Hey all, I've run into a rather strange issue with NPCs and TF2-style "friendly clipping" in an OB HL2MP mod. Similar to TF2, friendly players can pass through each other, and I've extended this to include NPCs - players can pass through friendly NPCs, and they can also pass through each other.
This works fine for players, and partially for NPCs, however when you pass through the center of an NPC (not just through the edge), it becomes completely invisible on your client (although the HUD ID panel still shows info on it), and remains totally invisible to you until you leave the area and then return. Its hard to say whether its down to NPCs passing through the player/camera, or the player/camera passing through the NPC, but this is much easier to reproduce with human-sized NPCs such as zombies and vortigaunts than it is with small ones such as headcrabs. This issue has cropped up throughout my various attempts to implement friendly penetration/clipping; at one stage I used different CONTENTS flags (as a previous hlcoders message indicated that was the method used by TF2), however my variable player relationships basically require a different team for each player, so I've ended up adding a seperate parameter to the CBaseEntity ShouldCollide method. I'm completely sure this issue is not down to any of my code, and I'm asking if anyone has any insight they could offer as to what may be causing this. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
