Parent the player?

[jfbguy]

Is it possible to parent an object or entity to the player so it will follow where ever the player goes?

[Geowil]

hmm an interesting question xD.

ummm try putting !player in the parent field and see what happens <.<

[jfbguy]

nope, didn't work

[Naurgul]

Check the code for the thing that carries Gordon through the last chapters of HL2. I think that works with parenting; at least for other NPCs it does.

[jfbguy]

I believe you are talking about the vehicle pod he gets in which is good if you want the player to have no control and move them a certain way. But I'm trying to do the opposite, where the player still had control and an object/entity moves with them.

[Naurgul]

Oh, sorry then. I thought you meant the opposite.

[jfbguy]

Found answer on another board. You can parent a prop_dynamic_override to a weapon. Once the player picks up the weapn, the prop is parented to the player, which I think is doable for what I'm trying to do.

[Headcrab_Pwnage]

Hi all.
First post.

I created an acount on these forumns specificaly to find an answer to this question. While parenting an object to a weapon picked up by the player does work, it is far to buggy for what I want to do. (When the player looks up, the object pivots relative to the weapon, not the player.) Is there any other way to do this, including script changes?

Thanks.