[Rejected] New Zombie Hand Models on ZE

[Solid]

i think its about time to get some new zombie hands in the ZE, even if just for the subscribers. I find the zombie hands very gross, the fingers too long, and they just feel disgusting. There has to be some other models out there, right? lets put them to good use!

 

PSA

If it isnt possible, i dont mind, this isnt a game breaking feature, but it'd compliment the server alot

[Inception]

There are a bunch of models out there on game banana

 

but I have an Alien skin thats just 600kb that includes hands as well which we could use as a subscriber only thing. I'll upload some more models from other servers into the folder below if this suggestion is accepted.

 

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/l71u492gtfp2a/Models

[BloodyKiller]

If my memories are good, @Crazy Swede didn't want to implement new skins/models for some reasons, I'll let @Black Rain confirm/explain since she's now in charge on ZE.

[Crazy Swede]

If my memories are good, @Crazy Swede didn't want to implement new skins/models for some reasons, I'll let @Black Rain confirm/explain since she's now in charge on ZE.

 

*A wild Swede appears out of his bottle as he has been summoned by BloodyKiller*

 

I see that I've been summoned again lol. Alright. So the reason I was against this was because of two reasons. First is that you will have to force YET another model download on the player. So this perhaps COULD have been worth it if it wasn't for the second issue, which is what we encountered with the VIP Mod. For custom hand models to work, you will need to force the client to reload their game basically. If you don't, then they won't load the custom hand models. This can be done for example by typing "record" in console as this is one of the things that forces it. Another one is tabbing in and out of a fullscreen-settings game, which will do the same. As a VALVE are strongly against taking any control over player's in any means, there is NO way you can force a client to reload their game and thus forcing a reload and thereby loading the custom hand models.

 

There is a 3:rd way how ever that DOES work. That would be if you could through the server entirely disarm the client from all its weapons and then give them back. But then you would need some kind of a plugin that disarms the player's weapons and then hand the same weapons back again. And disarming lets say 52 players and then quickly re-arming them again with their weapons would prooooobaaaablyyyy cause just a tad TREMOUNDEOUS amount of lag >.

 

But except for that tiny issue? No problemerino

 

TL;DR - The hand models would probably not properly load unless you find a way to force it, which is basically mission impossible.

 

*Swede disappears back again into his bottle*

[omarfire00]

If you're saying that the game has to be reloaded (through the varying means there are) for the hand models to work, what will it show up as when the player enters the server. If it shows up as the old model, then when the day is through for the people playing and they exit the game, next time they'll play will have the problem solved then. In addition, didn't all new players have to download the hand model for the one currently used at some point - so why wouldn't it have been an issue there? @Crazy Swede

[Crazy Swede]

If you're saying that the game has to be reloaded (through the varying means there are) for the hand models to work, what will it show up as when the player enters the server. If it shows up as the old model, then when the day is through for the people playing and they exit the game, next time they'll play will have the problem solved then. In addition, didn't all new players have to download the hand model for the one currently used at some point - so why wouldn't it have been an issue there? @Crazy Swede

 

It doesn't work like that. Every game session you play, you will have to force a reload WHILE PLAYING to get the new hand models as a player or you will end up with the classic one's again. Rejoining the server or restarting the game will only roll you back to the old hand models. So it has to be reloaded while in the game. Do you see where I'm getting at?

[Drakanen]

How do the current hand models work then? Were they already in the engine so you don't have to reload?

[Crazy Swede]

How do the current hand models work then? Were they already in the engine so you don't have to reload?

 

(At least in the state that I left the server in) We're using the default hand models that is already in the game.

[Black Rain]

(At least in the state that I left the server in) We're using the default hand models that is already in the game.

 

Don't worry, Nuclear and I didn't change that

[Solid]

bumping this shiz. So is it even possible to do whilst avoiding what swede said or is it a no?