GetBonePosition and GetBoneMatrix on the player clientside during server lag or hiccups will return the position on the server instead of on the client

[CapsAdmin]

This is bad when using these functions to make something follow the player (like a hat)

[thedaneeffect]

Until this is resolved, personally what I would do is create a model that has no actual mesh, and is just a bone merge-able skeleton. Maybe one that only has a ValveBiped.Bip01_Head1 bone.

Give each player their own clientside instance of this model, bonemerge it to them, and then parent the hat to that ClientsideModel.

💌

[robotboy655]

I am not sure if studiomdl.exe will allow you to compile a model without mesh.

[CapsAdmin]

@thedaneeffect Interesting workaround. I'll probably make a toggleable clientside fix that does this with the players player model.

@robotboy655 Sorry, I don't see what that has to do with this.

[robotboy655]

@CapsAdmin, It is a reply to that suggested workaround.

[thedaneeffect]

@robotboy655
I think it should if you include the $bonemerge keyvalue in the .QC like
$bonemerge ValveBiped.Bip01_Head1

I know you can for sure, because I made a view model before that had not a single vertex and I got it to compile successfully, and bonemerge in-game. :)

@CapsAdmin
I made a thing. It's exactly what I was talking about.

bm_head.smd

version 1
nodes
0 "ValveBiped.Bip01_Head1" -1
end
skeleton
time 0
0 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000
end

bm_head.qc

$modelname "bm_head.mdl"
$body body "bm_head.smd"
$sequence "reference" "bm_head.smd" loop fps 1
$bonemerge "ValveBiped.Bip01_Head1"

If you're on windows, I made a batch for just typing in the .qc name without extension. (You can do sub-directories too like 'subfolder/another/file')

@echo off
set drive=C
set common=%drive%:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\
set studiomdl=%common%Counter-Strike Source\bin\studiomdl.exe
set game=%common%GarrysMod\garrysmod\

:input
echo Enter a .QC name.
set /p name="] " %=%
"%studiomdl%" -game "%game%" "%name%.qc"
pause
cls
goto input

Entity

AddCSLuaFile()

DEFINE_BASECLASS( "base_anim" )

ENT.PrintName               = "Bonemerge Test";

ENT.Spawnable               = true;
ENT.AdminOnly               = false;

ENT.RenderGroup             = RENDERGROUP_TRANSLUCENT;
ENT.AutomaticFrameAdvance   = true;

function ENT:SpawnFunction( ply, tr, ClassName )

    if ( !tr.Hit ) then return end

    local SpawnPos = tr.HitPos + tr.HitNormal * 64;

    local ent = ents.Create( ClassName )
        ent:SetPos( SpawnPos )
    ent:Spawn()
    ent:Activate()

    ent:GetPhysicsObject():Sleep();

    return ent

end

local function Merge( Entity, Parent )
    Entity:AddEffects( EF_BONEMERGE );
    Entity:SetParent( Parent );
    Entity:SetMoveType( MOVETYPE_NONE );
    Parent:CallOnRemove( tostring( Entity ), function() Entity:Remove() end );
    return Entity;
end

function ENT:Initialize()
    if ( SERVER ) then
        local size = 32;

        self:SetModel( "models/alyx.mdl" )
        self:PhysicsInitSphere( size )

        local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()

        if (phys:IsValid()) then
            phys:Wake()
        end

        self:SetCollisionBounds( Vector( -size, -size, -size ), Vector( size, size, size ) )
    else
        self.m_Head = Merge( ClientsideModel( "models/bm_head.mdl" ), self );

        -- We're going to attach a non-bonemerge-able model with our custom bonemerge model.
        self.m_Model = ClientsideModel( "models/props_junk/PlasticCrate01a.mdl" );
        self.m_Model:SetParent( self.m_Head );

        self:CallOnRemove( tostring( self.m_Model ), function() self.m_Model:Remove() end );
    end
end

Here's a picture of what all of this produces: http://puu.sh/7HKRu/1dbf5970ae.png

You can adjust the relative position and angles of the prop simply by setting :SetAngles() and :SetPos()

Edit: I always end up putting so much time into things like this... I read this and suddenly got the idea originally posted. Turns out it works perfectly with any prop and I just made this http://puu.sh/7HLSc/fbf11dede5.png IT'S SO CUTE

[chelog]

Any success on fixing it 5 years later? Still having some issues with my custom camera thingies and waiting for the fix ;)

[Earu]

Any news on this?