Tutorial: Add custom gibs to your model
To add gibs you need to know some details: Gibs spawn after a model reaches 0 health. Your model needs healthpoints > 0 and it must be vunerable to weapons. To set the health of a model and modify weapondamage use the $keyvalues directive. By adding $collisiontext you can use custom gibs. Have a look at this example. The 4 gibs are created from the original model called cactus1.mdl and fit exactly together. Place cactus1.mdl on the map as prop_physics or prop_dynamic.
I created the model and the gibs and saved them as SMD:
cactus1_LOD0.smd cactus1_LOD1.smd cactus1_phys.smd cactus1_gib0.smd cactus1_gib1.smd cactus1_gib2.smd cactus1_gib3.smd
This is the .qc code for the gibs.
$modelname "common\props_foliage\misc\cacti\cactus1_gib#.mdl"
$model "cactus1_gib0" "cactus1_gib#.smd"
$keyvalues
{
"prop_data"
{
"base" "Flesh.Tiny"
"health" "1"
}
}
$cdmaterials "\common\nature\"
$surfaceprop "watermelon"
$scale 1
$sequence idle "idle.smd"
$collisionmodel "cactus1_gib#.smd" {
$mass 0.1
}
I replaced the # with the numbers (0-3) and got 4 models named as followed (by compiling them, see:Tutorial: Create your own models) :
cactus1_gib0.mdl cactus1_gib1.mdl cactus1_gib2.mdl cactus1_gib3.mdl
Compile this model last. The important commands are $keyvalues (and prop_data) and $collisiontext.
This is the .qc code for the parent model:
$modelname "common\props_foliage\misc\cacti\cactus1.mdl"
$model "cactus1_LOD0" "cactus1_LOD0.smd"
$lod 100
{
replacemodel "cactus1_LOD0" "cactus1_LOD1.smd"
}
$keyvalues
{
"prop_data"
{
"base" "Flesh.Tiny"
"health" "10"
"dmg.club" "5"
"physicsmode" "1"
"allowstatic" "1"
"multiplayer_break" "both"
"physdamagescale" "5"
}
fire_interactions
{
explosive_resist "no" // Clamp blast damage so that the prop ignites instead of breaking.
flammable "yes" // Can be ignited by fire and explosions.
}
}
$cdmaterials "\common\nature\"
$surfaceprop "watermelon"
$scale 1
$sequence idle "idle.smd"
$collisiontext
{
break { "model" "\common\props_foliage\cactus1_gib0.mdl" "health" "1" "fadetime" "10"}
break { "model" "\common\props_foliage\cactus1_gib1.mdl" "health" "1" "fadetime" "5"}
break { "model" "\common\props_foliage\cactus1_gib2.mdl" "health" "1" "fadetime" "5"}
break { "model" "\common\props_foliage\cactus1_gib3.mdl" "health" "1" "fadetime" "10"}
}
$collisionmodel "cactus1_phys.smd"
{
$concave
$mass 5.0
$inertia 1.00
$damping 0.00
$rotdamping 0.00
$masscenter 0 0 -10
}
usage: break { "model" "<path>" options}
<path> path to the gib
options:
"health" "1" override the gibs health (set to 1)
"fadetime" "10" gib disapears after 10 seconds
usage: prop_data
Note: Make sure that the base value of "prop_data" is equal in all models.
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