This would probably have to wait until the SDK is released, but I think it's an excellent idea to start talking about this unique and exciting feature now. There are some important issues that need to be resolved before the chosen developers start working on it.
The idea stems from the basic complaint some of us with less skill have, "Why isn't the bullet going where I aimed?". I've thought about this, and I think I have figured out the answer to this question. The problem is that the guns in most mods are often used by players, but are never cleaned. How many times have you personally fieldstripped that M4A1 from Counter-Strike, removed the copper and lead deposits from the barrel, oiled the moving parts? None? Well, how do you expect a precision instrument of death to function properly without cleaning?
I propose a cleaning kit for SourceMod. It would let you clean your gun, to make sure it still fires well. It should be a generic kit, with brushes for all the common callibers found in Source mods. Some nitro solvent, gun oil and a few lint-free rags, and we should be in business. As a bonus, we could include a few sight-centering targets, to make sure those sights are proper. The player would have to bind a key to "fieldstrip1" and "fieldstrip2", to field strip and clean the primary and secondary weapon, respectively. The player would then show an animation of the weapon being properly disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled. After this, the weapon would have less spread and, if the sights were readjusted, bigger, easier to aim, sights. The time it takes to clean the weapon would, naturally, discourage frequent use.
I think this plugin should be made as mod-neutral as possible, to allow all weapons in all mods to be cleaned. This may require a plasma tuner and a laser duster, to handle some of the more exotic weapons. Perhaps a toothbursh for the skulks in NS:S.
This plugin will provide SourceMod with a clear-cut advantage over other server-management tools, elevating it far above the common server-side mods that only provide kicking or slapping. SourceMod will reign supreme in the gaming world!
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