recharging grenades

[spring charm]

timer.Create("youraddon_grenadecheck", 20, 0, function()
    for k, v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
        v:CheckForGrenade()
    end
end)

function PLAYER:CheckForGrenade()
    if not self:HasWeapon("weapon_frag") then
        self:Give("weapon_frag")
    end
end

or something

[primal estuary]

it gave an error

[spring charm]

well you'd wanna create the timer for ever player

[primal estuary]

attempt index ply nil value something

[spring charm]

well yeah

[timid fulcrum]

define player

[spring charm]

in this case

you want to target every player

well

actually

i wrote that wrong

try that

also, you need to make sure y ou define PLAYER as the player metatable

local PLAYER = FindMetaTable("Player")

somewhere before that other code

[wicked hollow]

wait what

sorry to butt in but

why would you do that

[spring charm]

its just a way of doing it

[wicked hollow]

but what part of the code is it used in

[primal estuary]

so when i save the script it gave an error about PLAYER

and after 20 seconds passed it gave an error about

CheckForGrenade

[wicked hollow]

you can copy the error messages from the console like text

[primal estuary]

[weapons] addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:7: attempt to index global 'PLAYER' (a nil value)

1. unknown - addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:7

[weapons] addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:7: attempt to index global 'PLAYER' (a nil value)

1. unknown - addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:7

[weapons] addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:3: attempt to call method 'CheckForGrenade' (a nil value)

1. unknown - addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:3

Timer Failed! [youraddon_grenadecheck][@addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua (line 1)]

[weapons] addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:3: attempt to call method 'CheckForGrenade' (a nil value)

1. unknown - addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:3

Timer Failed! [youraddon_grenadecheck][@addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua (line 1)]

how do you define a player meta thing

[primal estuary]

if this code then it should work i think

beacuse i put that

[wicked hollow]

oh i see now

did you put that before the timer code?

like at the top out of functions and stuff

[primal estuary]

after

[wicked hollow]

well its causing an error because code is read by the computer from top to bottom

and since you defined it after the timer it doesn't know what that is

[spring charm]

lol

[wicked hollow]

yea my bad

[primal estuary]

ok it worked

or not?

[wicked hollow]

errors?

[primal estuary]

i thought it gave faster than 20 seconds

it turns out not the case it works like intended

so no problems

[wicked hollow]

oh ok

[primal estuary]

no wait definetly problems

i got grenade before timer could finish 20 seconds

[wicked hollow]

whats the rest of the code?

send it but make sure to put single quotes around it

[primal estuary]

i think i know the issue

timer starts before the player check

timer should start after the player gets into ammo count 0

[wicked hollow]

oh yeah, if u just create a timer outside of everything it'll start whenever the code loads

[primal estuary]

i think putting a check over ammo count shouldn't be that hard

[wicked hollow]

also I would switch to visual studio code instead of notepad++

[primal estuary]

i do not have that

[wicked hollow]

its free

[timid fulcrum]

thats kinda overkill

for lua

[wicked hollow]

but it would help alot since the gmod extension

without it I would be using the wiki 3x as much

i like to know what arguments i need to use for a function, or if a function even exists really quick

[primal estuary]

ok so i will trying to mash this code with my old code

[timid fulcrum]

gmod extension?

[wicked hollow]

im talking about visual studio code not visual studio if thats what your thinking about

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=venner.vscode-glua-enhanced

[primal estuary]

i need to delete give weapon_frag and make it start the code at the bottom

[timid fulcrum]

ohh okay

[primal estuary]

how do i do that

[wicked hollow]

ok first u need to fix your if statements inside of getammocount

if ammocount 0 is wrong since there isnt any conditional, a conditional is <=, >=, ==, or !=. its a symbol that sits between two variables (in this case your ammocount and 0) that compares the two. so you would put ==

[primal estuary]

if ammocount ==0 then
function timer.create("youraddon_...

would this work?

[wicked hollow]

read last part of my msg

ye also not necessary but put a space after the == for better readability

[primal estuary]

is there too much end?

