Adding Barrels

Barrels are essential components. They define how and where the weapon fires, and control the shooting logic, bullet type, and associated effects such as sounds and visual effects.

🔘 Choose the Barrel Type

For this example, we’ll use a Raycast Barrel, which simulates hitscan shooting used in the pistol

🎯 RaycastBarrel prefab is included in the package under modularweaponsystem/content/barrels

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📦 Drag and Drop the Barrel

Drag and drop the RaycastBarrel under the PistolModel in the prefab.

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the raycast barrel prefab can contain sounds and VFX objects

📍 Align the Barrel

Position the barrel so that its forward direction (blue Z axis) matches the shooting direction.

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It should sit at the the barrel should be placed on the tip of the weapon’s barrel.

✨ Customize Effects (Optional)

Once placed, the barrel will:

Automatically handle shooting logic when the weapon fires.
Play assigned sound effects, muzzle flashes, and animations.
You can assign and customize these via the inspector.

“Project Structure”

Each weapon can have multiple barrels if needed. Just ensure each one is positioned and configured properly.

⏭️ Next Step

Now that we have added the barrel to our prefab, it execpects a magazine object to have clip and reload data hooked to it. That’s where the magazine object comes in next.

Initialization Adding Magazines