Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

Sandbox Shields
143 Comments
Vuthakral  [author] 26 Jun @ 7:07am 
What branch of the game are you on, also what operating system?
Klonade 26 Jun @ 5:46am 
Shield is invisible except for some particle effects, but functions as expected. The only two addons enable on my singleplayer are Draconic Base and this addon. The console log is as follows (Shortened for Steam's Character Limit):

{Draconic Log}
Using map cycle file cfg/mapcycle.txt.
{Server info}
Attemped to precache unknown particle system "drc_halo_3_shield_deplete"!
Attemped to precache unknown particle system "drc_halo_3_shield_deplete_arcs"!
Attemped to precache unknown particle system "drc_halo_3_shield_impact_effect"!
Attemped to precache unknown particle system "drc_halo_3_shield_recharge"!
Clientside Lua startup!
{Draconic log}
Failed to load custom font file 's:\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\cache\workshop\resource\fonts\clearsans-medium.ttf'
Trying to create entities too early! (drc_shieldmodel)
{JoyStick info}
Redownloading all lightmaps

To me it seems like it is unable to find some particles and was unable to create the shield model. Any ideas on how I can fix this?
Asura 23 Jun @ 2:26pm 
damn. welp figured i'd ask. also i agree with yufeng, most mf's dont care about their addons well enough reply to people, good shit.
Yufeng 23 Jun @ 7:21am 
I just wanna say THANK YOU SO MUCH Vuthakral, for staying up to date on your addon's comment sections, and going the extra mile to help anyone with issues with it. So many authors would prefer to simply not do that. Thanks :)
Vuthakral  [author] 22 Jun @ 8:31pm 
That would mean that addon is circumventing EntityTakeDamage and applying damage in a way that doesn't get passed into that hook. There is nothing anyone can do about that.
Asura 22 Jun @ 6:56pm 
could there be an option for this to act like base game armor? i use R.A.P.D *basically realistic damage* and the shield doesnt protect me at all, but armor does.
Yufeng 21 Jun @ 1:42pm 
My bad, I'm dumb.
Yufeng 20 Jun @ 9:33am 
Good to know, is there a simple tutorial for using that? I might be a little on the sped side and can't find out how to turn it on... (Yes I ran sv_sandshields_enabled 1)
Vuthakral  [author] 20 Jun @ 8:27am 
Not through this specific addon, but using Draconic's shield system in general yes
Yufeng 19 Jun @ 7:51pm 
Is it possible to have only one player in a server with a shield?
Commander Link 13 Apr @ 2:36am 
love this, its superior to the halo shields mod, and as a user of tfavox its wonderful to have my character not screaming out in pain anymore when taking shield damage!! :>

but i have one wish for change; the shield regeneration sound is too harsh, both in loudness and tone, it sounds like a big heavy lightsaber being swung. so some alternative options like a more gentle sounding shield woooop or ability to turn regen sound off would be really nice.
SleepyNotDead 31 Mar @ 12:17pm 
regen sound is too loud.
SpartanWar118 8 Oct, 2024 @ 10:37am 
Vanilla HL2 shotguns, i was hit by a combine soldier and the damage went through the shield
Vuthakral  [author] 3 Oct, 2024 @ 4:53pm 
What shotgun are you using?
SpartanWar118 3 Oct, 2024 @ 3:48pm 
Are shotguns supposed to completely ignore the shield?
All the damage just goes straight to the armor & health
LegoMaster80 23 Sep, 2024 @ 2:52pm 
can there please be a way to make the regen sound less loud
7H3_HuN73R-03 20 Sep, 2024 @ 2:29pm 
i mean the grunt in the screenshots
Vuthakral  [author] 20 Sep, 2024 @ 12:15pm 
The effect is not specific to any playermodel
7H3_HuN73R-03 20 Sep, 2024 @ 12:03pm 
for example any half life playermodels and css playermodels for example
Vuthakral  [author] 20 Sep, 2024 @ 11:59am 
What do you even mean by globalized?
7H3_HuN73R-03 20 Sep, 2024 @ 11:54am 
is the effect of the shield that appear on those playermodels exclusive of them? Can you do the same thing but globalized?
Levi 14 Aug, 2024 @ 6:37pm 
Hey man is it possible to make this into a swep so that it doesnt have to be used by all players. and if so how?
dandykong 12 May, 2024 @ 10:38pm 
@otacon0505 And I just made a SENT that does this. Enjoy!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3245630548
Vuthakral  [author] 12 May, 2024 @ 6:27pm 
Yes
Khaiø 12 May, 2024 @ 5:25pm 
Is this compatible with any playermodel?
dandykong 12 May, 2024 @ 5:11pm 
@otacon0505 Run "lua_run print(Player(1))" in the console, and keep increasing the number by one until you see your own player ID. Then run "lua_run DRC:AddOverShield(Player(x), y)" where x is the player number you found and y is the amount of overshield you want.

