Playing the shotgun reload animation

[Awesomeness]

[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Talk:Activity[/url]
That's the link to the activities page. Yes, as you can tell from the talk page, I'm Chicken on the wiki.

I've been looking and looking, and I can't find the activity that happens when you reload a shotgun. (The activity where you stuff a shell into it) Where is it? Also, if you know, how do I change SWEP:Reload() to not give me any bullets? I want to do it myself because it gives me my entire clip all at once. I wish I knew how to reload one bullet at a time...

[Chad Mobile]

I had this same exact problem.
[HD]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP8y0axzJvw[/HD]

[Metanoia]

look at the source code for gamemodes/sweps that have already done it

[Chad Mobile]

It's hard to figure out which part it doing it usually, and sometimes it's coded all throughout the swep so it's tricky to implement in your swep.

[Grasp]

function SWEP:Think()


	if ( self.Weapon:GetNetworkedBool( "reloading", false ) ) then
	
		if ( self.Weapon:GetVar( "reloadtimer", 0 ) < CurTime() ) then
			
			// Finsished reload -
			if ( self.Weapon:Clip1() >= self.Primary.ClipSize || self.Owner:GetAmmoCount( self.Primary.Ammo ) <= 0 ) then
				self.Weapon:SetNetworkedBool( "reloading", false )
				return
			end
			
			// Next cycle
			self.Weapon:SetVar( "reloadtimer", CurTime() + 0.3 )
			self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_VM_RELOAD )
			
			// Add ammo
			self.Owner:RemoveAmmo( 1, self.Primary.Ammo, false )
			self.Weapon:SetClip1(  self.Weapon:Clip1() + 1 )
			
			// Finish filling, final pump
			if ( self.Weapon:Clip1() >= self.Primary.ClipSize || self.Owner:GetAmmoCount( self.Primary.Ammo ) <= 0 ) then
				self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_SHOTGUN_RELOAD_FINISH )
			else
			
			end
			
		end
	
	end

end

Uhh, copypasta from the CS_base pump shotgun, but would this be what you are looking for? Specifically:

 // Add ammo
			self.Owner:RemoveAmmo( 1, self.Primary.Ammo, false )
			self.Weapon:SetClip1(  self.Weapon:Clip1() + 1 )
			

[Awesomeness]

Okay, I tried your method, and it just gives me the no ammo click when I try to shoot at zero ammo, and when I press 'r', nothing happens!

This is my code:
[lua]

SWEP.Base = "weapon_base"

pumpTime = 0
pump = false

-- Visual/sound settings
SWEP.PrintName = "Super Shotgun"
SWEP.Slot = 3
SWEP.SlotPos = 4
SWEP.DrawAmmo = false
SWEP.DrawCrosshair = true
SWEP.ViewModelFlip = false
SWEP.ViewModelFOV = 64
SWEP.ViewModel = "models/weapons/v_shotgun.mdl"
SWEP.WorldModel = "models/weapons/w_shotgun.mdl"
SWEP.ReloadSound = "weapons/shotgun/shotgun_reload2.wav"
SWEP.HoldType = "shotgun"

-- Other settings
SWEP.Weight = 4
SWEP.AutoSwitchTo = false
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom = false
SWEP.Spawnable = false
SWEP.AdminSpawnable = true

-- SWEP info
SWEP.Author = "Awesomeness"
SWEP.Contact = ""
SWEP.Purpose = ""
SWEP.Instructions = "Aim away from face."

-- Primary fire settings
SWEP.Primary.Sound = "weapons/shotgun/shotgun_fire7.wav"
SWEP.Primary.PumpSound = "weapons/shotgun/shotgun_cock.wav"
SWEP.Primary.Damage = 9999
SWEP.Primary.NumShots = 99
SWEP.Primary.Recoil = 1
SWEP.Primary.Cone = 30
SWEP.Primary.Delay = 0.75
SWEP.Primary.ClipSize = 6
SWEP.Primary.DefaultClip = 99999999
SWEP.Primary.Tracer = 1
SWEP.Primary.Force = 100
SWEP.Primary.TakeAmmoPerBullet = false
SWEP.Primary.Automatic = false
SWEP.Primary.Ammo = "Buckshot"

-- Secondary fire settings
SWEP.Secondary.Sound = ""
SWEP.Secondary.Damage = 0
SWEP.Secondary.NumShots = 0
SWEP.Secondary.Recoil = 0
SWEP.Secondary.Cone = 0
SWEP.Secondary.Delay = 0
SWEP.Secondary.ClipSize = 0
SWEP.Secondary.DefaultClip = 0
SWEP.Secondary.Tracer = 0
SWEP.Secondary.Force = 0
SWEP.Secondary.TakeAmmoPerBullet = true
SWEP.Secondary.Automatic = false
SWEP.Secondary.Ammo = "none"

-- Hooks

function SWEP:Initialize()
if ( SERVER ) then
self:SetWeaponHoldType( self.HoldType )
end
end

function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()
if ( !self:CanPrimaryAttack() ) then return end
local bullet = {} -- Set up the shot
bullet.Num = self.Primary.NumShots
bullet.Src = self.Owner:GetShootPos()
bullet.Dir = self.Owner:GetAimVector()
bullet.Spread = Vector( self.Primary.Cone / 90, self.Primary.Cone / 90, 0 )
bullet.Tracer = self.Primary.Tracer
bullet.Force = self.Primary.Force
bullet.Damage = self.Primary.Damage
bullet.AmmoType = self.Primary.Ammo
self.Owner:FireBullets( bullet )
self.Owner:MuzzleFlash()
self.Owner:SetAnimation( PLAYER_ATTACK1 )
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_VM_PRIMARYATTACK )

