How to change melee weapon damage

[biggsnacc]

Recently, I added the melee sweps adodn to my server.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=369150821&searchtext=Melee+weapon+pack

So, I am running a murder server. As you know, the knife you spawn with as the murderer is an instant kill. I've managed to figure out how to swap out the default knife with a custom knife from pointshop 2, however, I still haven't been able to find out how to change the weapon's damage. So, I extracted the addon and added all the folders to my server, and deleted the addon off my collection. The weapons still appear in-game fully modeled, so I know it worked. I tried changing the base damage in the shared.lua file of the "Meat Cleaver" weapon.

if (SERVER) then

AddCSLuaFile( "shared.lua" )
SWEP.Weight = 5
SWEP.AutoSwitchTo = false
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom = false

local ActIndex = {}
ActIndex[ "knife" ] = ACT_HL2MP_IDLE_KNIFE

function SWEP:SetWeaponHoldType( t )

local index = ActIndex[ t ]

if (index == nil) then
return
end

self.ActivityTranslate = {}
self.ActivityTranslate [ ACT_HL2MP_IDLE ] = index
self.ActivityTranslate [ ACT_HL2MP_WALK ] = index + 1
self.ActivityTranslate [ ACT_HL2MP_RUN ] = index + 2
self.ActivityTranslate [ ACT_HL2MP_IDLE_CROUCH ] = index + 3
self.ActivityTranslate [ ACT_HL2MP_WALK_CROUCH ] = index + 4
self.ActivityTranslate [ ACT_HL2MP_GESTURE_RANGE_ATTACK ] = index + 5
self.ActivityTranslate [ ACT_HL2MP_GESTURE_RELOAD ] = index + 6
self.ActivityTranslate [ ACT_HL2MP_JUMP ] = index + 7
self.ActivityTranslate [ ACT_RANGE_ATTACK1 ] = index + 8

self:SetupWeaponHoldTypeForAI( t )
end
end

if ( CLIENT ) then
SWEP.PrintName = "Meat Cleaver"
SWEP.DrawAmmo = false
SWEP.DrawCrosshair = false
SWEP.ViewModelFOV = 60
SWEP.ViewModelFlip = false
SWEP.CSMuzzleFlashes = false

SWEP.Slot = 1
SWEP.SlotPos = 1
SWEP.IconLetter = "j"

killicon.AddFont("ptp_cs_knife", "CSKillIcons", SWEP.IconLetter, Color( 255, 80, 0, 255 ))
surface.CreateFont("CSKillIcons", {font = "csd", size = ScreenScale(30), weight = 500, antialias = true, additive = true})
surface.CreateFont("CSSelectIcons", {font = "csd", size = ScreenScale(60), weight = 500, antialias = true, additive = true})
end
SWEP.Category = "Melee Pack"

SWEP.HoldType = "knife"

SWEP.Spawnable = true
SWEP.AdminSpawnable = true

SWEP.ViewModel = "models/weapons/v_cleaver_t.mdl"
SWEP.WorldModel = "models/weapons/w_cleaver_t.mdl" 
SWEP.UseHands = true

SWEP.Weight = 5
SWEP.AutoSwitchTo = false
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom = false

SWEP.Primary.ClipSize = -1
SWEP.Primary.Damage = 500
SWEP.Primary.DefaultClip = -1
SWEP.Primary.Automatic = true
SWEP.Primary.Ammo ="none"

SWEP.Secondary.ClipSize = -1
SWEP.Secondary.DefaultClip = -1
SWEP.Secondary.Damage = 500
SWEP.Secondary.Automatic = false

SWEP.MissSound = Sound("weapons/knife/knife_slash1.wav")
SWEP.WallSound = Sound("weapons/knife/knife_hitwall1.wav")
SWEP.DeploySound = Sound("weapons/knife/knife_deploy1.wav")

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Think
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:Think()
end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Initialize
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:Initialize() 
self:SetWeaponHoldType( self.HoldType ) 
util.PrecacheSound("weapons/iceaxe/iceaxe_swing1.wav")
util.PrecacheSound("weapons/knife/knife_hit1.wav")
util.PrecacheSound("weapons/knife/knife_hit2.wav")
util.PrecacheSound("weapons/knife/knife_hit3.wav")
util.PrecacheSound("weapons/knife/knife_hit4.wav")  
 end 

