model or something?

[-<Crazymapper>-]

I've placed a table inside room but when the game starts the table has a black texture, however if i move this table around with the manipulator or whatever, it gets his own texture... what did I do wrong? or how do i prevent this from happening?