[TF2] Fire huntsman in the air

pheadxdll · **Author**

I felt that the huntsman was under-powered and needed a boost so I wrote this extension to allow snipers to shoot the bow-and-arrow while airborne.

I always felt it was awkward to prime the bow in mid-air and not be able to release until you touch the ground. Snipers can't defend themself if they get airblasted by a pyro or get tossed by a rocket. Things like noclip and low grav make this useful to have anyway. This used to be an extension before I moved it into this plugin.

Usage

By default, the plugin will work when it is loaded. If you'd like to disable the plugin's functionality at any time, use the cvar huntsman_enabled . For example, if you wanted to turn off huntsman shooting in the air for a certain map, you could set huntsman_enabled 0 in a map config.

Convars

huntsman_enabled 1 // [0/1] - Enable or disable this plugin's functionality.
huntsman_version // Broadcasts the plugin's current version.

Change Log

Code:

0.2 - Ported this project to a plugin

Installation Instructions

Copy huntsman.smx to sourcemod/plugins
Copy huntsman.plugin.txt to sourcemod/gamedata

I had fun making this, let me know if you use it.

Sreaper · *Last edited by Sreaper; 05-16-2014 at 19:11.*

Is there any benefit to using this plugin version over the extension? Any noticeable in-game changes in it's functionality?

pheadxdll · 05-16-2014 , 19:10 Re: [TF2] Fire huntsman in the air

Both work exactly the same way. The plugin has the added benefit of the cvar so you can turn it on and off without unload/reloading.

Sreaper · 05-16-2014 , 19:11 Re: [TF2] Fire huntsman in the air

Ah I see, would it be possible for you to add a cvar so that it may also work underwater?

pheadxdll · 05-16-2014 , 19:16 Re: [TF2] Fire huntsman in the air

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Originally Posted by Sreaper

Ah I see, would it be possible for you to add a cvar so that it may also work underwater?

Maybe.. years ago I determined that there's a client check underwater to prevent you from firing so I'd have to check again.

Horsedick · 05-16-2014 , 21:44 Re: [TF2] Fire huntsman in the air

Nice, I could have sworn someone or perhaps it was you pheadxdll made something just exactly like this already but maybe its just me.

Powerlord · *Last edited by Powerlord; 05-16-2014 at 22:17.*

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Originally Posted by pheadxdll

Both work exactly the same way. The plugin has the added benefit of the cvar so you can turn it on and off without unload/reloading.

...I added that to the extension when I recompiled it just recently anyway, but eh.

Still, plugins tend to be less likely to break because of arbitrary SDK changes... see also 2013's unwind resume change thingy.

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Originally Posted by Horsedick

Nice, I could have sworn someone or perhaps it was you pheadxdll made something just exactly like this already but maybe its just me.

Yes... this is a port of the extension version to a plugin.