[Tutorial] Absolute beginners guide to weapon creation.

[metal_militia]

I believe ther is a patch/fix which lets you use Visual C++ 6 but i doubt you can use any compiler.

[Toprem]

Hrm, I d/l'ed Visual C++ compiler like the one used in the tutorial and did everything that it said (including compiling and building the solutions) and give weapon_name still doesnt work in the console menu :O/

[metal_militia]

hmmmm, did you rember to add the gun to the c_weapon__stubs_hl2.cpp file?

And when you compiled did it say like
2 (or whatever) suceded
0 errors
0 warnings

[Toprem]

And when you compiled did it say like
2 (or whatever) suceded
0 errors
0 warnings

This is what it said...

------ Build started: Project: client, Configuration: Release HL2 Win32 ------
Compiling...
cl : Command line warning D9035 : option 'Og' has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release
stdafx.cpp
..\public\tier0\dbg.h(482) : warning C4996: '_vsnprintf' was declared deprecated
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\stdio.h(304) : see declaration of '_vsnprintf'
..\public\vstdlib\strtools.h(90) : error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'const char *' to 'char *'
Conversion loses qualifiers
..\public\vstdlib\strtools.h(93) : error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'const char *' to 'char *'
Conversion loses qualifiers
Creating browse information file...
Microsoft Browse Information Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.40607
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
BSCMAKE: error BK1506 : cannot open file '.\cl_dll___Win32_HL2_Release\activitylist.sbr': No such file or directory
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Alex\My Documents\MyMod\src\cl_dll\cl_dll___Win32_HL2_Rele ase\BuildLog.htm"
client - 3 error(s), 2 warning(s)
------ Build started: Project: hl, Configuration: Release HL2 Win32 ------
Compiling...
cl : Command line warning D9035 : option 'Og' has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release
stdafx.cpp
../public\tier0\dbg.h(482) : warning C4996: '_vsnprintf' was declared deprecated
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\stdio.h(304) : see declaration of '_vsnprintf'
../public\vstdlib\strtools.h(90) : error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'const char *' to 'char *'
Conversion loses qualifiers
../public\vstdlib\strtools.h(93) : error C2440: 'return' : cannot convert from 'const char *' to 'char *'
Conversion loses qualifiers
Creating browse information file...
Microsoft Browse Information Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.40607
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
BSCMAKE: error BK1506 : cannot open file '.\Release_hl2\activitylist.sbr': No such file or directory
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Alex\My Documents\MyMod\src\dlls\Release_hl2\BuildLog.htm"
hl - 3 error(s), 2 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 2 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

I did what the tutorial said :O/, and yes I realize I am a total n00b :O(.

[metal_militia]

hmmm, it needs to compile with not errors or warnings for it to work.

Send me the .cpp files you made and your c_weapon_stubs (via PM or e-mail stefan@extalia.com) and il take a look at the code. Its probably just one simple mistake causeing all the errors.

[Rage2Wrath]

Topem, this is very similar to the problem I was having. I had the 2005 Beta version of Visual C++ but as soon as I got the 2003 version, it worked fine.

[Toprem]

Aye, Im using the 2005 version, where can you (if possible) download the 2003 version?

[Rage2Wrath]

It's possible to d/l the 2003 version.....

[DeathGiver]

I followed your tutorial and everything compiled without any errors, so I started up my mod and I got this message in the console: Host_EndGame: CL_ParseClassInfo_EndClasses: server and client classes for 'CWeaponKiller' use different datatables (server: DT_WeaponPistol, client: DT_WeaponKiller)
Do you know what this means, and how I can correct it?

[metal_militia]

hmm, what did you write in your weapon_stubs?

But this sounds like a problem with you weapon_killer.cpp file. Check for the cases of letters. for instance DT_Weaponkiller and DT_WeaponKiller would not be the same.