Melee SWEP base

[Abaddon-ext4]

Is there any melee SWEP base that I can use? Because after searching in Google and then I found this: [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/showthread.php?t=829230[/url]
And then I tried to use the swep_crowbar but it errored

The default weapon_base doesn't have support for melee weapon

[Netheous]

No wonder it errored:

14th October 2009

[ShadowRanger]

Now I feel like working on a melee weapon base, hmm. Surely you can find one that's been released publicly that's compatible with the latest GMod?

[Acecool]

You don't need much to make a melee weapon. Over-ride the primary and secondary attack functions. For the primary, there is a new function :: [url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Entity/DispatchTraceAttack[/url] Entity:DispatchTraceAttack( CTakeDamageInfo damageInfo, table traceRes, Vector dir=traceRes.HitNormal )

Which would essentially be all you need for the primary attack.

Here's an example of what a PrimaryAttack would look like ( I do this for my admin system, multiple weapons to choose from with one weapon and the admin-system menu integrated into it )

DistanceTrace is a custom function which returns distance, trace; from the player, DispatchTraceAttack takes care of this for you ( just set start-pos and end-pos.. end-pos is start-pos + ( aim-vector-normal * max-units ) ) which would make the code much shorter than below. The networking is just for ensuring all effects are only created clientside.

ADMIN_DEV_WEAPON_STUNSTICK = function ( _p, trace, self )
	local _w = _p:GetActiveWeapon( );
	local _d = _p:DistanceTrace( );

	_w:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_VM_PRIMARYATTACK );
	_p:SetAnimation(PLAYER_ATTACK1 );

	if ( _d > 75 ) then return false; end

	if ( trace.HitWorld ) then
		_w:EmitSound("Weapon_StunStick.Melee_HitWorld");
		networking:Broadcast( "ProcessEffect", trace.HitPos, trace.HitNormal, "StunstickImpact" );
		return false;
	end

	if ( !IsValid( trace.Entity ) ) then return false; end

	if ( trace.Entity:IsPlayer( ) || trace.Entity:IsNPC( ) ) then
		_w:EmitSound("Weapon_StunStick.Melee_Hit")
		networking:Broadcast( "ProcessEffect", trace.HitPos, trace.HitNormal, { "StunstickImpact", "BloodImpact" } );
		local _dmginfo = DamageInfo( );
		_dmginfo:SetAttacker( _p )
		_dmginfo:SetDamage( 25 )
		_dmginfo:SetMaxDamage( 25 )
		_dmginfo:SetInflictor( _p )
		_dmginfo:SetDamageForce( Vector( 10000, 10000, 10000 ) )
		_dmginfo:SetDamageType( DMG_SHOCK )
		trace.Entity:TakeDamageInfo( _dmginfo )
	else
		_w:EmitSound("Weapon_StunStick.Melee_HitWorld");
		networking:Broadcast( "ProcessEffect", trace.HitPos, trace.HitNormal, "StunstickImpact" );
	end
end

This should be more than enough to get you started!