Good morning, in this post I want to ask for advice on how to make a weapon since I will be making my first weapon and I do not have much knowledge of what to use, I guess I should use Raycasting but more of that I do not know … I would like to be told that Things I need to know to make a good weapon.
Psdt: I have the weapon built
Thanks!
Let’s list it up:
Mapping the base:
CAUTION! Physical projectiles will lag if not done correctly. FastCast is an option of firing the projectiles.
Of what?
The method of dealing damage/verifying the hit of the projectile/ray.
Here’s how to do a first person shooter (apart from the gun shooting.) To me this part is more difficult than actually making the gun shoot… I am not sure why. The First Person Element Of A First Person Shooter
Also if this is your first weapon you’re ever making, keep it simple. Do a simple 3rd person gun or use the tutorial I sent for a good first person.
Since it’s your first gun you just use a simple raycast. When a player clicks, have it tell the server to shoot. (You can keep track of ammo and all that.) The server will run checks to see if they can shoot, as in are they even alive or other checks you can think of. Then it will tell all clients to replicate the shot as in all clients make the bullet with a local script. Deal damage and all of that on the server, but make the bullet on the client, like the part itself.
The hardest thing is projectiles. A lot of people(including me) do this in varying ways. Ray casts, body velocity and tweens just to name a few.
Other than that, the following should be taken into heavy consideration:
Model - A blend between quality and performance. You don’t want to make it too complex. Keep part count at a minimum.
Animation - Smooth not rigid, immersive at best.
Effects - Surprisingly, this is always tossed in the back. Effects are powerful. It can turn your ideological brick to a realistic machine gun. Sounds, colors, particles. Anything that is visually appealing. Sound offers depth.
Goodluck!