Weapon mod question?

[Cyborg]

Ive only done some slight weapon mod's b4 but was curious is it possible to make it so every weapon is a chainsaw (each one would be slightly different but would have the rough same principles) i mean Ive been messing around with soldat a bit i mean I can make weapons look like a chainsaw and have the same fire type but instead of being a chainsaw it just shoots invisible bullets to watever speed the bullet is set to.

anyway would be really glad if one of you weapon mod guru's could get back to me on this k thx

[mxyzptlk]

Did you set the bullet type to Knife/chainsaw?

Also, this should go in "modding help"

[Lord Frunkamunch]

but instead of being a chainsaw it just shoots invisible bullets to watever speed the bullet is set to.

You realize that's what the chainsaw does, right? It's just got a short range.

[Espadon]

The chainsaw would be like any other gun except for one major difference: the bullet entity is killed after a few milliseconds. That way, bullets don't drop back on your head when you aim up. So really the answer to your question is 'no.'

[Cyborg]

I did indeed set it to chainsaw/knife though I will double check that anyway just incase I made a mistake, but yes I do realize that chainsaw just has a very short range but unlike all the other weapons it doesn’t shoot anything at all, its bullets I suppose you could call'm just start at a certain spot and die out at that same stop hence the bullets don’t go anywhere there like an fixed bullet that doesn’t go anywhere when shot...

I did a few tests on a few weapons and when I set the bullet style to chainsaw/knife all it did was shoot invisible bullets and they acted like bullets they didn’t just stop/end at a certain ranged like chainsaw they kept going, and even when I set a weapon with the default chainsaw properties the same thing happened instead of the bullets just starting and stopping at an exact point like the chainsaw does the bullets would just eventually fall and hit something unlike the chainsaw.

Anyway its not important if this cant be figured out just thought it would be a cool thing for a chainsaw server to be able to select all different types of chainsaws was all.

But if any of you guru's still might know/know what Im doin wrong or know/might know how to help then plz slap me with the idea cos as i said im a bit of a noob when it comes to mod's n stuff k thx

[Espadon]

Also it seems that chainsaw 'bullets' are only 'activated' a tick or so before they're killed, so it's not possible to turn chainsaws into lasers either -- setting a superhigh speed in an attempt to extend the chainsaw range gives a weird effect where the saw can only kill a distance away from the player (this can be very very annoying).

[specops1992]

dont want 2 sound like a noob, but how do umod a weapon??

[Aarni Valkea]

You can make the chainsaw into a laser by editing the fire image, which is currently completely transparent. Make it longer and position it correctly if you want a "cutter" laser beam or something.

I know you knew this one Espadon, just told Cyborg

[Lord Frunkamunch]

dont want 2 sound like a noob, but how do umod a weapon??

Edit the weapons.ini in your Soldat folder. There're some instructions inside that will show you how.