SWEP Condstruction kit help

[hkbaker]

Hello, I've been working with the SWCK and it's very useful. However, I have not been able to make a VElement move position/rotate angle when I shoot the swep. Can someone please explain to me how to make this happen? Thanks.

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[DropDeadTed]

How exactly do you want it to rotate? It mostly involves modifying self.VElements["yourspinningthing"].pitchyawwhateverthefuck
But depending on the type of movement you want you need to do different things.

[hkbaker]

Thanks for the reply, and I am making an explosive sniper; I need to make this magazine VElement to move upwards however many units and then back down to its original position when it is ready to shoot again. Thanks

[DropDeadTed]

You could make it so that the position of your magazine is a mathematical function of NextPrimaryFire().
Something like
<elementpos>.z = <normal position> - math.Clamp( .5 * (self:GetNextPrimaryFire() - CurTime() , 0, <upper limit>)

[hkbaker]

[QUOTE=DropDeadTed;44110085]You could make it so that the position of your magazine is a mathematical function of NextPrimaryFire().
Something like
<elementpos>.z = <normal position> - math.Clamp( .5 * (self:GetNextPrimaryFire() - CurTime() , 0, <upper limit>)[/QUOTE]

I used...

function SWEP:Think()

self.VElements["magazine"].pos.z = Vector(0.625, 8.725, 3.994) - math.Clamp( .5 * (self:GetNextPrimaryFire() - CurTime()), Vector(0.625, 8.725, 3.994), Vector(0.625, 8.725, 8.994)) 

end

and returned me with...

[ERROR] lua/includes/extensions/math.lua:46: attempt to compare number with userdata
  1. Clamp - lua/includes/extensions/math.lua:46
   2. unknown - addons/m9k specialties/lua/weapons/m9k_etech25/shared.lua:104

Help please?

[Whiterabbit]

[QUOTE=hkbaker;44120643]I used...

function SWEP:Think()

self.VElements["magazine"].pos.z = Vector(0.625, 8.725, 3.994) - math.Clamp( .5 * (self:GetNextPrimaryFire() - CurTime()), Vector(0.625, 8.725, 3.994), Vector(0.625, 8.725, 8.994)) 

end

[/QUOTE]

math.Clamp is for numbers but you are trying to pass it two vectors.

[DropDeadTed]

The key is to use the thing I gave you as a z value in your vector
(or y or x value depending on how your model is set up)

[editline]3rd March 2014[/editline]

Since you're effectively isolating the z value you might as well just not deal with vectors at all. Take out the vector () stuff and get rid of the x and y values.

And do that to the vectors in the clamp too, like the guy above me said you can't do that.

[timmybo5]

This is what i have made for my "The Sawgun" Weapon ( available on the workshop )

function SWEP:Think() -- Called every frame
	self:OnThink() --calls the OnThink function which controls the spinning of the blade
end

local SpinAng = 270
local Spinz = 90
local Spiny = 0

local SpinAngw = 0
local Spinzw = 0
local Spinyw = 90

function SWEP:OnThink()

	if (CLIENT) then
		if SawbladeRotate:GetBool() == true then
			SpinAng = SpinAng + 1
			Spinz = Spinz + 0
			Spiny = Spiny + 0
		
			SpinAngw = SpinAngw + 0
			Spinzw = Spinzw + 0
			Spinyw = Spinyw + 1

			self.VElements["saw_blade"].angle.x = SpinAng
			self.VElements["saw_blade"].angle.z = Spinz
			self.VElements["saw_blade"].angle.y = Spiny
		
			self.WElements["saw_blade"].angle.x = SpinAngw
			self.WElements["saw_blade"].angle.z = Spinzw
			self.WElements["saw_blade"].angle.y = Spinyw
			end
			
		elseif SawbladeRotate:GetBool() == false then return end


end