Hi Guys, just wondering if someone could point me in the right direction to making a cod1 sniper rifle mod, you know so it has 2 or 3 zoom levels

Try taking a look at some of the sniper mods which are out there.. not sure if you can use more than one zoom level though.

I have seen some with 2 or 3 zoom settings but cant seem to find them now, actually i could probably get one from a sniper server and just change the images in the scope.

havn't done much in moding weapons but it would be nice to know... do you right click to gointo the scope then right click again to zoom or use the mouse wheal?

The only way of doing sniper scope zoom is with the 'Alt' weapon mode (Pressing M by default) Most of the guns already have an alt weapon mode where it switches to semi auto but sniper rifles dont use or have one as stock.

If you like i could make one for you as its too long to explain on here how to do it.

There are 2 problems with doing it and they are the 'alt weapon switch anim' as there isnt one for rifles and also there can be problems with ammo loadouts, which the new alt weapon modes needs to be added to the 'rank.gsc' and also the '_teams.gsc' , which i can sort for you also.

thx that would be great, send me a pm and we can talk about it

I think this would work:

Say you're modding the springfield to have 3 zoom levels. You'd create three weapon files with almost identical characteristics:

1. springfield_mp
2. springfield_a_mp
3. springfield_b_mp

In each weapon file, you'll have to make two changes:

1. set the correct "altweapon"
2. set the zoom field of view ("adszoomfov")

For the altweapon settings, you'd set it up like this:

1. springfield_mp's altweapon = springfield_a_mp
2. springfield_a_mp's altweapon = springfield_b_mp
3. springfield_b_mp's altweapon = springfield_mp

That should allow you to cycle through each of the three zoom stages with the "m" key. Note that you won't have to precache the a and b versions in _teams.gsc. They'll just work.

For the adszoomfov settings, the lower the number, the more zoom you get. I think the stock setting for the springfield is adszoomfov\10. So you could use that number for the original weapon, and then use 6 for springfield_a_mp, and 2 for springfield_b_mp. If that's too much zoom, try 8 and 6, or 7 and 4. I'm guessing that 7 and 4 would probably work the best.

I've done this for the Sako on our mod for two zoom levels (8 and 4), and it worked fine. I've found, however, that a zoom level of 4 really restricts how much you can see through the scope, so it might be better for sniper-only servers. Play around with the numbers and see what you like.

Another thing you might want to do is change the weaponname in the weapon file so people know what zoom level they're at.

Good luck.

ITOE_MC

I don't think that would be a problem as long as the stock weapon is what you'd select in the weapon menu.

No, sorry, i've had this problem too. Alt weapon modes count as seperate weapons so the game doesn't know to add ammo - in S&D you can end up spawning with no ammo if you had an alt mode selected at the end of the round

I didn't think about the SD thing, but I've still never encountered the problem.