[?-1893] A_CustomRailgun doesn't play sound properly

[unknownna]

A_CustomRailgun doesn't work properly when it comes to the sound aspect of it.
Sometimes the sound will play, other times not. You may also suddenly hear the rails as if they were fired near you when you're actually far away from the source.

[Mr. Tee]

We can appreciate the example wad, but I loaded your wad and it just brought me to the regular Doom2 map01. No railgun, nothing.

I don't quite remember how to add one by console (but if you're gonna include an example map you should really make a one-room level with a railgun in the middle so we can easily spot your problem ).

[CaptainToenail]

It says under the file
summon gmrg



Anyway, I've noticed odd railgun sounds too when playing Skulltag, sometimes it seems as if the railgun is playing the firing sound at full world volume, and sometimes not, does the sound originate from the rail shaft itself rather than the shooter? If so that could be causing it.

[Mr. Tee]

LOL, ok, could he make it even less noticeable?

All joking aside, yes, I see this behaviour too.

[randi]

does the sound originate from the rail shaft itself rather than the shooter?

It does. It calculates the point closest to the listener and plays the sound from there (because it's supposed to be the sound of the slug, not the weapon).

[I have not tried the attached wad, so I reserve judgment on whether it's working properly or not.]

[Graf Zahl]

does the sound originate from the rail shaft itself rather than the shooter?

It does. It calculates the point closest to the listener and plays the sound from there (because it's supposed to be the sound of the slug, not the weapon).

I believe that that was the intent. But the code sure did not do that. It did calculate the distance to the trail's line properly but completely ignored the end points so the sound was played at a position where the trail never got.