PewPew : new GCombat

[Free Fall]

PewPew is a good name for this ^_^

Actually, I liked GCombat a lot, that is, when it was actually working, but this looks really promising. So I took myself the liberty and looked a bit at the code, and changed one or two things... The patch for that is attached. The changes are:

entities/pewpew_base_cannon/cl_init.lua
- Added the "Wire_Render(self.Entity)" line, so it would actually show wires connected to a cannon

entities/pewpew_base_cannon/init.lua
- Added dupe support (pretty simple)

entities/pewpew_base_cannon/shared.lua
- Changed used entity base from base_gmodentity to base_wire_entity. Provides dupe support for the connected wires

weapons/gmod_tool/stools/pewpew.lua
- Added an if-check, so that left-click spawn wouldn't weld cannons to players or the world (I considered world-welding somewhat annoying, when you just want to spawn one and weld it yourself later)

I guess I will also try to make some bullets. Four bullets just aren't enough

EDIT: Attached another Patch file, adding a few things from SVN Rev 143. What I added was a possiblity to also create ClientSide override functions, that is, CLThinkOverride and CLDrawOverride, to specify bullet behaviour even more. One might want to look into the Nebenwerfer entity I made as a proof-of-concept entity.

[Divran]

Thanks! But one thing I noticed right away was the way you saved the bullet. You are saving the entire table to the dupe file. This means people who know how to edit dupe files can simply type "damage = 9999999999" and ruin the fun. My idea was to save only the name of the bullet and then search for it on the server. Thus no cheating. I'll just edit that bit..

Edit:
Added wire_render
Changed to base_wire_entity
Made it not weld to players and the world.
Added (and edited) dupe support.


By the way, free fall, if you type

lua_run pewpew:LoadBullets()

you don't need to reload the map after every time you change the code in one of the bullet lua files. You'll only need to update the cannon with the tool

Edit:
Changed both FireSound and ExplosionSound into tables, and if there is more than 1 string in the table it will randomize it.

[Dav1d]

Only thing I hated about gcombat was that it was all stupid weapons.
Laser cannons, plasma beams etc. I just want a simple 200mm heavy machine gun..

[Divran]

Only thing I hated about gcombat was that it was all stupid weapons.
Laser cannons, plasma beams etc. I just want a simple 200mm heavy machine gun..

200mm machinegun? Lol.

Well go ahead and make one

[Divran]

SVN UPDATE.
Added all the stuff Free Fall said.
Added Ammo Support (Yay for realism)
Added a new weapon: Basic Missile
Changed FireSound and ExplosionSound into tables so that you can have multiple sounds (it randomizes one if there are many)

[Ehmmett]

my AC 130 has hope now!
Great work Divran and Free Fall.

[N00bDud3]

This is awesome, I'll have to download it later, and make some bullet types for it.

[Divran]

Hey Free Fall, I need a little help. For some reason, players who join my listen server can't use the tool. At all. He says the error he gets is

[Rid HUD Draw 3D] ControlPanelBuildFunction Error:

I have NO IDEA how to fix it.

[rogy56]

Will you add guided missiles?(I'm kinda crazy for guided missiles^_^)

[Unsmart]

Will you add guided missiles?(I'm kinda crazy for guided missiles^_^)

That ruins the fun of making it yourself, Lua coded guided missiles are CHEAP