[wicked hollow]

ok your missing two more ends but its formatted kinda weird so lemme write it out for you

[primal estuary]

[weapons] addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:1: attempt to index global 'Player' (a function value)

1. unknown - addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:1

[wicked hollow]

yeah holdon, could you send the code from if ammocount == 0 to right before function PLAYER:CheckForGrenade?

like as text not as screenshot

[primal estuary]

if ammocount == 0 then
timer.Create("youraddon_grenadecheck", 20, 0, function()
for k, v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
v:CheckForGrenade()
end
end)

wait isn't there supposed to be function

before timer.create

[wicked hollow]

if ammocount == 0 then
timer.Create("youraddon_grenadecheck", 20, 0, function()
for k, v in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
v:CheckForGrenade()
end
end)
end

try adding this in, its nothing you really did wrong you just accidentally moved around some of the ends and it pasted in weird so it was hard to read

[primal estuary]

eof expected near end

what does that even mean

[wicked hollow]

eof means end of file, i was expecting that to happen since it was still kinda messy. functions and if statements need proper ends so whenever it kinda falls into the void for a lack of an end it causes that error.

add an end to the bottom right before function PLAYER:CheckForGrenade() and it should fix it

[primal estuary]

it did not

it just changed where the error is

from line 22 to 21

[wicked hollow]

can you send what it looks like right now?

[timid fulcrum]

thats alot of fuckin ends

[primal estuary]

yeah i said that too

[wicked hollow]

oh remove the two ends at the bottom

[primal estuary]

ok

[weapons] addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:20: 'end' expected (to close 'function' at line 5) near '<eof>'

[wicked hollow]

can you send a screenshot but with line numbers on the left?

[wicked hollow]

add one end below the highlighted one

[primal estuary]

[weapons] addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:1: attempt to index global 'Player' (a function value)

1. unknown - addons/weapons/lua/autorun/nadecharge.lua:1

i hate coding

[wicked hollow]

make Player into PLAYER

at top func

sorry i can probably guess how you feel

[primal estuary]

which one

[wicked hollow]

Player:GetAmmoCount

[primal estuary]

on both local and function?

[wicked hollow]

i mean just change Player into PLAYER on line 5

[primal estuary]

it gave the same exact error

[wicked hollow]

ok i understand now

gimme a sec

your gonna have to make a hook, which is basically hitchhiking onto a game event to run your own code

[spring charm]

wat da hell

[wicked hollow]

i just got timed out for some reason

ok so let me type that again

[primal estuary]

wontair

let's say

i have a running animation

and an ironsight animation

[spring charm]

bruh hwat is this

[primal estuary]

and you can ironsight while running

but running animation overrides ironsight for some reason

how can i fix that

[wicked hollow]

uhh you would make either a running ironsight animation or modify the viewmodel pos instead of using an animation for the ironsights

but your grenade recharging is really easy to fix

i just took forever cause i had to type the code in discord lol

[primal estuary]

ironsight

running animation

and running while ironsight

[primal estuary]

it's already doing that

[wicked hollow]

which one

[wicked hollow]

ok then you either need it to stop it from playing the running animation or have ironsights running anim

really tho let me help u fix that recharging grenade script it will only take like 5 mo mins

[primal estuary]

no problem

you need the .lua file?

[wicked hollow]

sure actually

[wicked hollow]

also i would get vscode now

[primal estuary]

how do i do the first part

[primal estuary]

no idea what that is

[wicked hollow]

visual studio code

im scared to send a link cause it might time me out again

its the one with the blue icon

the reason you should get it is because it has autocompletion

[primal estuary]

is your profile picture from komegatze

[wicked hollow]

yea i think

[primal estuary]

i thought notepad also has that

[wicked hollow]

yea but its pretty weak compared to vscode with the gmod lua extension

trust me your gonna save alot of time

the extension name is GLua Enhanced btw

you find it in here when u get the program

im testing out my new code

ill be able to send it pretty soon

[primal estuary]

i think i did everything right

[wicked hollow]

yup!

i got ur code gimme a sec

make sure its in lua/autorun/server/ in ur mod's folder

i added alot of comments so i hope they might help

[primal estuary]

like?

oh

i read it as commands

instead of comments

[wicked hollow]

oh and one extra thing: when you make the function PLAYER:CheckForGrenade it simply adds that function to all players you have access to, if that makes any sense. since it adds it to the table (see how PLAYER is declared above it) that all player entities use.

