@Mask

Hey, that'd be great, though understandably it'll be preferable to have a native way to check for the ammo. So if you find anything, let me know. Thanks!

Sounds like this mod needs a Cheat Engine script to accompany it. I did look at the lua script and see how you are giving the player ammo. I can try my hand at it since I have a bit of CE scripting experience.

@Mask

Hey,

As described before, this is an intended behaviour.

There is a limitatation in Alyx, that we cannot directly access the current ammo count of a player. Instead, I'm tracking when the player finds new ammo (or spends a mag), which then gets added to a sort of 'virtual ammo count' that you will receive upon reactivating the guns, so the first time you activate Crowbar in a level your ammo will reset to a default value, but from that point forward it will be tracked.

Unless you had already run out of ammo by shooting, you shouldn't be ever left with no ammo after using the Crowbar, which is what matters.

Any way to fix the bug where ammo is removed upon equipping crowbar?

As of now probably no, but you can try using the command "spawn_group_load crowbar_extend" when you're in a custom map. I can't guarantee it'll work properly, and it might cause some problems when switching levels, but with this version of the mod it might be the only way.

is there a way to get it in custom maps?

well i got it! guessing custom maps won't work though

Hey,

I don't know what controllers you use, but if you played HL:A, it should be the exact same button you'd use to arm/activate a grenade when holding it in your hand.

I also recommend to check the main Workshop page of this mod, as it includes other information that might be important to know.

so "A"?

Try disabling other mods too, and don't forget to start the campaign with addons enabled. The arm grenade button should be on your dominant hand.

still does not work :(

oh it's the button that activates grenades

what is arm grenade

That is probably the feature of the mod that causes the player to unequip the Crowbar when near level transition; You might be missing the weapons temporarily when trying to equip the Crowbar a couple times when near the level end, but after you either get away and reequip the Crowbar or go to the next level and reequip the Crowbar, the weapons should be given back.

nvm, i think its the level transition

ran into a small bug after the first headcrab encounter in the QZ, the crowbar button now summons my gun, and the weapon switch menu shows nothing, not even the multitool. reloading the save seemed to fix it.

@MeronBoop

Hey, that's the case with using Scalable Init Support and generally some other mods that might not be compatible with this mod - It works best with vanilla game or mods that don't replace models and such. I believe you should still be able to gravity-glove the floating Crowbar that's caused by Scalable Init Support.

The ammo issue will probably stay with the current implementation, since there's not a nice way of detecting player's resources, so the way it's done here is that the ammo picked/used is tracked per-session/per-level with some default amount given to the player + whatever was found.

Also custom gloves don't work with this. The crowbar just floats in midair and your hand vanishes.

I don't know if this is still present but i'd experience a problem with ammo counts and custom weapons with the non playtest version. For every and any weapon, my ammo count would be like one magazine for each weapon after un-equiping the crowbar. I would also lose any custom weapons upon un-equiping the crowbar.

Fixed a rare bug with reloading

The mod hasn't basically changed much since last time. I implemented some small changes according to the feedback(like breakable padlocks and such). Obviously the more testing, the better. I will release it only after I've had considerable amount of testing and after I did proper testing myself(which will be probably about week or two from now). So feel free to play with this and send me your thoughts.

For me it'd happen within a minute of using it with both hands.

Alright, I did some polishing up and I believe I have reduced the chances of the crash happening, at least when activating the crowbar.

It was still fairly rare, wasn't it? Did it happen during normal gameplay? I don't expect players to get into a situation that could result in a crash very often - but still thanks for stresstesting it, I probably wouldn't find it otherwise!

Actually the crash might be unrelated to putting the crowbar away, just with grabbing with both hands. I just had another one and I don't think I put it away.

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Just a thought but have you thought about making the crowbar a item_hlvr_weapon_generic_pistol? You just set it to have zero ammo and make a crowbar model with the one hand pose and no animations. Idk if it's possible but I thought about it a bit.

The bonus would be that it would follow the hand exactly (aka no mass) and it would be a weapon in your wheel. The disadvantage would be that you couldn't throw it and that it takes up a weapon slot. Personally those trade offs sound better for a weapon in a custom map where it's designed to be the third weapon but I'd see why you wouldn't want to give up a slot if you're using it in the campaign.

If you grab with off hand at the same time you put it away the game crashes.

I'm currently not sure if I changed the mass of the crowbar or not. Either way, tell me how it feels to use.