Gravity Gun Claws

[rute]

Gravity gun opens it's claws when you look at a prop.
How do I make my swep play claw opening animation?

My code so far:
[lua]
if (SERVER) then
AddCSLuaFile( "weapons/weapon_testweapon.lua" )
SWEP.Weight = 5
SWEP.AutoSwitchTo = false
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom = false
end

if ( CLIENT ) then
SWEP.DrawCrosshair = true
SWEP.ViewModelFOV = 55
SWEP.ViewModelFlip = false
SWEP.CSMuzzleFlashes = false
SWEP.Category = "test"

SWEP.PrintName = "test weapon"
SWEP.Author = "test"
SWEP.Slot = 0
SWEP.SlotPos = 10
end

SWEP.Spawnable = true
SWEP.AdminSpawnable = false
SWEP.UseHands = true

SWEP.ViewModel = "models/weapons/c_physcannon.mdl"
SWEP.WorldModel = "models/weapons/w_physics.mdl"

SWEP.Primary.Ammo = "nil"
SWEP.Primary.ClipSize = -1

SWEP.Primary.Delay = 1
SWEP.Primary.Automatic = true

SWEP.Secondary.Ammo = "nil"
SWEP.Secondary.ClipSize = -1

SWEP.Secondary.Delay = 0.1
SWEP.Secondary.Automatic = true

function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()
PrintTable(self.Owner:GetViewModel():GetAnimInfo(1))
-- output:
-- flags = 0
-- fps = 30
-- label = ProngsOpen
-- numframes = 1

self.Weapon:EmitSound("Weapon_PhysCannon.OpenClaws")

self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_VM_IDLE )
self.Weapon:GetSequenceInfo(0).label = "ProngsOpen"
self.Weapon:SetNextPrimaryFire(CurTime() + self.Primary.Delay)
end

function SWEP:SecondaryAttack()
self.Weapon:SetNextSecondaryFire(CurTime() + self.Secondary.Delay)
end

function SWEP:Deploy()
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_VM_IDLE )
return true
end

function SWEP:Holster()
return true
end

function SWEP:OnRemove()
return true
end
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[LegendofRobbo]

its a pose parameter i think, i don't know much about it though

[rute]

It seems to be "active" pose parameter, but i still couldn't make my swep open those claws.

[lua]
function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()
self.Weapon:EmitSound("Weapon_PhysCannon.OpenClaws")

self.Owner:GetViewModel():SetPoseParameter("active", 1)
if(CLIENT) then
self.Owner:GetViewModel():InvalidateBoneCache( )
end
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_VM_IDLE )
end
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[Necrossin]

See if that works:

function SWEP:ViewModelDrawn()

	local vm = self.Owner:GetViewModel()
	if vm and vm:IsValid() then
		vm:SetPoseParameter("active",1)
	end

end

You might need to use a boolean or something to open/close claws, tho.

[rute]

Thanks! I got it working. I had to use Think instead of ViewModelDrawn though.

Full code for anyone interested:
[lua]
if (SERVER) then
AddCSLuaFile( "weapons/weapon_testweapon.lua" )
SWEP.Weight = 5
SWEP.AutoSwitchTo = false
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom = false
end

if ( CLIENT ) then
SWEP.DrawCrosshair = true
SWEP.ViewModelFOV = 55
SWEP.ViewModelFlip = false
SWEP.CSMuzzleFlashes = false
SWEP.Category = "test"

SWEP.PrintName = "test weapon"
SWEP.Author = "test"
SWEP.Slot = 0
SWEP.SlotPos = 10
end

SWEP.Spawnable = true
SWEP.AdminSpawnable = false
SWEP.UseHands = true

SWEP.ViewModel = "models/weapons/c_physcannon.mdl"
SWEP.WorldModel = "models/weapons/w_physics.mdl"

SWEP.Primary.Ammo = "nil"
SWEP.Primary.ClipSize = -1

SWEP.Primary.Delay = 1
SWEP.Primary.Automatic = true

SWEP.Secondary.Ammo = "nil"
SWEP.Secondary.ClipSize = -1

SWEP.Secondary.Delay = 0.1
SWEP.Secondary.Automatic = true

if(CLIENT) then
local clawframe = 0
function SWEP:Think()
local vm = self.Owner:GetViewModel()
local clawopen = self:GetNWBool("clawopen")
local moveclaws = self:GetNWBool("moveclaws") -- Check if claws should move.

if(!moveclaws) then return end

if(clawopen==true) then -- Open claws.
clawframe = clawframe + FrameTime()
if(clawframe>1) then
clawframe = 1
end
vm:SetPoseParameter("active", clawframe)
else -- Close claw.
clawframe = clawframe - FrameTime()
if(clawframe<0) then
clawframe = 0
end
vm:SetPoseParameter("active", clawframe)
end
end
end

function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_VM_IDLE )
local clawopen = self:GetNWBool("clawopen")

if(clawopen==true) then
clawopen = false -- Close claws.
elseif(clawopen==false) then
clawopen = true -- Open claws.
end

self:SetNWBool("clawopen", clawopen)
self:SetNWBool("moveclaws", true) -- Move claws.

timer.Simple(1,
function()
if(SERVER) then -- Update claw position to server.
self:SetNWBool("moveclaws", false)
local vm = self.Owner:GetViewModel()
if(clawopen) then
vm:SetPoseParameter("active", 1)
else
vm:SetPoseParameter("active", 0)
end
end
if(CLIENT) then
vm:InvalidateBoneCache()
end
end)

self.Weapon:SetNextPrimaryFire(CurTime() + self.Primary.Delay)
end

function SWEP:SecondaryAttack()
self.Weapon:SetNextSecondaryFire(CurTime() + self.Secondary.Delay)
end

function SWEP:Deploy()
return true
end

function SWEP:Holster()
return true
end

function SWEP:OnRemove()
return true
end
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