Script Request or help for me

I want to make a gun the shoots a harmless practical ball at a target but I do not want any physical object to be shot can this be done and how?

PS I do not know how to write a gun script ether.

and example would be nice.

PSS I have never written a script before. ++Newbie Alert!!!+++

thanks

Start here with the crash course. You'll then want something about sensors so you can grab the target's key and particles to make your particle ball. A cruise through the scripting library will give you some free particle scripts to help you along.

Yes, it's eminently possible, although how you trigger the sensor will be interesting. I suspect you're looking at a silent chat channel command to give the name of the person you want to shoot (at this place) although if you're going to use it on a limited number of people who you see reguarly you could use the sensor to pre-grab their keys and do it from a dialog box which would easily give you 12 targets, or 11 plus an option to enter random ones.

Have fun.