[primal estuary]

are you sure code works

i completed the gauntlent in 23 seconds and i am waiting here for the last 15 seconds and no greandes coming?

oh fuck nevermind

i'm dumb

[timid fulcrum]

antiscreamer?? i need

[wicked hollow]

oops i spoiled it

its almost ready i could probably release it today

[primal estuary]

wtf is an anti screamer

[timid fulcrum]

you will get 10000000000000 likes

[wicked hollow]

it overrides functions that draw textures to the screen to do nothing then adds the calls to a list that you can look over to see if any mods are trying to be mailcious

[timid fulcrum]

what about sound

[wicked hollow]

ye that too

i have a table of the names of functions i can just add to

[timid fulcrum]

def obfuscate ur code

[primal estuary]

i actually never encountered a screamer addon

[wicked hollow]

its all local functions and variables

[primal estuary]

one dumbass kept showing me his screamer addon

but other than that i never saw one in the workshop

[wicked hollow]

if you want 100% security you need to download the mod locally and rename the script files so that a screamer couldnt override them

[primal estuary]

is it possible to double the speed of a weapon through lua

[wicked hollow]

ill brb for 5 minutes but if you mean firerate and the weapon is lua based then yea

[primal estuary]

weapon is vanilla hl2

and how does firerate would even work on a grenade

Wontairr code me friends to play with

.d

[timid fulcrum]

its hardcoded u cant mod vanilla hl2 weapons unless lua data n stuff idk is made for it

[primal estuary]

what about

when i press a button

it speeds things up for the weapon

and stuff

beacuse grenade takes exactly 1.3 seconds to draw and throw with my quick nade code that i stole

while punching somebody like you are in yakuza is frame 0

[wicked hollow]

ok ye there really isnt any way

[spring charm]

are u just using default grenade

you could maybe handle grenade throw urslef

[primal estuary]

yes

anything lower than 1.3 it doesn't throw

i was thinking maybe speed up the draw and throw animation based on multipliers

so instead of 1.3

it should come out at 0.6

or something

but only when this code is used or something idk

[primal estuary]

@spring charm you there?

i need to ask something

[primal estuary]

UGH I HATE RETAR DED CODES

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

IT SHOULD WORK

NOT BUG OUT AT FUCKING FRAME 15 AND LOOP IT

[spring charm]

The computer only knows to do what you tell it to do

If it’s not working then you told it to do something wrong

[primal estuary]

nuh

i didn't wrote shitty lua

it's impossible

basically it didn't recognize act_vm_idle_lowered for every weapon

except the shotgun

and shotgun doesn't recognize idletolow

but every other weapon does

and i couldn't fix it with lua

so i fixed it with qc

anyways that isn't the issue

how do i disable a code based on an another code

beacuse ironsight and running animation clash

running animation takes priority

while ironsight needs to have priority

" if inIronsights then return end"
shouldn't something like this end the running animation or something?

after this didn't work i tried something like "if inIronsights then seqToPlay = vm:LookupSequence("idle01")"

but it did not work

[spring charm]

Do you think that you can just put English in camel case and the computer will just understand?

It’s fine to be a beginner but you’re so confident it’s funny

You’ll have to check with the specific gun mod

[primal estuary]

but this code uses inIronsights not me

[spring charm]

It’s hard to say whatever addons you might be running work

Fair enough haha

That’s not the right thing

Wait what do you wanna do again sry

[primal estuary]

ironsight should prioritize over running

but right now it's the other way around

scope animation

[spring charm]

I think maybe you can use StartCommand hook and check if player is scoping with weapon

But someone might tell you there’s a better way

[primal estuary]

when i do both

running animation

[spring charm]

Yeah stop the player from running using startcommand if they are scoping in with a weapon

StartCommand has a ucmd object and you can change inputs

GPT will honestly do something like that for you

I don’t recommend it if you want to actually learn though

[primal estuary]

well that is one way to fix it but if player scopes in while running it would cause the same issue no?

[spring charm]

Theoretically as soon as you start scoping the StartCommand hook will instantly remove any sprint input

Maybe

I’ve not actually written any glua in a long time lol

[primal estuary]

it shouldn't remove the input it should override the animation

[spring charm]

The sprinting animation?

[primal estuary]

yes

ironsight should override running

[spring charm]

When you stop sprinting the animation stops bro

[primal estuary]

yeah but

[spring charm]

Oh you mean they should sprint and scope at the same time..?

