Is there a way to make ladders sound like wood? I'm finding it really annoying that the only available sound for ladders appears to be the metal one. The func_ladder entity appears to have no option for changing the sound.

Alternatively, is there a way to disable sound for a ladder entirely? A silent ladder I think would be better than a metal-sounding wooden one.

Or.....is there someway to create a "ladder" using a more complicated assortment of triggers and various entities/props/whatever, which would allow for greater control of the sound? For example something which pulled a player upwards, so it looked like they were going up a ladder? I'm not experienced with all of the various entities to think of such a work-around.

I have searched high and low for a solution to this and have found nothing. I would really appreciate any help, I'm relatively new to the forums and hammer in general, but I've tried everything I can think of.

As the actual sound of the ladder is not defined in the texture it may be buried in a cache file or deeper somewhere in the code. I am not sure if it's possible as I had thought the same thing myself when using a wooden ladder texture.

It would be awesome for someone to figure this one out; that ladder sound is from the original Half Life, isn't it?