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<function name="Initialize" parent="WEAPON" type="hook">⤶ <ishook>yes</ishook>⤶ <description>⤶ Called when the weapon entity is created.⤶ ⤶ <note><page>Entity:GetOwner</page> will return NULL at this point because the weapon is not equpped by a player or NPC yet. Use <page>WEAPON:Equip</page> or <page>WEAPON:Deploy</page> if you need the owner to be valid.</note>⤶ ⤶ <bug issue="2732">This is sometimes not called clientside. You can work around this by setting a variable in Initialize and check if it exists in <page>WEAPON:Think</page>. See the example below.</bug>⤶ ⤶ <bug issue="3015">This is not called serverside after a quicksave.</bug>⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Shared</realm>⤶ <predicted>No</predicted>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Sets the weapon hold type to SWEP.HoldType.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ function SWEP:Initialize()⤶ ⤶ self:SetHoldType( self.HoldType )⤶ ⤶ end⤶ </code>⤶ ⤶ </example>⤶ ⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Fixes the function not being called clientside.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ function SWEP:Initialize()⤶ self.m_bInitialized = true⤶ ⤶ -- Other code⤶ end⤶ ⤶ function SWEP:Think()⤶ if (not self.m_bInitialized) then⤶ self:Initialize()⤶ end⤶ ⤶ -- Other code⤶ end⤶ </code>⤶ ⤶ </example>

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