Does anyone know a way to modify what objects server-side props collide with?

I have made a bunch of carryable props, but they're kind of awkward to use, since they keep bumping into the player. I've looked at everything I can think of but can't find any way to edit collisons.

It looks like the official props that the player can pick up get their collision groups modified by the game code, but there doesn't seem to be any affect it from within a map. Having a VScript method for modifying collision groups would be nice...

The modes the map play in are set set in the mission file. There is an article about the basic things you need to have in a survival map here. Note that for L4D2, you'll need to spawn all items using a point_template.

Number 18 seems to break when you launch the game with options to open the console, or maybe showing the -insecure message.

Speaking of the -insecure message, it disables all other UI elemens until closed, which is very annoying when trying to use the console or tools mode. It feels verys superfluous for dev mode.

This problem seems to have exsisted for as long as the L4D2 workshop has been available. The error code 16 issue a lot of people experience when uploading is very likely related.

The latest Stem Beta Client update relesed yesterday had some potential bugfixes relating to this. Have you tired if it helps?

Originally posted by Neil - 119:

For whatever reason, the SteamCommunity syntax parser is converting the args[ 0 ] in the above code to args[]. Yeah weird.. try it, type args[ 0 ] (without the spaces) and reply to me, it'll convert the post to say args[], weird.

New bug found :3

args[0]

Yeah, it seems to try to interpret everything inside square brackets as tags, and delete it even if it isn't a valid one. It even happens with noparse tags. I had a lot of trouble making the random item spawner guide display right because of that.

I've had some problems with steam thinking the game is still running if it crashes. It might be related to that.

I have:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=129326766
A survival mutation that makes you constantly move around looking for weapons/items.

and
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=128428347
"coop", where survivors battle each other to get to the safe room first.




I've added support for both mutations and Holdout to Diescraper, and can set up support for other mutations if needed.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=130389462

VSLib Update 6/8/13
Added functions for picking up and throwing prop_physics objects. Pickup distance and throwing force can be adjusted.

I had some items dissapear a while ago. They came back though, so it might be that some of the workshop servers are down or something.

Yeah, it doesn't seem to work at all. Having SetVelocity() work with props would be very useful.