BoneMatrix editing on a ClientSideModel

[Archemyde]

So uh, i got myself into a mess that involved me not using normal Vmodels, and instead recreating the thing entirely using ClientSideModel. So far, i've got it to work perfectly. Except for the fact that BoneMatrix editing is a bitch, and i cant just C&P + edit code from the Swep Creation Kit to work with ClientSideModels whatsoever. Here's my code:

[lua]
SWEP.ViewModelBoneMods = {
["v_me_fireaxe"] = { scale = Vector(0.1, 0.1, 0.1), pos = Vector(0, 0, 0), angle = Angle(0, 0, 0) }
}

if CLIENT then
self.VModel = ClientsideModel(self.ViewModel, RENDERGROUP_OPAQUE)
self.VModel:SetNoDraw(true)
self.VModel.LastEyeAng = EyeAngles()
self.VModel:SetParent(self.Owner:GetViewModel())
end

--SWEP initialize func
if CLIENT then
self.BuildViewModelBones = function( s )
if LocalPlayer():GetActiveWeapon() == self and self.ViewModelBoneMods then
for k, v in pairs( self.ViewModelBoneMods ) do
print(v)
local vm = s.VModel
local bone = vm:LookupBone(k)
if (!bone) then continue end
local m = vm:GetBoneMatrix(bone)
if (!m) then continue end
m:Scale(v.scale)
m:Rotate(v.angle)
m:Translate(v.pos)
vm:SetBoneMatrix(bone, m)
end
end
end
then
[/lua]

Hopefully that's enough to give you an idea on what's going on. Any help would be appreciated.

[Necrossin]

Just use these without making a BuildBonePositions function:

vm:ManipulateBoneScale( bone, scale )
vm:ManipulateBoneAngles( bone, angle )
vm:ManipulateBonePosition( bone, pos )

[Archemyde]

too bad the bone is a number value. Any ideas on how i can return the index of that bone?

[JetBoom]

entity:LookupBone("bonename")

[Archemyde]

Still no change. Engine seems to ignore it.