Hologram Bone Parenting is now possible
You read that right, thanks to a recent update in December of 2024, Expression 2 is now capable of parenting holograms directly to a player's bones!
In this example screenshot, a quick "armband" was made, the model is a wheel of cheese, and it is parented to the left upper arm, something previously impossible.
So how does it work?
The following expression 2 files are templates designed specifically to show you the ropes!
I recommend downloading both files
The first file contains every bone in the player's model, indexed into a simple and understandable format.
The second file is the actual tutorial, the actual explanation as to how this works, and the showcase hologram.
Although it'll just spawn a cube on your shoulder rather than a wheel of cheese vaguely shaped like an armband
Should the links expire, or you may have any question, I would recommend asking me via Discord for a quicker response time.
Post-Upload note: Some of this is a bit very finnicky, and takes a lot of effort to use
Post-Upload note 2: The following bones behave weirdly and innacurately, use at your own risk:
-Every Spine, Neck, and head bone (just use the regular attachments here)
-Upper Right Arm (No solution, thug it out)
This was tested directly on the playermodels used by the server.
The separate fingers were NOT tested.
TheSilverDude, revolutionizing the HL2RP Expression2 community, since 2020~
You read that right, thanks to a recent update in December of 2024, Expression 2 is now capable of parenting holograms directly to a player's bones!
In this example screenshot, a quick "armband" was made, the model is a wheel of cheese, and it is parented to the left upper arm, something previously impossible.
So how does it work?
The following expression 2 files are templates designed specifically to show you the ropes!
I recommend downloading both files
include_playerbone_armaturetemplate
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playerbone_armaturetemplate_example
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The first file contains every bone in the player's model, indexed into a simple and understandable format.
The second file is the actual tutorial, the actual explanation as to how this works, and the showcase hologram.
Although it'll just spawn a cube on your shoulder rather than a wheel of cheese vaguely shaped like an armband
Should the links expire, or you may have any question, I would recommend asking me via Discord for a quicker response time.
Post-Upload note: Some of this is a bit very finnicky, and takes a lot of effort to use
Post-Upload note 2: The following bones behave weirdly and innacurately, use at your own risk:
-Every Spine, Neck, and head bone (just use the regular attachments here)
-Upper Right Arm (No solution, thug it out)
This was tested directly on the playermodels used by the server.
The separate fingers were NOT tested.
TheSilverDude, revolutionizing the HL2RP Expression2 community, since 2020~
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