a_settics in weapon attacks

[Ultimate Freedoomer]

How do I use a_settics in fire/altfire states without making the weapon unable to fire in that state? I'm trying to recreate the Thunderbolt from Quake I in DECORATE. The issue I'm having only affects the primary fire. Before anyone asks, the primary fire is the lightning bolt, & the secondary fire is the plasma ball from Quake I Mission Pack Number 2: Dissolution of Eternity. Here's the relevant code:

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Fire:
		TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("ThunderboltLightningAmmo",1,2,AAPTR_DEFAULT)
		Goto Click
		TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(waterlevel == 3, "Discharge")
		TNT1 A 0 A_Playsound("Light/fire",CHAN_BODY,1.0,0,ATTN_NORM,false)
		TNT1 A 0 A_Playsound("Light/run",Chan_7,1.0,1,ATTN_NORM,false)
		Hold:
		TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("ThunderboltLightningAmmo",1,2,AAPTR_DEFAULT)
		Goto Click
		TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIf(waterlevel == 3, "Discharge")
		TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("ThunderboltLightningAmmo",1,TIF_NOTAKEINFINITE,AAPTR_DEFAULT)
		GZAP C 1 bright a_settics(14/8)
		GZAP C 0 a_gunflash("Flash",0)
		GZAP C 0 A_RailAttack(30,0,0,"none","white",RGF_SILENT|RGF_NOPIERCING,3,"zapPUFF",0,0,1207.349733333333,0,0,0,"lightningbolt",0,0,0)
		GZAP B 1 bright a_settics(14/8)
		GZAP B 0 A_RailAttack(30,0,0,"none","white",RGF_SILENT|RGF_NOPIERCING,3,"zapPUFF",0,0,1207.349733333333,0,0,0,"lightningbolt",0,0,0)
		TNT1 A 0 A_Refire
		TNT1 A 0 A_StopSound(Chan_7)
		Goto Ready

In this state, a_settics is used to replicate the 1/10th-of-a-second attack interval that the original weapon had while working with GZDoom tics. The problem is, testing this causes GZDoom to crash, & I have no idea why.

[Graf Zahl]

What are you trying to do anyway? 14/8 as integer is 1, so the code won't do anything useful to begin with.
And what does the crash say?

[Ultimate Freedoomer]

What are you trying to do anyway? 14/8 as integer is 1, so the code won't do anything useful to begin with.
And what does the crash say?

It crashes while I'm already in-game, so there is no log. I'm trying to adjust it so the rate of fire is 10 rounds a second, like the original.

[Arctangent]

Tics can only be integers, as they're the number of playsim frames that must pass before moving onto the next state. It's completely impossible to do something faster than a single tic without just being instant ( i.e. 0 tics ), as that time literally doesn't exist to the engine. 1 tic is the smallest unit of time that the engine allows.

[Pixel Eater]

1/10th of a second equals 3.5 tics I believe. You'd have to choose 3, 4 or alternate between the two somehow.