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Scaler Keys Module
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Description
Welcome to my Scaler Keys Module! This module allows scaler keys to be utilized in Garry's Mod through lua.


This module is for developer usage. They may require you to download this for their mod. Please ignore the rest of the description unless you are trying to develop a mod utilizing the module :)


Source Code[github.com]


HOW TO USE
This tool was developed with MeltyPlayer's Model Extractor tool in mind, though you can manually create the scaler data if you wish or write your own script to generate it. I will eventually make my own script but at the moment I have only needed scaler data for Pikmin models. This guide will assume you are using MeltyPlayer's Model Extractor tool. To enable this feature, 'scaler_enabled' must be set to 1 in your console (by default it will be turned on upon first installation).
  • Grab your bone_scale_animations.txt file and rename the extension to .lua, then paste it into your entity's lua folder
  • Open the file and change ScalerKeysTable to ENT.ScalerKeysTable
  • For optimization sake, replace any Vector(1, 1, 1) with defScale
  • Go to your shared.lua of your entity (or any file that has the client realm) and at the top add:
    • include("bone_scale_animations.lua")
  • Make sure you have 'scaler_enabled' command set to '1'
  • Test it out!
  • You might need to manually change some stuff in the exported data but its not wild!


NOTES
  • While this code has been as optimized as possible, it is possible that having excessive amounts of entities/bones with scaling might impact performance. Most models I've tested from games only have a few bones that scale so this shouldn't be an issue
  • If you are manually creating a data table, I highly recommend checking the GitHub page example file. Only bones that have scaling should be inserted into the animation's data
  • You can force scalers on any entity regardless of the convar, though I don't recommend this as the module is entirely client-side and the client should have the option to disable scaling in the event their PC is trash or they installed 700+ mods


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CREDITS
  • Cpt. Hazama (me) - Coding
  • MeltyPlayer - Adding export scaler data to his tool


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