Improved Grabber

[pork]

This adds a Think() method to the Grabber, allowing it to actively look for something to weld to. The original one only tried to weld itself when you connected it to a wire.

Replace addons\wire\lua\entities\gmod_wire_grabber\init.lu a with this one.

I also abstracted some code to make it more obvious and reduce code repetition.

Just started hacking at wire tonight, please mention any bugs/code issues.

[pork]

So I'm curious about this since _I_ think it's quite a nice addition and it has been up for a while. Is there something wrong with or pointless about the added functionality? With four downloads, I get the feeling this isn't something interesting at all. I'd like to get this included into Wire so I can use it on other servers, but I'm not getting any feedback. Does anyone have any ideas on how to improve this further?

[adamscybot]

It aint useless, Ive been looking for this for my crane.

This should be in SVN! Can somebody add it into the svn with maybe a checkbox to disable the new functionality if you want it to act the old way?

[Syranide]

Actively looking for things to grab consumes alot of resources, on-top of that, this can already be done using a ranger.
Not my call whether to update it or not, just my opinion.

[Kyzer]

Yea, can be useful, thanks

[Tad2020]

Just add a ranger in to the logic. If something is close (via ranger detection) it can trigger the grabber.

[undead82004]

Just add a ranger in to the logic. If something is close (via ranger detection) it can trigger the grabber.[/b]

or add an option to grab w/e it finds and lets go on the reset input or sumthing like that

[pork]

Ok, I'll work on it. Thanks guys.

[OmicroN]

What about allowing the grabber to output a distance and be set to default to 0, so you can have a ranger/grabber all in 1?

[-=Fox=-]

I used an E-Gate for my Can Manipulator and I used the E-Gate to manipulate an SR-Latch that the grabber used to hold it because the Cans were so small they got out of the rangers view and it disabled the grabber.

The thing is, the grabber will grab anything including the world, you just need to tell it when to grab, and using a ranger or a GPS (for location based grabbing) and you can wire any ANY gate to the grabber and wire the ranger to the Any gate. so if something gets in the way, it will just grab it.