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Improved Crossbow Bolt

Some of the new features:

• Uncapped top movement speed: makes it significantly easier to hit fast moving targets from afar and turns the Crossbow into the sniper weapon it's supposed to be
  
  
• Bolts will stick to NPCs, players and props, a feature the Half-Life developers intended to implement, but ultimately didn't. NPCs and ragdolls can be pinned to nearby walls and props. Sandbox's 'Keep Corpses' option should be turned on to have the best experience with this addon
  
  
• Better integration with the physics engine: the impact force will push the target more realistically, taking into account the body part that was hit

Full addon settings list:

As an alternative to the developer console, a configuration menu is provided to quickly edit the addon's options.

Server ConVars

General settings
• improved_crossbowbolt_ragdoll (0, 1) : Pin serverside ragdolls to walls and props when hit. Warning for server admins: while it is perfectly fine to keep this option on during regular play, you might want to disable it when hosting an open server as it can be exploited to cause massive lag under certain circumstances
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_preview_allow (0, 1) : Allow clients to activate the trajectory preview feature
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_hipfire (0, 1) : Bolts are shot from the crossbow's tip instead of the shooter's eyes
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_lifetime (-1, 0, 1) : Choose when bolts will be removed after an impact, by setting this ConVar to one of these values:
  

  • 0: bolts are removed after one minute; this is the default option
    
  • 1: bolts will not stick to their targets, they will instead be removed
    
  • -1: bolts will stick indefinitely to what they hit

  
  
  Damage
• improved_crossbowbolt_incendiary (0, 1) : Bolts will lit flammable props on fire
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_hitgroupdmg (0, 1) : Damage will be scaled depending on the target's body part hit. How much it will change is up to the active gamemode to control, but it usually means that headshots will deal more damage, whereas hits to the limbs will inflict less
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_playerdmg (100, numeric) : The amount of damage inflicted by player-fired bolts
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_npcdmg (20, numeric) : Same as the above, but for bolts fired by anything that is not a player
  
  
  Movement/Physics
• improved_crossbowbolt_velocity (3500, numeric) : The distance (in Hammer units) that a bolt covers each second. The default value of 3500 is the maximum speed allowed by the game's physics engine, but this addon allows to go beyond that with no issues
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_gravitymul (0.05, numeric) : Multiplier of the world gravity ('sv_gravity' game ConVar) for this entity. When set to 0, bolts will fly with no drop
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_pushscale (1, numeric) : Multiplier of the impact force that is applied to an entity after a direct hit. This is scaled further by the 'phys_pushscale' game ConVar
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_spread (0, numeric) : The randomized inaccuracy angle of each shot, in degrees
  
  
  Trails
• improved_crossbowbolt_trail (0, 1) : A purely cosmetic option, bolts leave a trail as they travel
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_trail_startsize (16, numeric) : Width the trail will start at
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_trail_endsize (1, numeric) : Width of the trail as it disappears
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_trail_lifetime (0.2, numeric) : How many seconds it takes for the trail to disappear
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_trail_color ("220 100 5 255", string) : Color of the trail, in the format "RED GREEN BLUE ALPHA", where each color component is an integer in the interval [0, 255]
  

  A few examples, for reference:

  • "255 128 0 255": Orange
    
  • "255 0 0 255": Crimson red
    
  • "0 128 255 64": Semi-transparent Cyan

  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_trail_texture ("trails/laser", string) : Path to the texture to use as a trail, relative to the materials/ folder

Client ConVars

General settings
• improved_crossbowbolt_ragdoll_cl (0, 1) : Each player can decide to toggle on or off the pinning of clientside ragdolls on their world
  
  
  Trajectory preview
• improved_crossbowbolt_preview_lines (200, numeric) : The maximum number of trajectory segments that can be rendered. A lower value impacts less on the performance, but shortens the trajectory's length
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_preview_color ("255 255 255 255", string) : Color of the trajectory and the hit entity class name. See the 'improved_crossbowbolt_trail_color' ConVar for details on the color string format. Because of rendering limitations, the color's alpha value is ignored

Console Commands

• improved_crossbowbolt_menu : Opens up the addon's configuration window
  
  
• improved_crossbowbolt_preview (0, 1): Activates or deactivates the shot trajectory preview, depending on the argument (1 starts previewing, 0 stops). Warning: preview activation must be allowed by the server host

Credits:

The Dev team

• ValsdalV [Author] : Lua code - Translations - Testing
  
• gianpaolodema [Contributor] : Testing - General help and support

The Garry's Mod Community

Huge thanks to all the players that contributed with their ideas, bug reports and encouraging comments, you helped shape this addon into what it is today