CreateWeapon: Difference between revisions

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Creates a custom weapon that can fire bullets. Do not confuse this with player held weapons.

[[{{{image}}}\|link=\|]]	Tip: Some weapons (such as the minigun) visually point to a slightly different direction to where they fire. To adjust this, use setWeaponProperty with 'fire_rotation'. See the example below.

Syntax

weapon createWeapon ( string theType, float x, float y, float z )

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Method: Weapon(...)

Required Arguments

theType: The weapon type which can be:

colt 45
silenced
deagle
uzi
mp5
ak-47
m4
tec-9
rifle
sniper
minigun

Other weapons can be used but they can't fire. Use createProjectile for projectile based weapons.

x: The x position to create the weapon.
y: The y position to create the weapon.
z: The z position to create the weapon.

Returns

Returns a custom weapon element, which represents a weapon floating at that position.

Requirements

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Example

This example adds a /createminigun command to create a weapon that is always firing.

function createMinigunWeapon()
    -- Create the weapon 1 meter above the player
    local x, y, z = getElementPosition(localPlayer)
    local weapon = createWeapon("minigun", x, y, z + 1)
    -- Give it some ammo and fire it
    setWeaponClipAmmo(weapon, 99999)
    setWeaponState(weapon, "firing")

    -- Optionally adjust for model rotation (this value will be different for other weapons)
    setWeaponProperty(weapon, "fire_rotation", 0, -30, 0)
end
addCommandHandler("createminigun", createMinigunWeapon)

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-{{Needs_Checking|Figure out what types will not work and get rid of the stupid note.}}
+__NOTOC__<!--{{Needs_Checking|"Some weapon types do not work."... needs investigating. Shotguns do not work because the pellet code was complex and its actually 8 very clustered pellets. All other bullet weapons should work and be synced. Exact weapons this works with needs documenting still.}}-->
-__NOTOC__
 {{Client function}}
-Creates a custom weapon that can fire bullets not related to player held weapons.
+Creates a [[Element/Weapon|custom weapon]] that can fire bullets. '''Do not confuse this with player held weapons'''.
-'''Note:''' Some weapon types do not work.
+{{Tip|Some weapons (such as the minigun) visually point to a slightly different direction to where they fire. To adjust this, use [[setWeaponProperty]] with 'fire_rotation'. See the example below.}}
 ==Syntax==
 <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">weapon createWeapon ( string theType, float x, float y, float z )</syntaxhighlight>
+{{OOP||[[Element/Weapon|Weapon]]}}
 ===Required Arguments===
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 ===Returns===
-Returns a custom weapon element type and creates a simulated weapon at that position.
+Returns a [[Element/Weapon|custom weapon]] element, which represents a weapon floating at that position.
 ==Requirements==
 {{Requirements|n/a|1.3.0-9.04555|}}
-==See Also==
+==Example==
+This example adds a ''/createminigun'' command to create a weapon that is always firing.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
+function createMinigunWeapon()
+    -- Create the weapon 1 meter above the player
+    local x, y, z = getElementPosition(localPlayer)
+    local weapon = createWeapon("minigun", x, y, z + 1)
+    -- Give it some ammo and fire it
+    setWeaponClipAmmo(weapon, 99999)
+    setWeaponState(weapon, "firing")
+    -- Optionally adjust for model rotation (this value will be different for other weapons)
+    setWeaponProperty(weapon, "fire_rotation", 0, -30, 0)
+end
+addCommandHandler("createminigun", createMinigunWeapon)
+</syntaxhighlight>
+==See also==
 {{Client weapon creation functions}}
 [[ru:createWeapon]]