Easy weapon model changing
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Welcome to this easy model changing tutorial for whatever mod you're mapping for, the first thing we will cover. Is that
A) You have the model you want to replace with
B) you know where to find the script
The first thing to do, is go to your scripts folder inside of your mod, and open up the name of the weapon you will be chaning.
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\SourceMods\YOURMODNAME\scripts
For example, the file I will be using is the "Weapon_Pistol.txt" script. Inside the script you will find these lines...
the first thing to look at is the lines in the .txt script for the weapon
"viewmodel" "models/weapons/v_pistol.mdl" "playermodel" "models/weapons/w_pistol.mdl"
These models will be changed. Extract the other weapon model you have into the correct folders, and make sure they're where they need to be. Next look at the ".mdl" file for the weapons you had. My directories for the models are,
SourceMods\YOURMODSNAME\models\weapons\ar33
In the pistol's script. change the models/weapons/v_pistol line to the file name, but before you do it. Take off the the extra lines
SourceMods\YOURMODSNAME\
or else the file won't work, now my script looks like this.
"viewmodel" "models/weapons/ar33/v_ar33.mdl"
"playermodel" "models/weapons/ar33/w_ar33.mdl"
You can edit the
"clip_size" "22"
to whatever number you want the amount of ammo to be stored in the pistol. A glock holds 18 bullets in it's clip. So if you have a glock model, set it to this
"clip_size" "18"
I hope you found this tutorial easy, enjoy your model switching!
P.S, if the weapon works out, and it's purple checkerd. Make sure you installed the Materials to the right folder. Or if the weapons model doesen't show up, and it's an error. Check if you mispelled anything in the scripts viewmodel and playermodel
Any further edits will NOT be made by JG215
Created 8/16/09 eastern time 7:30 pm