Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

Classic Light Stool
92 Comments
Uncle_Gary May 23, 2023 @ 2:36pm 
Can you make the lights flicker?
fheuir May 3, 2023 @ 9:20am 
that's also pretty creative.
Cougarmint  [author] May 2, 2023 @ 4:39pm 
That's a very creative use of this mod!

If I need stars, what I do is put the brightness and radius at minimum and attach them to the sky. Results vary, but it usually does the trick!
fheuir May 1, 2023 @ 1:50pm 
wanna know a trick with this?
if you want to make the sun but you can't get the actual env_sun to get into your frame, spawn one of these lightbulb stools and put it really close to a camera you're using.
Cougarmint  [author] Sep 3, 2021 @ 4:57am 
I still haven't figured out what is causing this bug or how to fix it. If I can ever figure out the fix, or if someone wants to look over my code and see what I may have screwed up on, I'd be more than happy to implement that fix into the addon. I also apologize for the inconvenience, but I hope this workaround helps at least somewhat.
Cougarmint  [author] Sep 3, 2021 @ 4:57am 
Okay, everyone, I found a workaround for the Classic Lights that get broken/stuck after saves and/or duplications. Unfortunately, this doesn't make them usable again, but it does clear it so that you can redo the light with the proper colors/physics without the eye sore left behind after the classic light breaks.

In the console, type in "ent_remove_all classiclight". This will clear out all the classic lights that are stuck and you'll be able to replace them with new ones. Keep in mind you will need to jot down the original colors of the lights you used when you first spawned them so that you have an idea of what you want (I highly recommend the preset feature for this reason.)
Cougarmint  [author] Nov 15, 2019 @ 6:59pm 
For some reason, it does not work with saved games very well. I've encountered this bug myself but don't know exactly how to fix it, unfortunately.
Courier_Vice Nov 15, 2019 @ 6:04am 
Hello Cougarmint, i have some problems with this addon:

[Classic Light Stool] lua/includes/util/color.lua:17: bad argument #1 to 'min' (number expected, got nil)
1. min - [C]:-1
2. Color - lua/includes/util/color.lua:17
3. CreateEntityFromTable - lua/weapons/gmod_tool/stools/classiclight.lua:208
4. unknown - lua/includes/modules/duplicator.lua:723
5. ProtectedCall - [C]:-1
6. Paste - lua/includes/modules/duplicator.lua:723
7. unknown - lua/includes/gmsave.lua:66

What is going on? After load my save spawned light cant be removed, color changed to standart cold white and i cant catch it with whysgun or use delete-tool on it. Can you help?
Bohij Jun 19, 2018 @ 2:23pm 
Do you think you could add in a control for lens flare size?
★ LinkaBell ★ Nov 30, 2017 @ 4:03am 
Will do thank you kindly~ ^u^
Cougarmint  [author] Nov 29, 2017 @ 1:24pm 
All you need to do is right click to spawn it without the tether. If that doesn't work let me know.
★ LinkaBell ★ Nov 28, 2017 @ 11:30pm 
I'm sure you may have answered this somewhere, but I can't seem to find the light without the tether attached. It shows it's in my spawn menu but nothing in it.
Nephrite Harmony Sep 24, 2016 @ 6:53pm 
I wish there was a mod to bring back the phone camera
Cougarmint  [author] Jun 2, 2016 @ 5:25pm 
Oh... that's what you were talking about.