[primal estuary]

yes

but sprint animation shouldn't override the damn scope

that just slows down the gameplay

y'know

also how do you make the scope work like it does in arccw or something

somebody was talking about fov and stuff in development but i didn't understand

[primal estuary]

do you want me to send you both ironsight and running animation .lua?

code isn't exactly mine i stole it

wait could the lua name overriding it?

nah it's not it

[primal estuary]

should i give credit to you for the code when i publish the addon considering you wrote the entire thing

i have like 7 more people to ask before publishing

and if they do not respond in a week i kinda don't care

[wicked hollow]

nah no need

[primal estuary]

@wicked hollow how do i put the code into this

[wicked hollow]

put ```lua
if not GetConVar("sv_rechargeable_grenades"):GetBool() then return end

at the top of the hook function.

you dont need local = for the createconvar its just a function that stores a convar in whatever source uses to store them. also u dont want the last FCVAR u put, and theres a hanging comma at the end (u just need help text at the end no min max)

[primal estuary]

?

like this

or one below the --

[functions] addons/functions/lua/autorun/server/sv_rechargeablegrenades.lua:12: attempt to index a nil value

1. unknown - addons/functions/lua/autorun/server/sv_rechargeablegrenades.lua:12

[wicked hollow]

at the top of the hook*'s* function i mean

like right before if ammoid == 10

i meant to say the function that the hook is creating

also you forgot to do the stuff i said after the code block

also why are you still on notepad++ lol

[primal estuary]

honestly i have no idea

[wicked hollow]

u got an extra comma next to FCVAR_ARCHIVE

also by help text i mean the description of the command

[primal estuary]

oh whoops

[wicked hollow]

normally u just put "Enables (whatever it enables)"

[primal estuary]

oh

so something more like this?

what do i do here after

[wicked hollow]

yeah thats good, also i have nooo idea how that works i haven't messed with that in a while

i would decompile a mod that has that setup already

[primal estuary]

yeah i did that

didn't understand shit tho

also it doesn't work

when convar is set to 0 it still gives me the grenade

[wicked hollow]

restart the map if u haven't

sometimes the old hooks stay around

[primal estuary]

i restarted the game

still giving me grenades

it's at 0 too

[primal estuary]

oh it needs a restart each time i enable this and disenable it

for some reason

[wicked hollow]

sorry it took me a while to come back

maybe make 1 to "1"?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1325913177933877269/1327738917696442368/image.png?ex=6784d17a&is=67837ffa&hm=dda793dccf859cd1e335be2f22b17da245f0b60cad5263cedad247e2788a0c85&

[primal estuary]

@wicked hollow how could one turn a swep with base, let's say arccw into a swep with no base

[primal estuary]

@spring charm need help again

i can't get this to work it gives an error texture

now it's showing nothing at all

i hate vmt

or code

whichever is causing the porblem

[wicked hollow]

you should always send all the info you have. example: how those textures are being used in code, what do the vmt files look like, etc. it saves time for the person trying to help, since even if long times pass, they don't have to ask you for the extra details in times when you may not be on.

[primal estuary]

i fixed it actually vtf was the problem

for some reason no mipmaps caused it to not show up

now i need to do

find how to make a pcf work

and overlay it on the screen

and turn arccw base weapon into a normal swep with no base

help me wink wink

[primal estuary]

there is not a single addon that i can build this shit over

[primal estuary]

is it possible fade in and out vmts?

[wicked hollow]

wdym like have it fade out on the edges

do that in the texture

unless there is a way idk

[primal estuary]

fade out as in

textures fades in and out

or something

[wicked hollow]

oh like flashing? could you send the code u use to display the texture?

[primal estuary]

the other code at the top is this

it instantly appears rn

it wasn't doing that when it was a png

[wicked hollow]

remove the multiplier on the frametime and see what happens

[primal estuary]

it's giving an error now

lua/includes/util.lua:304: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'to' (a nil value)

1. Lerp - lua/includes/util.lua:304
2. v - addons/progressive low health overlays/lua/autorun/bloodscreenprogressive.lua:42
   3. unknown - lua/includes/modules/hook.lua:96 (x113)

[wicked hollow]

you gotta show code

also send it as text not screenshot

[primal estuary]

i don't know how to do the code text thingy

[wicked hollow]

note the symbol is the ~ without shift not '

