climbable rope

i want to make a rope you can climb up like in the old op forces game, is this even possible

Hmm.. just make a rope (it's not solid) and then put a normal func_usable_ladder (sic?) at the same spot.

The only issue I could think of is the metallic ladder sound that could feel odd.

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And the non-swingable nature of the rope then? Perhaps, very perhaps you can simulate it by combining various func_useable_ladders, parented to various rope-like brushes, each constrainted to the next one (phys_hinge or so?). I wonder if that'll work flawless, but hey... it sounds creative... :razz:

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pfff! good luck :biggrin:

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cp- that's sorta what i was thinking, this will take some experimenting methinks

here's what i did:
i made the rope and put like 40 slack in it and only two move_rope entities, one on each end
then i just put a func_useableladder entity overlaying it w/ my dismount points and it actually works acceptably, with the only noticable problem being that you can't see the rope if you look vertical but that's to be expected

Put the func_usableladder a few units left (right/front) of the rope to not make the view intersect with the rope?

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There was this one map for CS:S that did something very similar to this. It was a bunch of boards connected by ropes, you could climb it and everything. So I'm sure it's possible, I'm just not sure how.

Is there anyway you can parent the ladder to the rope/length constraint so it'll move?

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

one of the things you can apparently do with models is to make them climbable. there's a 'contents ladder' or something (don't remember exactly right now) that goes somewhere in the .qc file. this should mean making a climbable ragdoll rope is possible, with, i guess, less 'spazziness' than a chain of physics props and constraints. it's probably something i'll look into a little more, when i get the time.

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