Recommended SWEP Base?

[Marlee]

Hello!

I am getting into making SWEPs. Is there a weapons base that you would recommend to a beginner?

Thanks,
MARLWOLF

[wannabe coder]

i think i found one somewhere let me look for it...

[editline]07:10PM[/editline]

after a quick search i found this:

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=507453[/url]

I didnt have much time to look at it but I hope it helps!

Happy modding!

[3mpty]

[QUOTE=Marlwolf78;17269336]Hello!

I am getting into making SWEPs. Is there a weapons base that you would recommend to a beginner?

Thanks,
MARLWOLF[/QUOTE]

Your own.
Changing numbers teaches you to change numbers.
Making your own swep base teaches you to make your own swep.

[Marlee]

wannabecoder: I can't find a release anywhere on that page.
Empty_Shadow: I'd love to make my own base, but I have no idea where to begin. Any hints at all?

[CowThing]

[QUOTE=Marlwolf78;17292511]wannabecoder: I can't find a release anywhere on that page.
Empty_Shadow: I'd love to make my own base, but I have no idea where to begin. Any hints at all?[/QUOTE]

[url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Lua]Big hint.[/url]

[Marlee]

Thank you for the link. I'd never really taken the time to read though Garry's wiki for ANYTHING.

[CptFuzzies]

[QUOTE=Marlwolf78;17269336]Hello!

I am getting into making SWEPs. Is there a weapons base that you would recommend to a beginner?

Thanks,
MARLWOLF[/QUOTE]

Garry's Mod Plus has a subproject that comes with the addon called "SWEP Bases", which allows you to create your own weapons based on either Half-Life 2 weapons (even programmatically difficult ones such as the shotgun, or grenade) or other games such as CS:S (with true spread calculations and HUD renders) or TF2 (predone particle tracers and effects).

[url]http://code.google.com/p/gmodplus/[/url]

[3mpty]

What's so difficult about the shotgun?
Or particle tracers?
Or true spread calculations and HUD rendering?

Those are all things that aren't that hard to design, so it'd be a good idea to learn them for yourself by creating them.

[wannabe coder]

[QUOTE=Empty_Shadow;17297667]What's so difficult about the shotgun?
Or particle tracers?
Or true spread calculations and HUD rendering?

Those are all things that aren't that hard to design, so it'd be a good idea to learn them for yourself by creating them.[/QUOTE]

You seem intent on forcing people to learn and do everything by themselves. May I remind you: there are several learning styles. Some people (like me) need to be taught, others may be independent learners, and etc. My point is, maybe the OP needs a hand when it comes to learning lua which is, basically, a whole new language. How many high-school students do you see diving headfirst into their Spanish and French textbooks? I would hope that is a small number.

[Marlee]

Thanks for the help coder. I really do want to learn LUA, and you make a good point.

[Dlaor]

[QUOTE=Empty_Shadow;17297667]What's so difficult about the shotgun?[/QUOTE]
It's the reloading stuff that's sophisticated.

[CptFuzzies]

I translated C++ out of the Source SDK, and still had to write a few extra lines of code, since prediction and networked things aren't nearly as fast in Lua, based on syncing.