How to add the Muzzle Flash?

[blackpixxel 53]

Hi,

This is my first time that I am working on a weapon mod, so I don't know alot about the whole config-editing.

I would like to add those nice Arma 3 muzzle-flashes. The wiki tells me to create a proxy in Oxygen, but I don't know in which LOD. Because the Optic-Proxy is in the Pilot/1.000 LOD I made the muzzleflash proxy there too. Then it says that I have to add this to the "zasleh"-named selection, and at this point I don't know what to do.

Do I have to create a new selection in oxygen, in the config or in the model-config? And what next? I could not find any examples in the config's of the vanilla weapons.

I would really like to see what I have to do exactly, because all the stuff is pretty confusing to me.

Thank you for your help.

[surpher 1]

In O2 with the muzzle flash proxy selected create the new named selection, see the sample weapon in Steam Tools.

[blackpixxel 53]

I did that, but now I have always the muzzle flash, that means it is static and the whole time on the model, it won't disapear..

[alexboy 11]

well does your weapon fire... in your model.cfg do you inherit zasleh ? i think that helps it appear and disapear

[blackpixxel 53]

Thank you, after adding the "inherit" and some trial and error with the p3d file the muzzleflash is now working as expected, thank you guys!

[falcao 11]

Hey guys, I'm having now the same problem. A static muzzle flash.

I've been messing around with the model.cfg and I can't solve this, I'm getting very frustrated thinking about not doing this anymore.

It's a goddamn simple little cfg file, but it's giving me headaches for a week now.

@BlackPixxel Can you help me man and tell me please what have you done?

Below you can find the model.cfg: (the model name is BRAF_Imbel_IA2_556_Carbine.p3d)

#define BULLET_HIDE(x,from,count) class Bullet##x\
		{\
			type="hide";\
			source="revolving";\
			sourceAddress="mirror";\
			selection=bullet##x;\
			minValue=-1.000000;\
			maxValue= 0.000000;\
			hideValue=((count+x-from-2)/count)+0.00001;\
		};

class CfgSkeletons
{
class Default
{
	isDiscrete=1;
	skeletonInherit="";
	skeletonBones[]={};
};
class BRAF_Imbel_IA2_556_Carbine_base: Default
{
	isDiscrete=1;
	skeletonInherit="Default";
	skeletonBones[]=
	{
		"bullet_cover","",
		"aimpoint_cover","",
		"aimpoint_cover02","",
		"charging_handle","",
		"misc_cover","",
		"trigger",		"", /// not in this model, but good to use
		"bolt",			"",
		"bolt_catch",	"",
		"magazine",		"",
		"safety",		"",
		"muzzleFlash",	"",
		"OP",			"",
		"ForeSight",	"",
		"BackSight",	""
	};
};
};

class CfgModels
{
class Default;
class BRAF_Imbel_IA2_556_Carbine_base: Default
{
	sections[]=
	{
		"zasleh"
	};
	sectionsInherit="";
	skeletonName="BRAF_Imbel_IA2_556_Carbine_base";
	class Animations
	{
		class muzzleFlashROT
		{
			type="rotationX";
			source="ammoRandom";      //use ammo count as phase for animation
			sourceAddress="loop";     //loop when phase out of bounds
			selection="muzzleFlash";  //selection we want to rotate
			axis="";                  //no own axis - center of rotation is computed from selection
			centerFirstVertex=true;   //use first vertex of selection as center of rotation
			minValue=0;
			maxValue=4;               //rotation angle will be 360/4 = 90 degrees
			angle0="rad 0";
			angle1="rad 360";
		};
		class trigger /// not in this model, but good to use
		{
			type = "rotation";
			source = "reload";
			sourceAddress = "clamp";
			selection = "trigger";
			axis = "trigger_axis";
			minValue = 0;
			maxValue = "1";
			angle0 = "0";
			angle1 = "rad -30";
		};

