Is it possible to use the 'Cow Mangler' / 'Righteous Bison' projectiles with tf_point_weapon_mimic?

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Werewolf

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As the title says, I want to be able to fire either of these types of projectiles via a tf_point_weapon_mimic which at the moment only supports 'Rockets', 'Grenades', 'Arrows' or 'Stickies'.

I had assumed that the Cow Mangler projectile was a type of rocket with its own particle effect, but I could not find any listed particle effects for that weapon on the VDC.

In short does anyone know of any way to achieve this and if so, how?
 

ficool2

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Don't rely on the VDC for any of this information, its horribly outdated (especially the particle list)

Check the particle list using -tools in the launch options and loading the particle editor

Taken from my FGD, although this may not be what you are looking for

@PointClass base(TFProjectile) iconsprite("editor-ficool2/tf_projectile_energy_ball") = tf_projectile_energy_ball :
"Cow Mangler alt-fire energy ball."
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@PointClass base(TFProjectile) iconsprite("editor-ficool2/tf_projectile_energy_ring") = tf_projectile_energy_ring :
"Cow Mangler alt-fire energy ring (from energy ball)."
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Unfortunately the projectiles won't deal damage if you spawn them directly in that way (using a point_template), so I advise you do the point_mimic method instead (but you won't be able to fire outputs if the entity hits something, so stuff like the fizzling ragdolls or sounds won't be possible to fake)
 

Trotim

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The way the entity is set up, the best you can do is spawn regular rockets and override their model. Sorry