Fixing The Melee Function On This Blaster

[Captain Charles]

I'm working on some Star Wars blasters to release for my Star Wars models because [I]everyone[/I] has been asking for them since I started putting my stuff on the Workshop. So far It's been going very well. I've contacted the guy who made the "Nomad" swep and he said I could use that as a base for the blasters. The only problem I'm facing now is making the melee function work on the swep. I have it to the point where primary fire works. Secondary fire plays the animation, plays the sound, and moves the camera. It just doesn't deal damage, and it gives a timer error. It's extremely messy code because it's a lot of copy and paste from existing weapons.

Here's the code for one of the weapons, once I get one working, I can get them all to work.

AddCSLuaFile();


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-- Info --
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SWEP.Category                = "Star Wars";
SWEP.PrintName                = "DC-17m";
SWEP.Author                    = "Chad Barrett, Charles Conard";
SWEP.Contact                = "[e-mail], [e-mail]";
SWEP.Purpose                = "Usable DC-17m Blaster Rifle";
SWEP.Instructions            = "Mouse 1 for Blaster bolts, Mouse 2 for Melee";


SWEP.WorldModel                = "models/SGG/StarWars/weapons/RC_Weapons/w_dc-17m.mdl";
SWEP.ViewModel                = "models/SGG/StarWars/weapons/RC_Weapons/v_dc-17m.mdl";
SWEP.ViewModelFOV            = 64;


SWEP.Slot                    = 2;
SWEP.SlotPos                = 3;
SWEP.Weight                    = 5;


SWEP.SwayScale                = 1.0;
SWEP.BobScale                = 1.0;


SWEP.AutoSwitchTo            = true;
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom            = true;
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-- Misc. --
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SWEP.Spawnable                = true;
SWEP.AdminSpawnable            = false;
SWEP.BounceWeaponIcon        = false 
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-- Primary Fire --
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SWEP.Primary.ClipSize        = 60;
SWEP.Primary.DefaultClip    = 300;
SWEP.Primary.Automatic        = true;
SWEP.Primary.Ammo            = "DC-17_Blaster_Power_Pack";


SWEP.ShootSound                = "weapons/RC_Weapons/wep_GEN_dc17Fire_02.wav";
SWEP.EmptySound                = "weapons/RC_Weapons/wep_empty_01.wav";




SWEP.Damage                    = 12;
SWEP.FireRate                = 0.1;
SWEP.EmptyFireRate            = 0.2;
//SWEP.RegenerateRate            = 0.0;
//SWEP.RegenerateDelay        = 0.0;
SWEP.MaxEnergy                = 50;
//SWEP.Spread                    = 0.01;
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-- Secondary Fire --
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SWEP.Secondary.Automatic = true
SWEP.Secondary.Ammo = "none"
SWEP.Secondary.Delay = 0.6


local SwingSound = Sound( "weapons/RC_weapons/fol_GEN_dc17Melee_01.wav" )
local HitSound = Sound( "Flesh.ImpactHard" )
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-- Recoil, Spread, and Spray --
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SWEP.RecoverTime     = 0.8 -- Time in seconds it takes the player to re-steady his aim after firing.


-- The following variables control the overall accuracy of the gun and typically increase with each shot
-- Recoil: how much the gun kicks back the player's view.
SWEP.MinRecoil        = 0.15
SWEP.MaxRecoil        = 0.5
SWEP.DeltaRecoil    = 0.15 -- The recoil to add each shot.  Same deal for spread and spray.


-- Spread: the width of the gun's firing cone.  More spread means less accuracy.
SWEP.MinSpread        = 0.002
SWEP.MaxSpread        = 0.05
SWEP.DeltaSpread    = 0.005


-- Spray: the gun's tendancy to point in random directions.  More spray means less control.
SWEP.MinSpray        = 0
SWEP.MaxSpray        = 1.4
SWEP.DeltaSpray        = 0.16




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-- Ironsight/Scope --
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-- IronSightsPos and IronSightsAng are model specific paramaters that tell the game where to move the weapon viewmodel in ironsight mode.


SWEP.IronSightsPos             = Vector (-6.1052, -14.8804, 2.65)
SWEP.IronSightsAng             = Vector (0, 0, 0)
SWEP.IronSightZoom            = 1.3 -- How much the player's FOV should zoom in ironsight mode. 
SWEP.UseScope                = true -- Use a scope instead of iron sights.
SWEP.ScopeScale                 = 0.4 -- The scale of the scope's reticle in relation to the player's screen size.
SWEP.ScopeZooms                = {8} -- The possible magnification levels of the weapon's scope.   If the scope is already activated, secondary fire will cycle through each zoom level in the table.
SWEP.DrawParabolicSights        = false -- Set to true to draw a cool parabolic sight (helps with aiming over long distances)


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-- Modifiers --
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-- Modifiers scale the gun's recoil, spread, and spray based on the player's stance
SWEP.CrouchModifier        = 0.7 -- Applies if player is crouching.
SWEP.IronSightModifier     = 0.7 -- Applies if player is in iron sight mode.
SWEP.RunModifier         = 1.4 -- Applies if player is moving.
SWEP.JumpModifier         = 1.6 -- Applies if player is in the air (jumping)