[primal estuary]

local healthThresholds = {
    {threshold = 10, image = Material("vgui/damage/damage_overlay_red2bloom.vmt")},
    {threshold = 30, image = Material("vgui/damage/damage_overlay_redbloom.vmt")},
    {threshold = 40, image = Material("vgui/damage/damage_overlay_orangebloom.vmt")},
}

local currentAlpha = 0
local targetAlpha = 0
local fadeSpeed = 3
local selectedImage = nil
local previousImage = nil
local previousAlpha = 0

hook.Add("HUDPaint", "HealthBasedImageOverlay", function()
    local ply = LocalPlayer()

    if not IsValid(ply) then return end  -- Check if the player is valid

    local health = ply:Health()
    
    if not ply:Alive() then
        targetAlpha = 0
        selectedImage = nil
    else
        local newSelectedImage = nil
        for _, data in ipairs(healthThresholds) do
            if health <= data.threshold then
                newSelectedImage = data.image
                break
            end
        end

        if newSelectedImage ~= selectedImage then
            previousImage = selectedImage
            previousAlpha = currentAlpha
            selectedImage = newSelectedImage
        end

        targetAlpha = selectedImage and 255 or 0
    end

    currentAlpha = Lerp(FrameTime())
    previousAlpha = Lerp(FrameTime())

    if previousAlpha > 0 and previousImage then
        surface.SetDrawColor(255, 255, 255, previousAlpha)
        surface.SetMaterial(previousImage)
        surface.DrawTexturedRect(0, 0, ScrW(), ScrH())
    end

    if currentAlpha > 0 and selectedImage then
        surface.SetDrawColor(255, 255, 255, currentAlpha)
        surface.SetMaterial(selectedImage)
        surface.DrawTexturedRect(0, 0, ScrW(), ScrH())
    end
end)

[wicked hollow]

oh i said remove the multiplier for frame time not the whole function args

like remove the * fadespeed part

[primal estuary]

oh

[wicked hollow]

make sure to keep an eye on what arguments functions require

if u hover over lerp it should show it

otherwise check the wiki

[primal estuary]

ok code is fucking with me right now

it said

")" is expected near "fadespeed"

so i deleted the other args

except fadespeed

then it gave me an error again

saying the same exact thing

    currentAlpha = Lerp(FrameTime() fadeSpeed, currentAlpha, targetAlpha)
    previousAlpha = Lerp(FrameTime() fadeSpeed, previousAlpha)

[progressive low health overlays] addons/progressive low health overlays/lua/autorun/bloodscreenprogressive.lua:42: ')' expected near 'fadeSpeed'

[progressive low health overlays] addons/progressive low health overlays/lua/autorun/bloodscreenprogressive.lua:42: ')' expected near 'fadeSpeed'

then i deleted currentalpha and target alpha and previous alpha

then it gave the same thing

i wanna punch the code sometimes

[wicked hollow]

lol its not messing with you.

can you see what the issue is here?

 Lerp(FrameTime() fadeSpeed, currentAlpha, targetAlpha)

its for both lines using lerp

[primal estuary]

wontair i still don't understand code

[wicked hollow]

i get it but im just trying to reap some results

basically take a look at the first part before currentAlpha

its hard to explainn but

Lerp(FrameTime() fadeSpeed this doesnt work because the two variables (FrameTime and fadeSpeed) are just "floating" . as in there is nothing that connects them to eachother. thats why it gets all confused because it expected the lerp function to close with a ). you would have to put a sign like + or * to connect them back.

anyways i wanted u to get rid of the * fadeSpeed part and u only got rid of the * so thats why its causing errors. i think that maybe the fadespeed is making it lerp too fast? lerp is linear interpolation btw

[primal estuary]

getting rid of * fadespeed is also causing the same issue tho?

with the same exact error but this time it's currentAlpha

[wicked hollow]

did you remove the comma

[primal estuary]

no

there is still targetalpha after that

[wicked hollow]

i mean after frametime

[primal estuary]

currentAlpha = Lerp(FrameTime() currentAlpha, targetAlpha)
previousAlpha = Lerp(FrameTime() previousAlpha, 0)

[wicked hollow]

yeah see my msg

all arguments have to be separated by commas

[primal estuary]

so i need a + or a *?

[wicked hollow]

^

https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Global.Lerp

see the top part

[primal estuary]

example shows lerpanimation

which we are using a vmt that has no animation

number lerp numbet t is just numbers

so we just give it numbers?

gah fuck this

do you know how to use a pcf

[wicked hollow]

no sorry

you should probably be doing simpler things right now to hone in some coding basics

its hard to resist doing cool stuff but you cant build a house without a foundation

keep the gmod wiki open btw while you work

[primal estuary]

pcf is already ready i just need to put it at the screen when player gets hurt

sourcegame2sourcegame porting experience

everything is ready you just need to know how to do shit after that point

[wicked hollow]

pcf is a particle effect file

[primal estuary]

yes i know

i just need to

put that particle

on the screen

when player takes damage