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I started this thing a long time ago, mostly for testing viewmodels. See that viewmodel in the screenshot? I didn't use any custom model, it's all Lua powered. :science:
So yeah, and I eventually got back to it and decided to add fancy effects for shits and giggles, and since I think it looks pretty cool now, I thought I'd release it so you guys can have some fun as well.
It's a really simple weapon actually, all it does is shoot bouncy melons. Here's the twist though, every time you kill an enemy with it, it will epicly explode into tasty juice and melon bits. A bigger enemy will produce a bigger explosion, the two best candidates for blowing everything up are the Hunter and the Antlion Guard. Just make sure to stay away from those when you're about to fire the last shot, because it kinda hurts.
Additionally, an exploding enemy might drop one or two entire melons that you can eat for 20 HP. Those are clearly visible, you'll immediately see them when they appear.
You have two firemodes available, switch between them using secondary fire. The current firemode is clearly visible thanks to the small lamp placed on the gun.
Green firemode, the default one, shoots an entire melon which bounces pretty well off walls, and breaks as soon as it hits an enemy. It deals massive damage, and guarantees a juicy explosion on every kill you get.
Red firemode is what you can call the "buckshot mode", instead of shooting an entire melon, it breaks it into smaller pieces, and launches everything at once. This is useful if you want to hit and weaken several foes at once, but it doesn't always guarantee an explosion, and melon chunks don't bounce as well as an entire melon.
That's pretty much everything about it, now have fun making some mini nukes with Antlion Guards. :v:
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There's absolutely no words to describe the epicness of this thing
For a first swep that is damned epic!
[QUOTE=BomBom;19684882]For a first swep that is damned epic![/QUOTE]
The first SWEP thing was a joke, I'll probably remove it because apparently some people are taking it seriously. :v:
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Is it still as epic, even though I made countless SWEPs before but never released them separately? :ohdear: That's like my first SWEP release since last year.
Yes, this SWEP is epic, even if it isn't your first.
So, is anyone trying it? Especially on multiplayer, since I didn't really try it much on a listen server. I don't really expect this to be used by everyone, as SWEPs don't really have any point outside of a gamemode dedicated to them, but it's still fun to blow each other up.
The damage is possibly too high, since it always one-hits players, even when they are fully buffed at 150 HP, so I'll probably need to lower it a little. And maybe make the explosions larger and deadlier, since right now, exploding antlion guards aren't such a threat. It does even less damage than a grenade.
Man, works very well.
Help:in what frequence the health melons appear?
Awesome.
Wow, this is amazing, you got my download! :D
Killburn, really great SWEP here with your contribution your really inspiring people to release more stuff like this. Stuff that screams GMOD! This is what we need to really keep this mod alive!
You can't make this shit up.
Dear Mister _Kilburn,
Please accept the global amount of babies Facepunch has to offer.
Keep up the good work, though.
Heck yeah, glad you guys like it. :dance:
I'll probably make other guns similar to this one, based on classic GMod props (babies, cones, cinderblocks, propane cans and such), I just need to find an interesting and funny concept for them.
make a baby that shoots ak47's and makes my graphics better with lua plz
[QUOTE=Empty_Shadow;19701166]make a baby that shoots ak47's[/QUOTE]
Maybe not an AK47 because that would require CS:S, but that's actually quite a brilliant idea. Will do and see how it turns out.
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[QUOTE=Matsilagi;19690695]Man, works very well.
Help:in what frequence the health melons appear?[/QUOTE]
Whoops, forgot to reply to this. Health melons will never drop from small NPCs such as headcrabs and birds, and medium NPCs have a 30% chance to drop one on death. As for hunters and antlion guards, they have a 50% chance to drop one melon, 20% to drop two melons, and 5% to drop three melons. Basically, a 75% probability to get at least one melon.
[QUOTE=_Kilburn;19701220]Maybe not an AK47 because that would require CS:S, but that's actually quite a brilliant idea. Will do and see how it turns out.
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Make something creative like the melons, right ? there are a lot of baby sweps already.
anyway... downloaded it and it's great, simple, lightweight, creative and good-looking.
but it doesn't kill striders, perhaps some sticky firemode or piercing melon ?
Make a .357 that shoots bananas.
I saw my brother playing with this last night - awesome job. I love all the little details you put into it.
I never thought c_models would be so awesome... I want your knowledge :3:
[QUOTE=Wizey!;19702862]I never thought c_models would be so awesome... [B]I want your knowledge :3[/B]:[/QUOTE]
Thats a first!
Ill download this and try it out.
Those are some pretty effects, I love how the melon grows out like that.
Good show sir :golfclap: Something very origional for a change.
make a crossbow that you load headcrabs into and when you shoot it the headcrab is in the 'leap attack' animation and explodes into blood and stuff or if its a citizen it becomes a friendly to player regular zombie and if it hits a combine, regular zombie unless you want ppl to need hl2 ep2 (i have it though :O)
Episode 1 or 2, since ep1 has the zombine.
Wow that's a really neat weapon ! You've really improved the boring standard melon launcher. :iia:
[QUOTE=BomBom;19684882]For a first swep that is damned epic![/QUOTE]
INDEED fucking epic nice one kilburn :D
The best thing on this sub-forum right now.
I somehow had a feeling you made this once I downloaded it.
Kay guys, apparently a 5-second SWEP that shoots hunter flechettes gets more attention than this, and I cannot really hide the fact that my gigantic ego is horribly hurt. :saddowns:
No seriously, I put some effort into this, and I was expecting it to attract a bit more attention, except every time I'm trying to make something original of my own, it seems to be ignored by the majority here. The Weldball, Raveball and NPC Camera had success because I made them from people's requests. The TF2 gamemode became popular because it's a remake of TF2, and a great majority here likes TF2.
Now every time I'm trying to realize my own ideas, I feel like I'm in the exact middle of extremely shitty creations and true masterpieces, this means that what I did is perfectly average and no one ever gives a shit about it because it is neither really bad nor really good.
So yeah, what do you guys expect exactly? Every time someone releases a freaking gun that shoots bullets, they get flamed to hell for not making something original, so I'm guessing the majority of you likes original stuff, but now, what does "original" means to you?
I'd like to have some fun coding this shit, and at the same time, do something that the majority of you will appreciate, and since whenever I'm trying to follow the GMod spirit as much as possible by making stereotypical weapons with unexpected effects, I feel like I'm failing horribly. I'm even a little disappointed by the global opinions Bomberminge got, because actually, no one seems to care about the fact that I decided to build all the bombs out of HL2 props, although this is one of the most important aspects of the gamemode to me.
Well, maybe I'm an horribly egocentric bastard, but I can't consider whatever I do as "good" as long as the majority does not like it. To the people who actually like what I'm doing, thanks a bunch, but I have a feeling that you are part of a minority here.
Well, after that holy shit gigantic ego burst, may I know what kind of SWEP I could make that you guys would find absolutely fantastic? :v: I seem to do better stuff when making them from requests.
I feel the same way sometimes.
I made a freaking awesome Ion cannon, and it got something in the region of 30 replies, and 20 downloads.
I give you a heart for your troubles.
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