Random Array Tool

🐀 Random Array Tool is a tool for spawning a selection of props randomly in configurable arrays, with the ability to randomize their settings like skins and bodygroups. It also has the ability to randomize already spawned props.

All pictures above are made almost exclusively using this tool for prop placing and ragdoll posing, with some receiving tweaks afterwards.

Some key features:

• Random prop selection with probability control (drag and drop to add)

• Visualization of array points (randomness not visualized)

• Lots of settings to make the array of your dreams

• Lots of custom ui to try to make it more intuitive than standard tool ui

• Custom tool screen with world axis and coordinate visualization

• Editing volume for easy mass randomization (and deletion) of already spawned props within the volume

• Experimental: Random poses for ragdolls (will take a random moment from a random animation and apply the pose to the ragdoll)

• Adheres to entity limits on servers

** NOTE: ** This tool ONLY works with props, effects and ragdolls, NOT with NPC's, weapons, vehicles etc. If you need support for those entity types then you may want to look at the tool Entity Group Spawner, which has some similar features.

** CAUTION: ** Be careful with the amount of props you try to spawn, especially with ragdolls or unfrozen physics props, and double especially on a server. For example, 500+ ragdolls crashes my game if hosting a multiplayer session, but works fine in singleplayer.

Check out my friend Rush_Freak's consumer car model pack if you want some good models to take the tool for a spin with. This tool actually started out as a glorified car spawner for him and grew quite large from there. Also thanks to him for taking a lot of the screenshots and helping with the thumbnail.

Known issues:

• Not enough rats

There is a Github page for the tool if you're interested in adding changes or improvements. This is actually my very first Lua script so hopefully it'll behave nicely enough with minimal errors, may have been a bit ambitious for my first one, but think I did alright.

Here's a video showing the tool a bit slower, may help get you familiar with the tool if all the settings are a bit overwhelming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJYII-rUM34

Also check out my new addon "Shadow Editor"!

Hope you enjoy [R.A.T] 🐀