EntityFireBullets Hook - Grabbing bullet?

[zachary johns]

Is there anyway I could define the bullet? To attach a trail or some thing to it?

[zerf]

To add a smoke trail or whatever you'd have to create your own bullet entity & method of firing it. For an example see [url]https://github.com/Captainshaun/PirateShipWars2/blob/master/entities/entities/psw_ballbearing.lua[/url]
and [url]https://github.com/Captainshaun/PirateShipWars2/blob/master/entities/weapons/weapon_psw_musket.lua#L53[/url]

[zachary johns]

[QUOTE=zerf;47147607]To add a smoke trail or whatever you'd have to create your own bullet entity & method of firing it. For an example see [url]https://github.com/Captainshaun/PirateShipWars2/blob/master/entities/entities/psw_ballbearing.lua[/url]
and [url]https://github.com/Captainshaun/PirateShipWars2/blob/master/entities/weapons/weapon_psw_musket.lua#L53[/url][/QUOTE]

I know this, but since its fas2, I don't wanna just edit the base.

[Rubat]

EntityFireBullets is called just before when the hitscan bullets are fired, they are not physical, they do not actually exist. What you can do is either:
1) Block the bullet from that hook and create a custom bullet entity with all the stuff you need
2) Since all you want is an effect, make a Lua effect and dispatch that effect from that hook.

You know the shoot position, you know the direction the bullet is heading.

[zachary johns]

[QUOTE=Robotboy655;47147668]EntityFireBullets is called just before when the hitscan bullets are fired, they are not physical, they do not actually exist. What you can do is either:
1) Block the bullet from that hook and create a custom bullet entity with all the stuff you need
2) Since all you want is an effect, make a Lua effect and dispatch that effect from that hook.

You know the shoot position, you know the direction the bullet is heading.[/QUOTE]

I'm thinking of creating a invisible/second bullet with the same info, but with 0 damage etc, but how would I send/shoot this bullet? (If I do this I can still attach the trail to it right?)

[Rubat]

You cannot attach a trail to a bullet ( Because bullets by default don't exist physically in the world, google and read what hitscan weapon is ), only if you actually code an entity that will act as a bullet and attach a trail to that.

As I said, again, best thing you can do is to emit a Lua effect from that hook so it looks like the bullet has a trail. Or go for the create entity route.