Unfortunately there is little that can be done about that. I wish I could, but that would probably involve messing with the duplicator code itself, something a little advanced for me yet
ToxicHolyGrenade Jun 1, 2016 @ 3:26pm 
Did you forget about the duplication bug?
Cougarmint  [author] Jun 1, 2016 @ 12:57pm 
What's that all bout? This is the classic light stool, it's got the models needed. You can just use this one... it's working fine as far as I know.
ToxicHolyGrenade Jun 1, 2016 @ 10:20am 
Well, Corridore, how about asking Garry Newman on Twitter on how to fix the Classic Lightbulb? Its optional. I was making a Garry's Mod video and I have to be forced in order to make a scene all over again. If not, then Garry Newman has to add the Classic Lightbulb to the mod himself.
Cougarmint  [author] Aug 19, 2015 @ 2:01am 
The dupe tool has never really worked well with this tool for some reason, not since the change to update 13. Try using Advanced duplicator.
Jessie Aug 18, 2015 @ 8:56pm 
You need to fix your lights they don't save in dupes so we can't make lightbar with flashing lights.
Cougarmint  [author] Apr 7, 2015 @ 2:16am 
<3 Enjoy!
K1R2 Apr 7, 2015 @ 12:31am 
Oh thank You, finally the good ol' days are back!
Cougarmint  [author] Oct 14, 2014 @ 1:09pm 
Not a problem, enjoy. :)
❤~LemonDrop~❤ Oct 14, 2014 @ 11:16am 
thanks this will help
King Halfi Bedalfi Sep 8, 2014 @ 10:11pm 
Thank you!
Cougarmint  [author] Sep 8, 2014 @ 6:50pm 
right click to spawn one without rope, then pick it up and freeze it where you want to go.
King Halfi Bedalfi Sep 8, 2014 @ 10:41am 
@[TS♥] Cougarmint How do I make a floating light?
Cougarmint  [author] Aug 16, 2014 @ 9:43am 
I'll add it to my list of things to do; I'll see what I can do.
Cougarmint  [author] Mar 13, 2014 @ 11:56pm 
That is a problem with the duplicator, unfortunately. Try Advanced Duplicator.
Profile Nov 8, 2013 @ 4:31pm 
Yo! It's been long since I used this. I remember that when I left the colored lights on a game, saved it, quitted, got back and loaded the save, the light bulbs stayed there, but all white without the color I gave to them. I couldn't grab them nor eliminate them. I wonder if that's fixed now?
Cougarmint  [author] Oct 26, 2013 @ 10:12pm 
Ah, ok. It may be because it doesn't duplicate all the necessary settings. As said before, you can recolor the light using the color stool. Just make a note of the color you used before when making the light and use the color stool to readd it.
Grump Oct 26, 2013 @ 11:24am 
I was using the standard gmod duplicator its neither of those it only shows the effects it makes with out the color
Cougarmint  [author] Oct 25, 2013 @ 4:23pm 
Okay... what duplicator (the standard gmod one of advanced duplicator) were you using exactly? And does it show up as an actual error.mdl or just not show the color? If it's just the color you can re-color it using the color tool.
Grump Oct 25, 2013 @ 4:03pm 
I found a bug where if you duplicate somthing with the light it will error out and not show it as the right color
Cougarmint  [author] Oct 21, 2013 @ 9:40pm 
Yes it is.
Alphard Oct 21, 2013 @ 4:33pm 
I have a question is it toggleable
Cougarmint  [author] Jul 28, 2013 @ 3:35am 
The rope that is used is just like the rope used in the rope stool and the normal gmod light stool. There is no way to change the rope to make it behave differently. You can try right clicking to spawn a light without a rope and playing with the rope stool to see if you can get a better result. I think there are also a couple of ragdoll cables that you can recolor as a rope, but I can't remember what they are off hand.
Brother Chen Barkhang 👹 Jul 27, 2013 @ 8:40pm 
IT*
Brother Chen Barkhang 👹 Jul 27, 2013 @ 8:40pm 
Can you please make a Physical Rope? Like when I use a Rope and put it on the Table is goes through : /
Cougarmint  [author] Jun 19, 2013 @ 7:01pm 
There is a glow stool that is included in the Drako pack, but its code conflicts with the outline glow stool. I just have to change it a little so that they don't conflict.
Mister Imp Jun 19, 2013 @ 6:53pm 
Ah, seems we both were confused X|3
Which glow tool were you talking about~?
Cougarmint  [author] Jun 19, 2013 @ 5:34pm 
Oh... that's right. The Glow Tool is in conflict with the glow outline tool, which was made by another user. I've had several people point that out. Okay.... I will modify the Drako2k pack glow tool to make it compatable.
Mister Imp Jun 19, 2013 @ 5:29pm 
Doesn't the glow tool just make an outline...? owo
Cougarmint  [author] Jun 19, 2013 @ 1:01pm 
The glow tool has a sizeable glow option... or at least it should.
Mister Imp Jun 19, 2013 @ 12:44pm 
Went and subscribed to it because a need a better smoke effect - but I don't see how any of these could achieve an eye glow...
I would use the light stool, turn both settings to 0, and position the glowy orb over their eye. I couldn't do that in Gmod 13 because there's three orbs now, but this one brings it back to one so I can do that again. ^^
Cougarmint  [author] Jun 12, 2013 @ 10:31am 
This wouldn't work for that. Try my "Drako2k's SFX Pack for Gmod 13" mod. There is a glow tool that will give you that effect nicely.
Mister Imp Jun 12, 2013 @ 9:09am 
Maybe I will get this, a little bit ago I was trying to use the Gmod 13 light tool to make someone's eyes glow red, and it came out looking terrible, so I removed it owo
Cougarmint  [author] Jun 5, 2013 @ 1:37pm 
Correct. This makes one nice sprite to play with rather than 4 in a row. It's great for comics and machinima. It's okay to be a little confused. I understand. :)
Mister Imp Jun 5, 2013 @ 1:26pm 
Ohh, you mean how the new one has 4 sprites, but this one only has one? Gotcha. Makes sense now. Almost forgot that the Gmod 13 light did that...
Cougarmint  [author] May 30, 2013 @ 7:00pm 
Not to the brightness, but when you use the transparency, the sprites also disappear, leaving you with a purely transparent light source. Even if the sprites remain, you see 4 sprites lined up in a row. This elimnates the model and brings those sprites together to create one bright ball of light for use. Test it out for yourself.
Mister Imp May 30, 2013 @ 6:58pm 
"it also takes away the sprites to the bulb model" er, what?
As far as I know transparency has no effect on the ball of light itself in Gmod 13.