Out of ideas - Moar Plawx

[Ownage96]

Title^^^^^

Post ideas below, i will attempt to create them and post them as a reply

[Kung Fu Jew]

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1003272-Cross-Cam-SWEP[/url]
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1018116-Explosion-effects-%28simulated-shrapnel-vision-impairment-hearing-impairment-etc.%29[/url]

Pleeeaaase? :)

[Ownage96]

This is basically the shared.lua file for the weapon. A little bit buggy.
When you first spawn it, right click once then left click to start the camera,
left click to scroll through and right click to exit once in the camera.

if SERVER then
	AddCSLuaFile("shared.lua")
end

if CLIENT then
	SWEP.PrintName = "Cross Cam Spectate SWEP"
	SWEP.Slot = 1
	SWEP.SlotPos = 3
	SWEP.DrawAmmo = false
	SWEP.DrawCrosshair = false
end

SWEP.Author			= "Ownage"
SWEP.Instructions	= "Left click to start / toggle through. Right click to stop."

SWEP.Spawnable			= false
SWEP.AdminSpawnable		= true

SWEP.ViewModel			= "models/weapons/v_hands.mdl"
SWEP.WorldModel			= "models/weapons/w_357.mdl"

SWEP.Primary.ClipSize		= -1
SWEP.Primary.DefaultClip	= -1
SWEP.Primary.Automatic		= false
SWEP.Primary.Ammo			= "none"

SWEP.Weight				= 5
SWEP.AutoSwitchTo		= false
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom		= false



function SWEP:Initialize()
	self:SetWeaponHoldType("normal")
	C=0
end

function SWEP:Deploy()
	if SERVER then
		self.Owner:DrawViewModel(true)
		self.Owner:DrawWorldModel(false)
	end
end

function StartHeadCam()
if !CLIENT then return end
local HeadCam = {}
HeadCam.angles = sp:EyeAngles()
HeadCam.origin = sp:GetShootPos()
HeadCam.x = 0
HeadCam.y = 0
HeadCam.drawviewmodel = false
HeadCam.w = ScrW()
HeadCam.h = ScrH()
	render.RenderView( HeadCam )
end



function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()

if self.Owner.Spectating then
C=C+1
if player.GetAll()[C]:Team() == self.Owner:Team() then sp = player.GetAll()[C] end
if C>=#player.GetAll() then C=1 end
else
if CLIENT then
hook.Add("HUDPaint", "HeadCamera", StartHeadCam)
end
self.Owner.Spectating = true
end

end




function SWEP:SecondaryAttack()
if CLIENT then
hook.Remove("HUDPaint", "HeadCamera")
end
self.Owner.Spectating = false
end

[zenby]

I'm fixing your code; there are some mistakes/areas in need of improvement.

[Kung Fu Jew]

:) Thank you. Are you going to do anything else with it? I'll test it when I've got some heads available, and thanks again.

[editline]13th November 2010[/editline]

Oh hi ZenX2. Thanks for that.

[zenby]

The upgraded code:
[lua]if SERVER then
AddCSLuaFile("shared.lua")
end

if CLIENT then
SWEP.PrintName = "Cross Cam Spectate SWEP"
SWEP.Slot = 1
SWEP.SlotPos = 3
SWEP.DrawAmmo = false
SWEP.DrawCrosshair = false
end

SWEP.Author = "Ownage"
SWEP.Instructions = "Left click to start / toggle through. Right click to stop."

SWEP.Spawnable = false
SWEP.AdminSpawnable = true

SWEP.ViewModel = "models/weapons/v_hands.mdl"
SWEP.WorldModel = "models/weapons/w_357.mdl"

SWEP.Primary.ClipSize = -1
SWEP.Primary.DefaultClip = -1
SWEP.Primary.Automatic = false
SWEP.Primary.Ammo = "none"

SWEP.Weight = 5
SWEP.AutoSwitchTo = false
SWEP.AutoSwitchFrom = false

function SWEP:Initialize()
self:SetWeaponHoldType("normal")
self.C=0
end

function SWEP:Deploy()
if SERVER then
self.Owner:DrawViewModel(true)
self.Owner:DrawWorldModel(false)
end
end

function StartHeadCam()
if !self.sp then return end --incase there is no spectatee
local HeadCam = {}
HeadCam.angles = self.sp:EyeAngles()
HeadCam.origin = self.sp:GetShootPos()
HeadCam.x = 0
HeadCam.y = 0
HeadCam.drawviewmodel = false
HeadCam.w = ScrW()
HeadCam.h = ScrH()
render.RenderView( HeadCam )
end

function SWEP:PrimaryAttack()

if not self.C then self.C = 0
repeat
self.C=self.C+1
until (player.GetAll()[self.C] and player.GetAll()[self.C]:Team() == self.Owner:Team() and player.GetAll()[self.C] ~= self.Owner) or self.C > #player.GetAll()
if self.C > #player.GetAll() then self.Owner:ChatPrint("There are no players you can spectate.") return end
self.sp = player.GetAll()[self.C] --if everything is good, go ahead.
if CLIENT then
hook.Add("HUDPaint", "HeadCamera", StartHeadCam)
end

end

function SWEP:SecondaryAttack()
if CLIENT then
hook.Remove("HUDPaint", "HeadCamera")
end
end[/lua]

Here are some tips:
-If you are making a swep or sent, don't declare global variables, put them in a field of self. (ex: C to self.C)
-in startheadcam, you're checking if the client is running function when it was already only hooked on the client.
-the "self.Owner.Spectating" was not really needed.
-I added a better way of cycling through players.
--It skips having to click for players that aren't on your team, that was quite a bad way to code it (no offense :P)
--You can't spectate yourself
--If there is no one you can spectate, it lets you know and doesn't hook.
-Use [lua] tags. (

 sucks)

Hope I helped :D

[editline]13th November 2010[/editline]

I haven't tested this, but it should work. (Or garry's infinite loop protection will break it.)

[Kung Fu Jew]

That was fast. Many thanks!

[editline]13th November 2010[/editline]

It doesn't seem to show up... :(

[editline]13th November 2010[/editline]

The SWEP in the weapon menu, I mean.

[Helari]

Sure you saved it in the right place and set the textfile to lua?

[-TB-]

I see an end missing on line 62.

[ralle105]

I see improper use of self on line 46.

[Xenoyia]

[QUOTE=ZenX2;26026637]The upgraded code:
function SWEP:Deploy()
if SERVER then
self.Owner:DrawViewModel(true)
self.Owner:DrawWorldModel(false)
end
end

[b]function construct()
Additional.Pylons
end[/b]

function StartHeadCam()
if !self.sp then return end --incase there is no spectatee[/QUOTE]

There is your problem.

You forgot to construct additional pylons.

[Dwatring]

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1026429-Death-Factor[/url]!

This would help me out VERY much! I would really appreciate it!