Why do ragdolls clip through props?

[manic_subsidal]

Doesn't it annoy anyone else that the ragdolls in HL2 clip through every prop in the game? When you shoot or melee dead combine they don't actually physically react unless the bullet or crowbar hits the floor or wall behind them, ragdolls of corpses that have been placed in the map react to bullets and props normally so why doesnt every ragdoll, seems a bit strange. When I load up jbmod the ragdolls react with all props only if I kill them using the physgun, except they ignore cl_ragdoll_collide and clip through each other. I have screen shots but I'm unable to attach them. Might work with the super gravgun too, I haven't tried that yet. Not a big deal but I find it odd, anyone know a console command to make all ragdolls react normally?

 

[CookieCuttah]

It is unsolvable, you have to not kill them with the physgun for them to stack...For me they react with all the props if i cl_ragdoll_collide 1. My problem is that the living people don't collide with the falling dead ones, though I don't think thats solvable..

 

[manic_subsidal]

Hmm.. that's strange, cl_ragdoll_collide only makes ragdolls collide for me. I wish everything would collide by default, like in CS Source. Even in older games with lesser physics like MaxPayne2 and Farcry the ragdolls collide with everything.

 

[ktimekiller]

too much calculation for those things to happen, if a dead body fell, and hit a box, and leaned on it, your fps will probably drop by like 20% or something, they can make it happen, but i dont think todays computers arnt just advanced enough yet

 

[manic_subsidal]

I'm able to spawn many combine and pile them all over props in jbmod with no drop or very little drop in fps unless I spawn like 20 guys at once and kill them all with the physgun.

 

[FictiousWill]

too much calculation for those things to happen, if a dead body fell, and hit a box, and leaned on it, your fps will probably drop by like 20% or something, they can make it happen, but i dont think todays computers arnt just advanced enough yet

What a load of bull. If a ragdoll can lean on a pile of other ragdolls, it can sure as hell lean on a phys brush box.

 

[Mountain Man]

It's the trade-off between eyecandy and performance.