Gmod - is there any way to shrink the size of the 1st person model / swep?

[arustusername]

Hi

First screenshot is with [lua]lua_run Entity(1):SetFOV(115,0) [/lua]

so a FOV of 115

[url]http://s29.postimg.org/8pwvx6bef/2016_02_03_00005.jpg[/url]

As you can see the gravitygun extends out and looks silly. I asked on here how to fix this and was recommended to change the fov of a swep. So i downloaded a suitable swep and changed the fov in shared.lua [lua]SWEP.ViewModelFOV = 20[/lua]

[url]http://s11.postimg.org/6ot0qff0z/2016_02_03_00006.jpg[/url]

This moved it back but the problem is when viewed through an oculus rift dk2 it looks huge, out of proportion. On a 2d monitor the second screenshot probably looks ok whereas through a rift it looks massive.

I think in traditional fps games played on a 2d monitor the player model's size is exaggerated but in VR this is not needed.

So can i shrink it somehow? Scale it down? Any advice will be much appreciated.

[RealDope]

[url]https://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Entity/SetModelScale[/url]

May or may not work with view models

[solid_jake]

Look into the SWEP Construction Kit on the workshop. There he has some methods of shrinking viewmodel parts. To shrink the whole you'd obviously shrink all the parts

[arustusername]

^^

I think SetModelScale will change my model height and width, it's only the model width that needs changing.

I've had a quick look at the swep construction kit, it might do it. Also found [url]https://github.com/CapsAdmin/pac3[/url] this might be useful.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[xav]

[img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/WEAPON/GetViewModelPosition]WEAPON/GetViewModelPosition[/url]

You can set the FOV really high and bring the viewmodel back with GetViewModelPosition to make it look normal again

This may also come in handy
[img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/WEAPON/CalcViewModelView]WEAPON/CalcViewModelView[/url]

[BoxOfFlex]

[QUOTE=arustusername;49670774]^^

I think SetModelScale will change my model height and width, it's only the model width that needs changing.

I've had a quick look at the swep construction kit, it might do it. Also found [url]https://github.com/CapsAdmin/pac3[/url] this might be useful.

Thanks for the suggestions.[/QUOTE]

PAC won't be useful without making a tool to export PACs to a format usable in code, which I've tried and it's a pain.

What I do instead of shrinking it if I were to make it not visible, is that I would [url=https://github.com/LUModder/FWP/blob/master/lua/weapons/weapon_fwp_dualak.lua#L88]set the viewmodel to an invisible texture[/url] and then make ClientsideModels for the new model.

If that's not what you want, still use PostDrawViewModel and just do vm:SetModelScale(sizeyouwant). If you use hands, it won't mess with the hands.