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[RooT]

ok thanks for helping with my last question sajt, your names already in my mod now another question. how do i use the drawtoclientonly feature of db? i am making a scope for my sniper rifle and i want it to only show up for the client that is using it, obviously. just a quick tutorial on this function would be much appreciated, check out my site too i added a litlle bit. http://www.angelfire.com/ult/td

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[Wazat]

If the scope is called "scope" and "self" is the player, then you would say:

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scope.drawonlytoclient = self;

Then the scope will only draw itself to self (the player). You could also use scope.owner instead of self, or whatever is appropriate.

Another good thing you could do instead is set scope.viewmodelforclient, which does several things:

Makes the scope only visible to the player
Makes the scope automatically move with the player without lagging
Causes the scope turn with the player's vision perfectly
Allows you to set the scope's origin relative to the player instead of relative to world (so '0 0 10' is 10 units above the player's screen center).

To make the scope do this, write this code:

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scope.viewmodelforclient = self;
scope.origin = '4 0 10'; // 10 units above the player's view origin and slightly to the right
scope.angles = '0 0 0'; // no angle offset, just point straight

I think that's all you need. DPExtensions.qc is a good place to check for info on that stuff, so definitely look at that. There are several options I've forgotten to mention.