TTT custom sweps shared.lua

[Polishhotdog]

Hey, I've got a TTT server and I've currently uploaded all the files to a custom swep which is a barret 50 cal. I've made a folder in gamemodes/TerrorTown/entities/weapons named weapon_ttt_barret50 and inside there is a shared.lua file with information about the swep and so forth. The problem is I can see the barret on the server but other people cannot( they see it as an error) but the weird thing is that when I join the server I download the model fine. Am I putting the shared.lua file in the incorrect directory?

[Charles445]

You probably need to add the model to the resources.lua file.

[Polishhotdog]

Yeah I've done that already, I also added the shared.lua to it

[Charles445]

Yeah I've done that already, I also added the shared.lua to it

You don't need to add the shared.lua, it does that via AddCSLuaFile.
Otherwise, I don't know what's wrong.

[phoenixf129]

Possible typo in the shared file.. check SWEP.WorldModel / ViewModel (or similar...) point to the correct filepath for the model you are trying to use.

[Polishhotdog]

You don't need to add the shared.lua, it does that via AddCSLuaFile.
Otherwise, I don't know what's wrong.

Hmm, maybe I'll try removing it and see if that works 

[manbearpig101]

If you have FastDL remember to add it to your FastDL repository/webserver!

[Bad King Urgrain]

If you put the contents of your weapon's shared.lua in a http://pastebin.com/ and post the link, we can tell more easily if there's a mistake.

Perhaps you put in the wrong path for the model download? That way it could download fine for everyone, but only work for you because you already have a copy that's in the right place, while for everyone else it's in the wrong directory and can't be found.

You probably need to add the model to the resources.lua file.

I would recommend strongly against modifying resources.lua. You can put the resource.Add in the weapon's shared.lua script (as the guide does). That way you can avoid having to manually update the resources.lua file every time you update TTT.

[Polishhotdog]

Here's the link to the contents of the shared.lua file:

http://pastebin.com/HDGBS72c

[Bad King Urgrain]

I don't see anything obviously wrong. What have you put in resources.lua?

[Polishhotdog]

here's Resources.lua

http://pastebin.com/H5yBVBqb

[Bad King Urgrain]

Assuming you have something like "local AddFile = resources.AddFile" above that (else nothing would download and you said that did work), then everything seems correct. The model paths match up etc.

Does the sound work for other people? And the icon (when you search a body killed by the weapon)?

[Polishhotdog]

hmm, i dont actually have a local AddFile = resources.AddFile line in the File. Im guessing i put that in there?

And no the kill icon/sound does not work because people do not download the files required

[Bad King Urgrain]

I was assuming you had added those lines in the pastebin to TTT's resources.lua file. I don't know where exactly you put it, but perhaps you should just use this as the contents of your shared.lua file:
http://pastebin.com/yseJdm6u

It has the resource stuff in there now as you can see. You won't need the AddFile stuff in a separate place that way, and it should download properly.

If the server uses fastdl/sv_downloadurl, the files also have to be on there of course.

[Polishhotdog]

Ok I'll try using that for the shared.lua. I'll get back to you with results

[Polishhotdog]

I made a file in lua/autorun/server called Forcedl.lua and the server downloads everything except the Materials? why is this?

here is the lua file: http://pastebin.com/YBqE6LTR

EDIT: Sorry, the files were in the wrong directory, It is working now. Thank you for all your help :)

2nd Edit: Theres one small problem, when you see another person holding the weapons it appears to be coming out of their p***s. Is there any possible way to fix this?

Third edit: Just a small question, how can i enable killing after the round is over? kthx

[Bad King Urgrain]

2nd Edit: Theres one small problem, when you see another person holding the weapons it appears to be coming out of their p***s. Is there any possible way to fix this?

It sounds like the weapon's w_ model does not have the correct bones, so the game doesn't know how to position it in the player's hands. Fixing that requires editing the model.

Third edit: Just a small question, how can i enable killing after the round is over? kthx

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[Raserisk]

I'm also trying to get a custom weapon implemented for the server I play on, but unfortunely have very little Lua experience. So we basically just make a ttt_weapon_<name> folder in TTT/Entities/Weapons, put the shared.lua file in of the weapon and a "resource.lua" file? Or is it much more complicated?

I'm trying to get a Tranquilizer swep in.

[Bad King Urgrain]

I can't teach you Lua, but all you need to know about custom weapons is here: http://ttt.badking.net/custom-weapon-guide

You do not need a resource.lua and shouldn't make one. Everything goes into the shared.lua script.

[Raserisk]

The ak47 was simple to put in. However trying to do a custom swep was more tiresome. I noticed in the ak47 shared.lua file you had your own config settings for TTT. Do you HAVE to include all those in the original shared.lua file of the swep?