luttje/gmod-experiment-redux

Door mechanic improvements

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It's weird how you "buy" a door, bolts are magically taken from you and now you own it. Can't we think of an in-universe reason/mechanic that could explain this?

For example instead of buying doors with F2 "magically", you would buy 'locking devices' from The Business. You can then mount that on a door to restrict access to those you want. It feels a bit more in-universe to me.

  • You can't buy doors as a new player (since you don't have the bolts)
  • Give the player one free door locking device?
  • Add door locking device (I repurposed the Door Protector, since the name seems fitting)
  • Create a nice model for the door locking device that can go through the door handle on both sides of the door (to indicate it's taken)
  • Create a lightning bolt symbol to mark which doors can have a door protector attached to them. The Door Protector requiring power and only some doors having that provides an in-game reason why some doors are not ownable.

Yes I agree with buying some sort of locking device. It is more realistic. All the doors dont lock, unless you buy / craft a lock and give acces.