[necavi]

I have tried using TR_TraceRay(), but unfortunately I don't know how to use it correctly despite much variation, not to mention that creating an actual flashbang explosion would be far better, but I have not been able to figure out quite how to do that yet. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

[blodia]

this works for he grenades so it might work for flashbangs as well. create a "flashbang_projectile" and spawn it wherever, set "m_takedamage" to 2 so it can take damage, set "m_iHealth" to 1 then use sdkhooks takedamage native to damage the entity for 1 damage which will destroy it in turn detonating it. for the flashbang you may need to set "m_flDamage" to adjust the falloff.

[TnTSCS]

Couldn't you just send an event to the server? put in the xyz you want the bang to go off at, set the client_id to 0 maybe for console... or maybe you want to do something else or I don't understand and am just talking out of the side of my neck or something

http://wiki.alliedmods.net/Events_(S...Sending_Events

DetonateFlashBang(client, Float:x,  Float:y, Float:z)
{
    new Handle:event = CreateEvent("flashbang_detonate");

    if (event == INVALID_HANDLE)
    {
        return;
    }
 
    SetEventInt(event, "userid", GetClientUserId(client)); // or maybe just 0 for console
    SetEventFloat(event, "x", x);
    SetEventFloat(event, "y", y);
    SetEventFloat(event, "z", z);

    FireEvent(event);
}

[Lord Canistra]

Events are echoes of something that already happened. They do not alter the game state, but are just means of spreading the message that something changed. So I doubt that creating fake flashbang event would cause a real flashbang explosion appear in-game, both on server and clients.

[TnTSCS]

ah, that's right - that event is post a real flashbang and not a method to create one

Maybe this extension can be enhanced to create a flashbang - http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=1493858

[RedSword]

You might want to check http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthr...t=fake+grenade

He was trying to do the same; but for L4D and a grenade. It doesn't seem he got it to work (I really don't know), but there is a bunch of entity creation stuff that you might want to check.