		class bolt
		{
			type = "translation";
			source = "reload";
			sourceAddress = clamp;
			selection = "bolt";
			axis = "bolt_axis";
			minValue = 0.5;
			maxValue = 1;
			offset0 = 0;
			offset1 = 0.3;
		};
		class bolt_2: bolt
		{
			minValue = 0;
			maxValue = 0.5;
			offset0 = 0;
			offset1 = 0.7;
		};
		class bolt_empty: bolt{
			source = "isEmptyNoReload";
			minValue = 0;
			maxValue = 1;
			offset0 = 0;
			offset1 = 1;
		};
		class bolt_reload_move_1: bolt_empty {
			source="reloadMagazine";	// z: should work like that only if weapon is empty
			minValue=0;
			maxValue=0.00001;
		};
		class bolt_reload_move_2: bolt_reload_move_1 {
			source="reloadMagazine";	// z: should work like that only if weapon is empty
			minValue=0.78;
			maxValue=0.80;
			offset1 = -1;
		};
		class bolt_catch: bolt {
			selection = "bolt_catch";
			axis = "bolt_catch_axis";
		};
		class bolt_catch_2: bolt_2 {
			selection = "bolt_catch";
			axis = "bolt_catch_axis";
		};
		class bolt_catch_empty: bolt_empty {
			selection = "bolt_catch";
			axis = "bolt_catch_axis";
		};
		class bolt_catch_reload_move_1: bolt_reload_move_1 {
			selection = "bolt_catch";
			axis = "bolt_catch_axis";
		};
		class bolt_catch_reload_move_2: bolt_reload_move_2 {
			selection = "bolt_catch";
			axis = "bolt_catch_axis";
		};
		class magazine_hide
		{
			type="hide";
			source="reloadMagazine";
			selection="magazine";
			minValue=0.000000;
			maxValue=1.00000;
			hideValue=0.188;
			unhideValue = 0.663;
		};
		class no_magazine
		{
			type="hide";
			source="hasMagazine";
			selection="magazine";
			minValue=0.000000;
			maxValue=1.00000;
			hideValue=0.5;
			unhideValue = -1.0;
		};
		class magazine_reload_move_1
		{
			type = "translation";
			source = "reloadMagazine";
			selection = "magazine";
			axis = "magazine_axis";
			minValue = 0.145;
			maxValue = 0.170;
			offset0 = 0.0;
			offset1 = 0.5;
		};
		class magazine_reload_move_2: magazine_reload_move_1
		{
			minValue = 0.673;
			maxValue = 0.702;
			offset0 = 0.0;
			offset1 = -0.5;
		};
		class OP_ROT
		{
			type="rotation";
			source="zeroing2";    // use second muzzle zeroing for rotation
			sourceAddress="loop"; // loop when phase out of bounds
			selection="OP";       // selection we want to rotate
			axis="OP_axis";       // has its own axis
			minValue=0;
			maxValue=3;
			angle0="rad 0";
			angle1="rad 65";
		};
		class BackSight_optic
		{
			type="rotation";
			source="hasOptics";
			selection="BackSight";
			axis="BackSight_axis";
			memory=1;
			minValue=0.0000000;
			maxValue=1.0000000;
			angle0=0.000000;
			angle1=(rad 90);
		};
		class ForeSight_optic: BackSight_optic
		{
			selection="ForeSight";
			axis="ForeSight_axis";
			angle1=(rad 90);
		};

	// Rotation of fire mode switch
		class safety_mode_rot
		{
			type			= rotation;
			source			= weaponMode;
			selection		= "safety";
			axis			= "safety_axis";
			memory			= 1;
			minValue		= 0;
			maxValue		= 0.25;
			angle0			= 0;
			angle1			= (rad -52);
		};
	};
};

class BRAF_Imbel_IA2_556_Carbine: BRAF_Imbel_IA2_556_Carbine_base 
{

};
};

[blackpixxel 53]

I'm sorry but I really don't know what change exactly made the thing working, I will have a look into my config, maybe I will remember what it was..