A_Custom Railgun range

[Daniel]

Hello

I just want to make a request: add a variable to A_CustomRailgun, in which you could modify the railgun range. This could also be good for running memory, avoiding weirdness railgun shots on very large room maps.

[Onslaught Six]

What do you mean by range? I'm not understanding.

[Ichor]

I think he means a maximum distance the rail would travel, similar to what's in A_FireBullets.

[Cutmanmike]

This could also be good for running memory, avoiding weirdness railgun shots on very large room maps.

For this reason it's useless because the "weirdness" is caused by the value of the cvar r_maxparticles. If it's low, the railgun won't display if it's shot really far away (but the shot will still count). You should make it a higher value on the console to stop it happening.

However, a railgun range might be good for other things such as a laser weapon or something.

[Eriance]

However, a railgun range might be good for other things such as a laser weapon or something.

How about just a Beam function for that? Something like "A_Beam(texture, damage, range, use-ammo, alpha, render-mode, blah-blah)"?

[Eriance]

However, a railgun range might be good for other things such as a laser weapon or something.

How about just a Beam function for that? Something like "A_Beam(texture, damage, range, use-ammo, alpha, render-mode, blah-blah)"?

[CaptainToenail]

Yep, what would be really handy for the railgun functions would be range, particle graphic, particle fade time, and if it stops as soon as it hits a target instead of going right through.

[XutaWoo]

Unless you're talking about ranbow-colored Railguns or something like that, Eriance, I don't see how texture would work outside of GZDoom.

[Daniel]

Range for A_CustomRailgun could be useful for a lot of things, not just for the "bug from long range". You can even make melee laser-like weapons...

So Graf, how about it?