Animated finishes

Animated weapons (glowing veins, flowing liquid, fire, lightning) carry their effect on a weapon component that's fitted automatically when the weapon is given. There's nothing to configure.

• Keep every file in the weapon's stream/ folder together: the effect is its own model next to the weapon's.

• The effect moves in your hand at all times. Whether it keeps moving on a carried prop (on your back, for example) depends on the weapon.

#If the effect goes missing

Some scripts equip weapons by force with SetCurrentPedWeapon(ped, hash, true). That can drop the effect component, leaving the weapon plain. If a script of yours does that, fit the component back after equipping it:

local weapon = `WEAPON_SCYTHE`
SetCurrentPedWeapon(ped, weapon, true)
-- the effect component is the weapon's model name with _camo1 on the end
GiveWeaponComponentToPed(ped, weapon, `w_me_md_scythe_camo1`)

The component's name is in the weapon's meta/weaponcomponents.meta.

#Static and animated versions

Some weapons come in both a static and an animated version (for example the Karambits, Shard Bats and Abyss Hooks). They're separate weapons with their own spawn names, so a server can offer either or both.