Materializing Players

[someone920]

Our server has a serious issue with the material tool, while we don't want to kick and ban people for it, we also don't want to restrict it. Is there anyway to stop players from materializing or players?

[Kenny_]

I've had the same problem on my server and ended up restricting it to guests, I never thought of using a script to prevent it from being used on players. I've just started scripting so I'm not sure if this will work:

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function UseTool( ply, trace, toolmode )
if toolmode == "material" or toolmode == "colour" then
if trace.Entity:IsPlayer() then
return false
else
return true
end
end
end
 
hook.Add( "CanTool", "UseTool", UseTool )
Edit by Megiddo: Oops, accidentally hit edit instead of quote. Sorry about that!

[Megiddo]

Never ever return a non-nil value from a hook unless you absolutely have to in order to accomplish what you want. If you return a non-nil value, you block every other hook from getting a chance to execute. Hooks such as prop protection! So, to fix the code above, it would be:

Code: Lua

1. function UseTool( ply, trace, toolmode )
2.         if toolmode == "material" or toolmode == "colour" then
3.                 if trace.Entity and trace.Entity:IsValid() and trace.Entity:IsPlayer() then
4.                         return false
5.                 end
6.         end
7. end
8.  
9. hook.Add( "CanTool", "UseTool", UseTool )

(I'm guessing that the IsValid check is necessary, haven't tested it)

If I remember right, a quirk with this is that the player using the color or material tool will still see the color/material change, but no one else on the server will.

[Kenny_]

Thanks, I'm glad I waited for a reply before adding that to the server.

[vader0146]

If I remember right, a quirk with this is that the player using the color or material tool will still see the color/material change, but no one else on the server will.

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hook.Add("Think","Hi",function()
for k, v in ipairs( player.GetAll() ) do
v:SetMaterial("")
end
end )


[someone920]

Thanks for the help, I'll tell you if i have any problems

EDIT: Forgot to ask, where would i put this? in lua/autorun?