Create the ion cannon (#65)

* Create the ion cannon

* Stop viewmodel shake upon firing

* Disable vm shake correctly

* Reduce charge recoil

* Increase explosion radius

* Reduce damage falloff

* Improve killicon brightness

* Holy hell just disable the vm shake already

* Fix charge gun prediction

* Use bullet callback for the explosion

* Tweak explosion visuals

* Further reduce explosion visual to better match main area of damage

* Increase explosion radius

* Fix nil error

* Prevent collisions with owner

* Manually compensate lag

* Optimize

* Properly deny holster while releasing

* Add one-time hints for the ion cannon, bonk shotgun, and shaped charge

* Auto-create convars to persist hint seen status across sessions

* Add first-time hint for the trash blaster

* Default functions

* Fix owner charge step sound

* Create charge sprite

* Fix sound and step callback not running for final charge

* Fix sprite sometimes appearing full size for one tick

* Tweak ion cannon charge sprite

* Fix nil error when sprite update is late

* Force overcharge on ion cannon if fired beyond limits

* Remove dead comments

* Remove unnecessary IsValid() checks

* :Remove() already delays by a tick

* Replace anim timer with think function

* AddPAS() instead

README.md

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 - [Slap swep](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1052253533) - Workshop
 - [Simple Weapons SWEP Base](https://github.com/TankNut/simple-weapons) - GitHub
 - [Ithaca M37 (bonk gun model)](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=128091208) - Workshop
+- [MMod Tau Cannon (ion cannon)](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885673816) - Workshop rip from MMod

lua/autorun/client/cfc_pvp_weapons.lua

@@ -1 +1,54 @@
+local hintConvars = {}
+
+
 list.Set( "ContentCategoryIcons", "CFC", "icon16/star.png" )
+
+
+-- Most reliable way on client to listen when a weapon is equipped without using net messages.
+-- Only misses if the weapon is given via initial loadout on spawn, which is fine in this case.
+hook.Add( "HUDWeaponPickedUp", "CFC_PvPWeapons_FirstTimeHints", function( wep )
+    if not IsValid( wep ) then return end
+
+    local hints = wep.CFC_FirstTimeHints
+    if not hints then return end
+
+    local class = wep:GetClass()
+    local convar = hintConvars[class]
+
+    if not convar then
+        convar = CreateClientConVar( "cfc_pvp_weapons_hint_seen_" .. class, "0", true, false )
+        hintConvars[class] = convar
+    end
+
+    if convar:GetInt() == 1 then return end
+
+    convar:SetInt( 1 )
+
+    local hintInd = 1
+
+    local function showHint()
+        local hint = hints[hintInd]
+        if not hint then return end
+
+        local message = hint.Message
+        local soundPath = hint.Sound
+        local duration = hint.Duration or 8
+        local delayNext = hint.DelayNext or 0
+
+        if soundPath == nil then
+            soundPath = "ambient/water/drip1.wav"
+        end
+
+        notification.AddLegacy( message, NOTIFY_HINT, duration )
+
+        if soundPath then
+            surface.PlaySound( soundPath )
+        end
+
+        hintInd = hintInd + 1
+
+        timer.Simple( delayNext, showHint )
+    end
+
+    showHint()
+end )

lua/autorun/client/cfc_pvp_weapons_killicons.lua

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ local icol = Color( 255, 255, 255, 255 )
 
 killicon.Add( "cfc_bonk_shotgun", "vgui/hud/cfc_bonk_shotgun", icol )
 killicon.Add( "cfc_trash_blaster", "vgui/hud/cfc_trash_blaster", icol ) -- Sadly won't appear since the kills will attribute to generic prop kill instead
+killicon.Add( "cfc_ion_cannon", "vgui/hud/cfc_ion_cannon", icol )

lua/weapons/cfc_bonk_shotgun/shared.lua

@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ SWEP.Primary = {
     TracerName = "Tracer", -- Tracer effect, leave blank for no tracer
 }
 
+SWEP.CFC_FirstTimeHints = {
+    {
+        Message = "The Bonk Shotgun is a powerful mobility tool. Shoot downwards while in the air to launch yourself.",
+        Sound = "ambient/water/drip1.wav",
+        Duration = 10,
+        DelayNext = 6,
+    },
+    {
+        Message = "The Bonk Shotgun can also launch your enemies into walls to deal extra damage.",
+        Sound = "ambient/water/drip2.wav",
+        Duration = 8,
+        DelayNext = 0,
+    },
+}
+
 SWEP.ViewOffset = Vector( 0, 0, 0 ) -- Optional: Applies an offset to the viewmodel's position