pumpTime = CurTime() + 0.3
pump = true

self.Weapon:EmitSound(Sound(self.Primary.Sound))
self.Owner:ViewPunch(Angle( -self.Primary.Recoil, 0, 0 ))
if (self.Primary.TakeAmmoPerBullet) then
self:TakePrimaryAmmo(self.Primary.NumShots)
else
self:TakePrimaryAmmo(1)
end
self:SetNextPrimaryFire( CurTime() + self.Primary.Delay )
end

function SWEP:SecondaryAttack()
end

function SWEP:Think()

if (pumpTime <= CurTime() && pump == true) then
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_SHOTGUN_PUMP )
self.Weapon:EmitSound(Sound(self.Primary.PumpSound))
pump = false
end

if ( self.Weapon:GetNetworkedBool( "reloading", false ) ) then

if ( self.Weapon:GetVar( "reloadtimer", 0 ) < CurTime()) then

// Finsished reload -
if ( self.Weapon:Clip1() >= self.Primary.ClipSize || self.Owner:GetAmmoCount( self.Primary.Ammo ) <= 0 ) then
self.Weapon:SetNetworkedBool( "reloading", false )
return
end

// Next cycle
self.Weapon:SetVar( "reloadtimer", CurTime() + 0.3 )
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_VM_RELOAD )

// Add ammo
self.Owner:RemoveAmmo( 1, self.Primary.Ammo, false )
self.Weapon:SetClip1( self.Weapon:Clip1() + 1 )

// Finish filling, final pump
if ( self.Weapon:Clip1() >= self.Primary.ClipSize || self.Owner:GetAmmoCount( self.Primary.Ammo ) <= 0 ) then
self.Weapon:SendWeaponAnim( ACT_SHOTGUN_RELOAD_FINISH )
else

end

end

end

end

function SWEP:Reload()
--self.Weapon:DefaultReload(ACT_SHOTGUN_RELOAD_START)
--self.Weapon:DefaultReload(ACT_SHOTGUN_RELOAD_FINISH)
--self.Weapon:DefaultReload(ACT_RELOAD_SHOTGUN)
return true
end

function SWEP:Deploy()
return true
end

function SWEP:Holster()
return true
end

function SWEP:OnRemove()
end

function SWEP:OnRestore()
end

function SWEP:Precache()
end

function SWEP:OwnerChanged()
end
[/lua]

What am I doing wrong? =(

[Awesomeness]

Also, I have discovered it reloads when I reload a different weapon. I don't understand what's going on...

[editline]10:00PM[/editline]

Please guys, I need to know! I'm so close to making my shotgun's behavior identical to a normal one! I've found the sounds, the animations, the delay times, the models, and everything, but I just haven't been able to do this last one! Please!

[Awesomeness]

...Where is everyone?

[Crazy Quebec]

You simply copy pasted code hoping it would magically work right? Looking at your code you don't even have a reload function so I'm not surprised nothing at all is happening.

[Awesomeness]

I'm sorry, I really don't know how it works. I don't know enough. I'm asking for help. Just by looking at Lua, I've learned its syntax like any other developer, but I don't understand how Lua ties in with the Source Engine. As this is my first SWEP as well as the first thing I have ever made in Lua, you are going to have to enlighten me.

I had originally noticed that the code Grasp had shown me was in the Think() method. I have learned the hard way (through trial and error) that anything put in there happens each frame. Since shotgun reloading is not instantaneous, I thought a delay would happen. The if blocks checked the value of the networked boolean, (What IS a networked boolean, by the way?) "reloading," so I assumed that the reloading code inside Think() would be called when the character reloads and the Reload() method is called. In other words, I thought calling Reload() would change the value of "reloading.

I'm probably totally wrong. I really need help, please, and I'm sorry if I looked stupid... =(

It's just the documentation for Lua on the wiki doesn't help me very much, and there are almost no examples for anything, and certainly not a tutorial on the reloading of shotguns. Can you please help me?

[Crazy Quebec]

A networked boolean is a boolean value (true or false) that is available to both the client and the server. For it to change value you will have to do it explicitely, like in your reload function (Not saying it will make your script work but it's a start). Oh and the fastest way to find out what a function does is always to use the wiki! :smile:

[b][url=wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.GetNetworkedBool]Entity.GetNetworkedBool [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b]

and

[b][url=wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.SetNetworkedBool]Entity.SetNetworkedBool [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b]

[Chad Mobile]

Sorry to just say this, but it's kind of annoying when someone busts in and goes, "CODE THIS FOR ME" lol

[Awesomeness]

Sorry for the late, late, late reply. I had forgotten about the forum for a while.

How did Chad get banned? Anyways, I'm not asking for you to code the whole gun for me. I've done that myself. All I'm asking is how to play the shotgun reload animation where the player stuffs the shell in the gun. And yes, I checked the wiki's Activity list, (that's where I got the other animations for the shotgun from) and I can't find it. All I'm asking for is the name of the Activity.

[Awesomeness]

Hello?

[Trivkz]

For what I can see on the Activity list its:
ACT_SHOTGUN_RELOAD_START = 244
ACT_SHOTGUN_RELOAD_FINISH = 245
I might be wrong. I just saw the SHOTGUN

The list is here:
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Activity[/url]

There is more then one reload function so try them all? :3
Trail and Error!

[Awesomeness]

[QUOTE=Trivkz;20895314]For what I can see on the Activity list its:
ACT_SHOTGUN_RELOAD_START = 244
ACT_SHOTGUN_RELOAD_FINISH = 245
I might be wrong. I just saw the SHOTGUN

The list is here:
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Activity[/url]

There is more then one reload function so try them all? :3
Trail and Error![/QUOTE]

Sorry for very late reply. I've already tried both of them.