Someone needs to make a SENT that does this...
otacon 2 May, 2024 @ 8:49pm 
How do I get overshield for this mod? I can't seem to find anything to be able to do that
ccf 28 Apr, 2024 @ 12:01am 
how do i turn off the recharging sound
PYSCH0S0C14L 3 Apr, 2024 @ 11:29pm 
yeah i don't have that on, at first i thought it was the first person body mod i use until it kept happening with it off
Vuthakral  [author] 3 Apr, 2024 @ 9:57pm 
The shields shouldn't be casting shadows, are you sure you don't have cl_draw_own_shadow set to 1 by accident? I know some mods tend to flick that on for some reason.
PYSCH0S0C14L 3 Apr, 2024 @ 1:16pm 
is there any way to fix the flashlight projecting my shadow or something? makes using the shield not fun in the dark
Mtndewsmuggler 2 Mar, 2024 @ 1:29pm 
can you make it so energy shielding can be applied on NPC's? Im trying to make a sort of like HALO battle and i got spartan NPCs and covenant NPCs. The only thing im missing is the spartans need energy shields and i was just wondering if it was possible for you to do.
Orgamorsh 11 Feb, 2024 @ 9:48am 
Thank you!
Vuthakral  [author] 11 Feb, 2024 @ 8:48am 
I'm fine with it and Dopey said he is too
Orgamorsh 10 Feb, 2024 @ 3:21pm 
Okie doki! Follow up question, I am making a addon using the shield system in draconic. Am I allowed to use the particles in sandbox shields for it? I will credit you two of course.
Vuthakral  [author] 10 Feb, 2024 @ 7:36am 
I've tried implementing this several times to no success, I still try whenever I have any new ideas on how I could do it but so far none have worked.
Orgamorsh 9 Feb, 2024 @ 10:37pm 
Is is possible to get the shields to flair on c-arms?
LegoMaster80 16 Dec, 2023 @ 10:52am 
how does one turn off the recharge sound or quiet it down
Vuthakral  [author] 2 Nov, 2023 @ 5:44am 
Those commands would force the game to believe you are running on an NVIDIA GPU, and that the gpu is a GTX 680. I would assume that such a parameter may default your game to a lower DirectX mode whenever you launch it.
ATP-1002 2 Nov, 2023 @ 2:02am 
So it turns out this was the problem
"-force_vendor_id 0x10DE -force_device_id 0x1180"
I used this for more high quality shadows than low quality ones

I haven't encountered my Ghost ever since, removing this
Vuthakral  [author] 1 Nov, 2023 @ 9:44am 
I am trying it out right now with both the thirdperson system mentioned below and the playermodels you mentioned and I am unable to reproduce any T-Posing shield problems, so it is likely another addon causing this issue.

Image: https://i.imgur.com/5AsCWcC.jpeg
ATP-1002 1 Nov, 2023 @ 6:50am 
Combine: CT CSS Playermodels & Romka's HEV
Vuthakral  [author] 1 Nov, 2023 @ 5:56am 
Please tell me what playermodel you are using so I can check it
ATP-1002 1 Nov, 2023 @ 5:16am 
Same problem like Chachu's too.
This time it isn't T-Pose.
I think the Shield is casting itself a shadow.
Maybe removing it would do?
Vuthakral  [author] 12 Sep, 2023 @ 6:20am 
That's a new one to me, I had to go out of my way to make sure it bonemerges for that. What playermodel are you using?
Chachu 12 Sep, 2023 @ 5:51am 
The way the shield looks is just eye candy. By the way, when you use this with the "Enhance Thirdperson" mod and you go to third person, the shield T-Poses instead of mirroring player animation. Is there a fix?
Khaiø 14 Aug, 2023 @ 11:22am 
@Vuthakral
I indeed have the required addon installed, though I'm still not sure what I'm missing. My apologies for this.
🝥ሠĪꋊD乃レΛᗪ乇 14 Aug, 2023 @ 5:40am 
Rip
Vuthakral  [author] 13 Aug, 2023 @ 8:24am 
Not how Source works, so I cannot
🝥ሠĪꋊD乃レΛᗪ乇 13 Aug, 2023 @ 6:44am 
Like a damage from hazard i mean