Pickup Weapon if user presses E on it

[Cosmo51]

Hello, I have recently downloaded the script gas grenades off of the steam workshop and extracted it using GMad extractor. I am currently editing the code. Currently, when I spawn the weapon and walk over it, it is automatically picked up by the player. I want to change this so that when the player presses E on the gas grenade, it will pick it up. Any ideas of how to go about doing this? I imagine I would have to implement Player:PickupObject() somewhere. The Player:PickupObject() command does not have a range capacity to it, is there any way I can add a range capacity? ie. So I can't pick up the item from the other side of the map. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you for your time.

[c👌de_g🎷]

[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/GM/PlayerCanPickupWeapon[/url]

You can override that to check if they used it by setting a variable on the player right after it's used, then resetting it after like half a second.

[Cosmo51]

[QUOTE=code_gs;50128452][url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/GM/PlayerCanPickupWeapon[/url]

You can override that to check if they used it by setting a variable on the player right after it's used, then resetting it after like half a second.[/QUOTE]

Hmm, but how would I stop the player from picking it up automatically? I understand that function, I will take it into effect!

[c👌de_g🎷]

[QUOTE=Cosmo51;50128496]Hmm, but how would I stop the player from picking it up automatically? I understand that function, I will take it into effect![/QUOTE]

return false if the player doesn't have the use variable set.

[Cosmo51]

[QUOTE=code_gs;50128545]return false if the player doesn't have the use variable set.[/QUOTE]

Where would I find the use variable? I dont think I have it, how would I set it?

Sorry man, I'm not very good at lua... I'm trying to get better though, very thankful for people like you willing to help :)

[c👌de_g🎷]

[QUOTE=Cosmo51;50128586]Where would I find the use variable? I dont think I have it, how would I set it?

Sorry man, I'm not very good at lua... I'm trying to get better though, very thankful for people like you willing to help :)[/QUOTE]

You could try something like this:

local elipson = 0.1
local lasttime = CurTime()
hook.Add( "StartCommand", "CheckUse", function( ply, cmd )
   if ( cmd:KeyDown( IN_USE )) then
      ply.Used = true
      ply.UsedEnt = ply:GetEyeTrace().Entity
      lasttime = CurTime() + 0.1
   elseif ( lasttime <= CurTime() )
      ply.Used = false
   end
end )

Now, all you have to do is check if ply.Used is true in the hook provided above and that the weapon matches ply.UsedEnt. If so, allow pickup.

[whitestar]

[QUOTE=code_gs;50128906]You could try something like this:

local elipson = 0.1
local lasttime = CurTime()
hook.Add( "StartCommand", "CheckUse", function( ply, cmd )
   if ( cmd:KeyDown( IN_USE )) then
      ply.Used = true
      ply.UsedEnt = ply:GetEyeTrace().Entity
      lasttime = CurTime() + 0.1
   elseif ( lasttime <= CurTime() )
      ply.Used = false
   end
end )

Now, all you have to do is check if ply.Used is true in the hook provided above and that the weapon matches ply.UsedEnt. If so, allow pickup.[/QUOTE]

well, it still would automaticly pick the gun up if you're close enough when returning true again, even if you don't aim at it.

[c👌de_g🎷]

[QUOTE=whitestar;50130207]well, it still would automaticly pick the gun up if you're close enough when returning true again, even if you don't aim at it.[/QUOTE]

By like a 0.1 second margin, he can lower the elipson if he wants