clip projectiles and bullets but not players

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Bad Vlad

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tools/blockbullets? I think?

It's a tool brush like playerclip. Sawmill's sawmill uses it.
 

Bad Vlad

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It should. I've never used it before, though.
 

PL-7764

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Blockbullets is solid to players. It blocks all types of weapons too, including rockets, Jarate, etc.
 

awatemonosan

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Took a stab in the dark and put in player. It blocks physical projectiles now.
Now to figure out a way to stop bullets... I dont think thats possible... :(
 
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lucky

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Have a wall made out of the block_bullets 1 unit thick, and then use a trigger teleport each side of it.
 
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lana

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func_nogrenades will block physical projectiles, but I can't think of anything that blocks bullets but not players.

If you're using blockbullets, make sure you make it func_detail.

Why? It doesn't split visleaves.
 

Geal

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the main problem with something that blocks bullets but not players is that it's invisible - you could be backpedaling and shooting and an enemy, and suddenly your bullets stop traveling across the room. You'll need a clever visual excuse as to why players can pass through this area but bullets can't.
 

lucky

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Or you shoot a rocket in your own face!
You should totally use lasers to visualize.
 

Bad Vlad

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Or incorporate something like the Portal particle screen. People are familiar with that.
 

Terr

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I can't think of anything that blocks bullets but not players..

Me neither. Wait, has anybody tried with displacements? IIRC you can set flags on them... Yeah:
  • No Physics Collision - Disables any physics objects colliding with the displacement.
  • No Hull Collision - Disables any player or NPC collisions with the displacement.
  • No Ray Collision - Disables raycasts colliding with the displacement. Gunfire and bullets will not collide with the displacement surface.

Sounds like disabling collision for the second one only might do it. If projectiles still pass through, maybe func_nogrenades?

Another icky workaround would be a piece of glass with a teleporter zone on each side...