ive ported the ballistic knife from black ops (its about half way complete) but i have no idea how or if its even possible to create the ballistic knife projectile blade pickupable from walls, ground zombies ect if that makes sense i can shoot it but i dont know how i could do that and also how could i make it so when i buy the bowie knife it appears in my hand with the ballistic knife like it does in black ops when i buy the bowie knife and "knife" it completely ignores the ballistic knife and knifes with the bowie knife like it would if it were a gun, any help would be appreciated
thankyou

First off, this is possible. You can change the projectile model in the weapon file for the knife. As for sticking where shot and such, this is much like the crossbow. You're going to have to do a fair amount of scripting. Here's an excerpt from the crossbow gsc:

self.bolt_stuck = false; //init
for (;;)
{
	self waittill("projectile_impact", weapon, point, radius);
	switch(weapon)
	{
		case "crossbow_exp":
			wait 0.1; //give the sticky func a chance to set the var before checking it
			if(self.bolt_stuck != true)
			{
				time = 2.1;
				bolt = spawn("script_model", point);
				bolt.angles = self getplayerangles();
				bolt setModel("t5_weapon_crossbow_bolt_world_exp1");
				bolt thread crossbow_sound(time);
				bolt thread crossbow_fx(bolt, time);
				wait time;
				thread crossbow_explosion_sound(bolt);
				PlayFXonTag(level._effect["crossbow_explode"], bolt, "tag_fx");
				earthquake(0.4, 1, bolt.origin, 400);
				bolt radiusDamage( bolt.origin, int(level.zombie_health * 0.8), int(level.zombie_health * 1.5), 350, self, "MOD_GRENADE");
				bolt hide();
				bolt notify("death");
			}
			break;
	}
}

We can fairly easily modify this for purposes of the ballistic knife:

for (;;)
{
	self waittill("projectile_impact", weapon, point, radius);
	switch(weapon)
	{
		case "ballistic_knife":
			wait 0.1;
			knife = spawn("script_model", point);
			knife.angles = self getplayerangles();
			knife setModel( **knife model name here** );
			trig = spawn("trigger_radius", point, 0, 40, 40);
			trig waittill("trigger", player);
			current_ammo = getWeaponAmmoStock("ballistic_knife");
			max_ammo = 5 // (for the sake of argument, the max ammo is 5)
			if(current_ammo < max_ammo){
				ammo_to_add = current_ammo + 1;
				player setWeaponAmmoStock("ballistic_knife", ammo_to_add);
				knife hide();
				knife delete();
			}else{
				// keep the pickup available for another time
			}
			break;
	}
}

You can just thread that somewhere and it should be okay.

As for the Bowie knife showing up when you acquire it, that's simply a matter of detecting if you have the knife and changing the model, which could just be a whole other weapon. Like so:

for (;;)
{
	players = get_players();
	for(i = 0; i < players.size; i++){
		if(players[i] hasPerk("specialty_altmelee") && players[i] hasWeapon("ballistic_knife")){
			players[i] takeWeapon("ballistic_knife");
			players[i] giveWeapon("ballistic_knife_bowie");
		}
	}
}

That's about it.

thanks for that I had no idea where to start, if I need some help I'll let you know

Thank goodness you actually understand that, and just let me know if you need further assistance.

so did it work?

First off, this is possible. You can change the projectile model in the weapon file for the knife. As for sticking where shot and such, this is much like the crossbow. You're going to have to do a fair amount of scripting. Here's an excerpt from the crossbow gsc:

self.bolt_stuck = false; //init
for (;;)
{
	self waittill("projectile_impact", weapon, point, radius);
	switch(weapon)
	{
		case "crossbow_exp":
			wait 0.1; //give the sticky func a chance to set the var before checking it
			if(self.bolt_stuck != true)
			{
				time = 2.1;
				bolt = spawn("script_model", point);
				bolt.angles = self getplayerangles();
				bolt setModel("t5_weapon_crossbow_bolt_world_exp1");
				bolt thread crossbow_sound(time);
				bolt thread crossbow_fx(bolt, time);
				wait time;
				thread crossbow_explosion_sound(bolt);
				PlayFXonTag(level._effect["crossbow_explode"], bolt, "tag_fx");
				earthquake(0.4, 1, bolt.origin, 400);
				bolt radiusDamage( bolt.origin, int(level.zombie_health * 0.8), int(level.zombie_health * 1.5), 350, self, "MOD_GRENADE");
				bolt hide();
				bolt notify("death");
			}
			break;
	}
}

We can fairly easily modify this for purposes of the ballistic knife:

for (;;)
{
	self waittill("projectile_impact", weapon, point, radius);
	switch(weapon)
	{
		case "ballistic_knife":
			wait 0.1;
			knife = spawn("script_model", point);
			knife.angles = self getplayerangles();
			knife setModel( **knife model name here** );
			trig = spawn("trigger_radius", point, 0, 40, 40);
			trig waittill("trigger", player);
			current_ammo = getWeaponAmmoStock("ballistic_knife");
			max_ammo = 5 // (for the sake of argument, the max ammo is 5)
			if(current_ammo < max_ammo){
				ammo_to_add = current_ammo + 1;
				player setWeaponAmmoStock("ballistic_knife", ammo_to_add);
				knife hide();
				knife delete();
			}else{
				// keep the pickup available for another time
			}
			break;
	}
}

You can just thread that somewhere and it should be okay.

As for the Bowie knife showing up when you acquire it, that's simply a matter of detecting if you have the knife and changing the model, which could just be a whole other weapon. Like so:

for (;;)
{
	players = get_players();
	for(i = 0; i < players.size; i++){
		if(players[i] hasPerk("specialty_altmelee") && players[i] hasWeapon("ballistic_knife")){
			players[i] takeWeapon("ballistic_knife");
			players[i] giveWeapon("ballistic_knife_bowie");
		}
	}
}

That's about it.

i cant find the ballistic knife model the normal i jsut find ballistic knife with bowie and i acnt port his one

so did it work?

not yet i havent figured out the problem yet and i need a bit of help from paragalor, when i do ill make a post about it easier for everyone else

not yet i havent figured out the problem yet and i need a bit of help from paragalor, when i do ill make a post about it easier for everyone else

how do you port the ballistic knife ??? i cant port it with tombmxxmodelutillis and maya

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