Hey guys, today i'm gonna guide you guys through making a custom perk. You need at least a bit of scripting knowledge to do this as your perk won't actually do anything without scripting it

First download my scripts here: https://mega.nz/#!Rk8D2JbI!rcYRTDhkgdYxC4TJiyHZW5N5k-dBMVHU8ZjjB1QJt9c

So lets start off by copying some shit.
 - Drag and drop everything but the .txt into your mapname/scripts/zm folder.
 - Open up your mapname GSC and paste this somewhere at the top

#using scripts\zm\zm_custom_perk_shader;
#using scripts\zm\_zm_perk_custom_perk; 

- at the bottom of main() function put this

level thread custom_perk_shader::custom_perk_shaders_init();

 - Now open up your mapname CSC and paste this somewhere at the top

#using scripts\zm\_zm_perk_custom_perk;

 - Open up your mapname ZONE file and paste this at the bottom

// custom perk shader script by Matarra
scriptparsetree,scripts/zm/zm_custom_perk_shader.gsc
// custom perk
scriptparsetree,scripts/zm/_zm_perk_custom_perk.gsc
scriptparsetree,scripts/zm/_zm_perk_custom_perk.csc
scriptparsetree,scripts/zm/_zm_perk_custom_perk.gsh
xmodel,kh_elemental_nade_vending // CHANGE THESE TO YOUR VALUES - XMODEL NAME FOR YOUR MACHINE
material,kh_perk_elemental_nades // CHANGE THESE TO YOUR VALUES - THIS IS YOUR PERK SHADER MATERIAL NAME

 - Now in Radiant, copy quick revive and stamp the prefab. Delete everything but the struct at the bottom.
 - Change these KVP's

"specialty_customperk", "script_noteworthy"
"your xmodel name for perk machine", "model"

Now lets move on to APE, we'll save scripting for last
 - Make a material and call it something you'll remember, this will be the perk shader.
 - Give this these settings




Now for the scripting part, there really isn't that much to do because i mostly did it all for you. If you want to change variable names you can, but i suggest leaving them alone and just changing whats in the gsh, and certain things like hintstrings in the gsc.
 - Open up the custom_perk.gsh and change everything to your own shit. I suggest leaving the price really low for testing.
 - Dont worry about this variable

CUSTOM_SHADER

we dont have access to treyarchs hud elements so i had to script them in manually. So just leave the value alone.
 
Open up the custom_perk.gsc
 - At the top add this somewhere

#precache( "material", "kh_perk_elemental_nades" ); // CHANGE THIS TO YOUR PERK SHADER

Obviously change kh_perk_elemental_shit to your own material name in APE.
 - Find this

zm_perks::register_perk_basic_info( PERK_CUSTOM_PERK, "customperk", CUSTOM_PERK_COST, "Hold [{+activate}] for Elemental-Nades [Cost: &&1]", GetWeapon( CUSTOM_PERK_BOTTLE_WEAPON ) );

change the hintstring to your perkname.
 - Find this

trigger = GetEnt("vending_customperk", "target"); // CHANGE THIS TO YOUR PERK MACHINE NAME

change "vending_customperk" to whatever you might have changed it to in the gsh.
 - Find this

trigger SetHintStringForPlayer(self, "Hold [{+activate}] for Elemental-Nades [Cost: 3000]"); // CHANGE THIS TO YOUR HINTSTRING ABOVE

and change it to your hintstring once again. This time you will need to specify the cost of it.
 - In the final function is where you will script your perk effect, the function gets called one time when the player purchases the perk.

give_custom_perk()

and

take_custom_perk( b_pause, str_perk, str_result )

both only get threaded a single time.

So there you have it. This tutorial is probably my largest tutorial yet and might have some errors. If you guys find any let me know and i will fix them asap.

Awesome tutorial dude

Awesome tutorial dude

Thanks man

Awesome, very very much appreciated. Working great and very easy to follow tutorial! I have a question, might be stupid.. how do you create more than 1 of these custom perks?

copy the gsc, gsh, and csc. And you would have to rename a bunch of variables. Then put #using in your mapname GSC and CSC. Also add them too your zone file. Its gonna take a bit of scripting knowledge to figure out and i'd prefer people to try to learn it themselves. It makes it much easier to understand treyarchs coding down the line

copy the gsc, gsh, and csc. And you would have to rename a bunch of variables. Then put #using in your mapname GSC and CSC. Also add them too your zone file. Its gonna take a bit of scripting knowledge to figure out and i'd prefer people to try to learn it themselves. It makes it much easier to understand treyarchs coding down the line

Yeah I figured thats how it would have to be done but wasn't sure.. thanks

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Also, one thing I just noticed is that you can buy the perk over and over taking up another perk slot, and the shader will repeat itself. But once you buy the perk once the hintstring won't pop up again on the machine.

How do I select individual objects in a prefab?

It just lets me spam buy it even if i already have it

How do I select individual objects in a prefab?

You have to select the prefab - right click - prefab and stamp the prefab

It just lets me spam buy it even if i already have it

Same here. Everything else is great. And you can fill up your max perk slots with this.

I made a custom model for the perk machine and bottle weapon. How do I refer to them in the gsh though? I don't tink just putting the name in from APE works.

I made a custom model for the perk machine and bottle weapon. How do I refer to them in the gsh though? I don't tink just putting the name in from APE works.

You also need to precache the model either in your zone file or by placing the model somewhere in your map. Usually you replace the machine model in radiant with yours

Okay I have no idea why this has happened because it was working alright earlier, but now whenever I buy the custom perk, this happens:

• There is no animation involving the drinking of the perk
• The shader doesn't appear
• The actual perk effect doesn't happen
• Player can no longer sprint or knife
• Seems to nullify the effects of Solo quick revive (maybe other perks; I haven't really tested)

This is obviously very broken and I don't know why. I checked through all the files a million times to see that I've followed the tutorial, but maybe I'm missing something? The last thing I was doing was trying to get the custom models for the perk machine, bottle and shader to work (which by the way, the perk machine model does work). Any ideas?

Okay I have no idea why this has happened because it was working alright earlier, but now whenever I buy the custom perk, this happens:

• There is no animation involving the drinking of the perk
• The shader doesn't appear
• The actual perk effect doesn't happen
• Player can no longer sprint or knife
• Seems to nullify the effects of Solo quick revive (maybe other perks; I haven't really tested)

This is obviously very broken and I don't know why. I checked through all the files a million times to see that I've followed the tutorial, but maybe I'm missing something? The last thing I was doing was trying to get the custom models for the perk machine, bottle and shader to work (which by the way, the perk machine model does work). Any ideas?

Its not properly giving you perks weaponfile, thats why you cant sprint/knife and animation doesnt play

Its not properly giving you perks weaponfile, thats why you cant sprint/knife and animation doesnt play

I figured it out. Like you said I didn't do the perk bottle weapon correctly and that caused all the errors. I changed it back to the stock speed cola bottle and now it works fine.