-- Note: the jumping and crouching modifiers cannot be applied simultaneously


//---------- NPC Weapon
list.Set( "NPCWeapons", "weapon_dc-17m", "DC-17m" );


if( SERVER ) then


    AccessorFunc( SWEP, "fNPCMinBurst", "NPCMinBurst" );
    AccessorFunc( SWEP, "fNPCMaxBurst", "NPCMaxBurst" );
    AccessorFunc( SWEP, "fNPCFireRate", "NPCFireRate" );
    AccessorFunc( SWEP, "fNPCMinRestTime", "NPCMinRest" );
    AccessorFunc( SWEP, "fNPCMaxRestTime", "NPCMaxRest" );
    
    resource.AddFile( "models/SGG/StarWars/weapons/RC_Weapons/w_dc-17m.mdl" );
    resource.AddFile( "models/SGG/StarWars/weapons/RC_Weapons/v_dc-17m.mdl" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/vgui/entities/weapon_nomad.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/nomad/glow.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/nomad/muzzle.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/nomad/scorch.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/nomad/scorch_model.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/models/weapons/v_nomad/texture4.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/models/weapons/v_nomad/texture5.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/models/weapons/v_nomad/v_smg1_sheet.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/models/weapons/w_nomad/smg_crosshair.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "materials/models/weapons/w_nomad/w_smg2.vmt" );
    resource.AddFile( "sound/nomad/whiz.wav" );
    resource.AddFile( "sound/nomad/shoot.wav" );
    
    SWEP.tblSounds = {}
    SWEP.tblSounds["Hit"] = {"physics/imp_GEN_cc_hitByMelee_01.wav", "physics/imp_GEN_cc_hitByMelee_02.wav", "physics/imp_GEN_cc_hitByMelee_03.wav", "physics/imp_GEN_cc_hitByMelee_04.wav", "physics/imp_GEN_cc_hitByMelee_05.wav"}
    SWEP.tblSounds["HitBod"] = {"physics/flesh/imp_GEN_bloodSplat_01.wav", "physics/flesh/imp_GEN_bloodSplat_02.wav", "physics/flesh/imp_GEN_bloodSplat_03.wav", "physics/flesh/imp_GEN_bloodSplat_04.wav"}
    SWEP.tblSounds["Miss"] = {"weapons/RC_weapons/wep_GEN_swing_01.wav", "weapons/RC_weapons/wep_GEN_swing_02.wav", "weapons/RC_weapons/wep_GEN_swing_03.wav"}
    
    function SWEP:SetIdleTime( time )


        self.NextIdleTime = CurTime() + time;


    end


    
    //function SWEP:SetRegenTime( time )


    //    self.NextRegenTime = CurTime() + time;


    //end




    function SWEP:IdleTime()


        return self.NextIdleTime;


    end


    
    //function SWEP:RegenTime()


    //    return self.NextRegenTime;


    //end




    function SWEP:TakeEnergy( amt )


        self:SetEnergyVar( math.max( 0, self:GetEnergyVar() - amt ) );


    end


    
    function SWEP:GiveEnergy( amt )


        self:SetEnergyVar( math.min( self.MaxEnergy, self:GetEnergyVar() + amt ) );


    end


    
    function SWEP:TakePrimaryAmmo( amt )


        self:TakeEnergy( amt );


    end


    
    function SWEP:ShouldDropOnDie()


        return false;


    end


    
    function SWEP:NPCShoot_Primary( pos, dir )


        if( not IsValid( self.Owner ) ) then return; end
        
        self:PrimaryAttack();


    end




    function SWEP:NPCShoot_Secondary( pos, dir )


        if( not IsValid( self.Owner ) ) then return; end
        
        self:SecondaryAttack();


    end




    function SWEP:GetCapabilities()


        return

[_Kilburn]

[Star Wars Blasters] lua/weapons/weapon_dc-17m.lua:476: bad argument #1 to 'SetDamage' (number expected, got nil)

[lua]dmginfo:SetDamage( self.Primary.Damage )[/lua]

This seems to be your problem. SWEP:DealDamage seems to be what inflicts melee damage, and SWEP.Primary.Damage is defined nowhere in your script.

[Captain Charles]

[QUOTE=_Kilburn;42073801]

[Star Wars Blasters] lua/weapons/weapon_dc-17m.lua:476: bad argument #1 to 'SetDamage' (number expected, got nil)

[lua]dmginfo:SetDamage( self.Primary.Damage )[/lua]

This seems to be your problem. SWEP:DealDamage seems to be what inflicts melee damage, and SWEP.Primary.Damage is defined nowhere in your script.[/QUOTE]

I could love you forever, it works flawlessly now. Thank you so much!

I have no idea what I'm doing so any help is greatly appreciated.
Now I just need to figure out how to make the custom ammo type and make the numbers change on the display.

[skullorz]

[QUOTE=ShoTGuNGuY49;42081360]I could love you forever, it works flawlessly now. Thank you so much!

I have no idea what I'm doing so any help is greatly appreciated.
Now I just need to figure out how to make the custom ammo type and make the numbers change on the display.[/QUOTE]

Try [URL="http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/game/AddAmmoType"]this[/URL] for your ammo type, and [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1032378"]this[/URL] to make your own ammo display.

[Privateer]

Hey Shotgun, how did you do it for the gun to fire laser? Trying to make the E-11 blaster