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Deploy
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:Deploy()
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_VM_DRAW )
self.Weapon:SetNextPrimaryFire(CurTime() + 1)
self.Weapon:EmitSound( self.DeploySound, 50, 100 )
return true
end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
PrimaryAttack
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()

local tr = {}
tr.start = self.Owner:GetShootPos()
tr.endpos = self.Owner:GetShootPos() + ( self.Owner:GetAimVector() * 50 )
tr.filter = self.Owner
tr.mask = MASK_SHOT
local trace = util.TraceLine( tr )

self.Weapon:SetNextPrimaryFire(CurTime() + 0.5)
self.Owner:SetAnimation( PLAYER_ATTACK1 )

if ( trace.Hit ) then

if trace.Entity:IsPlayer() or string.find(trace.Entity:GetClass(),"npc") or string.find(trace.Entity:GetClass(),"prop_ragdoll") then
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim(ACT_VM_MISSCENTER)
bullet = {}
bullet.Num    = 1
bullet.Src    = self.Owner:GetShootPos()
bullet.Dir    = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
bullet.Spread = Vector(0, 0, 0)
bullet.Tracer = 0
bullet.Force  = 1
bullet.Damage = 500
self.Owner:FireBullets(bullet) 
self.Weapon:EmitSound( "weapons/knife/knife_hit" .. math.random(1, 4) .. ".wav" )
else
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim(ACT_VM_MISSCENTER)
bullet = {}
bullet.Num    = 1
bullet.Src    = self.Owner:GetShootPos()
bullet.Dir    = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
bullet.Spread = Vector(0, 0, 0)
bullet.Tracer = 0
bullet.Force  = 1
bullet.Damage = 500
self.Owner:FireBullets(bullet) 
self.Weapon:EmitSound( self.WallSound )
util.Decal("ManhackCut", trace.HitPos + trace.HitNormal, trace.HitPos - trace.HitNormal)
end
else
self.Weapon:EmitSound(self.MissSound,100,math.random(90,120))
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim(ACT_VM_MISSCENTER)
end
end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Reload
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:SecondaryAttack()

end
/*---------------------------------------------------------
Reload
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:Reload()

return false
end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
OnRemove
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:OnRemove()

return true
end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Holster
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:Holster()

return true
end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
ShootEffects
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:ShootEffects()

end

local IRONSIGHT_TIME = 0.15

/*---------------------------------------------------------
DrawWeaponSelection
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:DrawWeaponSelection(x, y, wide, tall, alpha)

draw.SimpleText(self.IconLetter, "CSSelectIcons", x + wide / 2, y + tall * 0.2, Color(255, 210, 0, 255), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER)
-- Draw a CS:S select icon

end

/*---------------------------------------------------------
DrawHUD

Just a rough mock up showing how to draw your own crosshair.

---------------------------------------------------------*/
function SWEP:DrawHUD()

local x, y

// If we're drawing the local player, draw the crosshair where they're aiming,
// instead of in the center of the screen.
if ( self.Owner == LocalPlayer() && self.Owner:ShouldDrawLocalPlayer() ) then

local tr = util.GetPlayerTrace( self.Owner )
tr.mask = bit.bor( CONTENTS_SOLID,CONTENTS_MOVEABLE,CONTENTS_MONSTER,CONTENTS_WINDOW,CONTENTS_DEBRIS,CONTENTS_GRATE,CONTENTS_AUX )
local trace = util.TraceLine( tr )

local coords = trace.HitPos:ToScreen()
x, y = coords.x, coords.y

else
x, y = ScrW() / 2.0, ScrH() / 2.0
end

local scale = 1 

// Scale the size of the crosshair according to how long ago we fired our weapon
local LastShootTime = self.Weapon:GetNetworkedFloat( "LastShootTime", 0 )
scale = scale * (2 - math.Clamp( (CurTime() - LastShootTime) * 5, 0.0, 1.0 ))

surface.SetDrawColor( 0, 255, 0, 255 )

// Draw an awesome crosshair
local gap = scale
local length = gap + 6 * scale
surface.DrawLine( x - length, y, x - gap, y )
surface.DrawLine( x + length, y, x + gap, y )
surface.DrawLine( x, y - length, x, y - gap )
surface.DrawLine( x, y + length, x, y + gap )

end

As you can see, under damage the value is changed to 500. But, this did not do anything! The cleaver still takes 3 hits to kill. Did I change the wrong value? Or am I trying to change the value in the wrong place? Please let me know.

If you were wondering, here are the paths for the basic files:

https://i.gyazo.com/3fbbc5b6dcd7c4a63074057b8b94b264.png

https://i.gyazo.com/ad9da74abe03a5c97fc60b4e7a53ccac.png

https://i.gyazo.com/bd865715a4f61a5e0ad0d0c7b2778532.png

[Kwinky Wolf]

It all seems fine to me but someone else may be able to find something.

If you haven't already, do a map change or just restart your server.

[biggsnacc]

Thank you, I already tried restarting the server, but I never thought that changing the map would make it work! Thanks!

[Kwinky Wolf]

No worries buddy. Map changes usually initialize a lua refresh, which... Is pretty self explanatory.

Glad I could help <3