[Solved] Replace starting weapon without using playerclass

[Jekyll Grim Payne]

Is there an effective way to do that? I tried overriding readyweapon from WorldTick but it produced pretty weird results.

[Void Weaver]

What about script which will execute function sequence like as TakeActorInventory(tid,"weapon_to_replace") => GiveActorInventory(tid,"custom_weapon") => SetWeapon("custom_weapon")?

[Jekyll Grim Payne]

What about script which will execute function sequence like as TakeActorInventory(tid,"weapon_to_replace") => GiveActorInventory(tid,"custom_weapon") => SetWeapon("custom_weapon")?

Sorry, I'm not looking for ACS methods. Also, I can take and give weapons from a zscript event handler, of course, but it's not the same as replacing the weapon — the player will still start the level with default Pistol.

[Matt]

I think this is the sort of thing event handlers are for, so I don't see any way to do this without them...

[Jekyll Grim Payne]

Found it by looking through A_SetWeapon code: check for readyweapon and set pendingweapon to the required one.

[Apeirogon]

Pro tip : post you solution here so that in distant future our descendants would not necrobump this topic with words "same problem" or similar

[Jekyll Grim Payne]

Pro tip : post you solution here so that in distant future our descendants would not necrobump this topic with words "same problem" or similar

Well, I did describe it above, but here's the code I use in Beautiful Doom, initial version suggested by Zombie:

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class WeaponOverrideHandler : EventHandler
{
override void WorldTick() {		
	for (int pn = 0; pn < MAXPLAYERS; pn++) {
		if (!playerInGame[pn])
			continue;

		PlayerInfo player	= players[pn];
		PlayerPawn mo		= player.mo;
		
		let oldweap = player.pendingWeapon.GetClassName(); //get the weapon that is being selected
		let oldweapr = player.readyweapon.GetClassName(); //get the currently selected weapons
		if (bdoom_replaceweapons) { //check if the replace weapons CVAR is true
			switch (oldweap) { //if game attempts to SELECT a vanilla weapon, take it away and select a modded weapon (and give it, if it's missing)
				case 'Fist' 			: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Fist"); 			mo.TakeInventory(oldweap,1); break;
				case 'Chainsaw' 		: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Chainsaw"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweap,1); break;
				case 'Pistol' 			: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Pistol"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweap,1); break;
				case 'Shotgun'			: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Shotgun"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweap,1); break;
				case 'SuperShotgun' 	: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_SuperShotgun"); 	mo.TakeInventory(oldweap,1); break;
				case 'Chaingun' 		: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Chaingun"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweap,1); break;
				case 'RocketLauncher' 	: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_RocketLauncher");mo.TakeInventory(oldweap,1); break;
				case 'PlasmaRifle' 		: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_PlasmaRifle"); 	mo.TakeInventory(oldweap,1); break;
				case 'BFG9000' 			: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_BFG9000"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweap,1); break;
				}
			switch (oldweapr) { //if a vanilla weapon is READY (such as Pistol at vanilla map start), we also take it away and select the modded counterpart
				case 'Fist' 			: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Fist"); 			mo.TakeInventory(oldweapr,1); break;
				case 'Chainsaw' 		: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Chainsaw"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweapr,1); break;
				case 'Pistol' 			: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Pistol"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweapr,1); break;
				case 'Shotgun'			: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Shotgun"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweapr,1); break;
				case 'SuperShotgun' 	: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_SuperShotgun"); 	mo.TakeInventory(oldweapr,1); break;
				case 'Chaingun' 		: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_Chaingun"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweapr,1); break;
				case 'RocketLauncher' 	: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_RocketLauncher");mo.TakeInventory(oldweapr,1); break;
				case 'PlasmaRifle' 		: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_PlasmaRifle"); 	mo.TakeInventory(oldweapr,1); break;
				case 'BFG9000' 			: player.pendingWeapon = GetWeapon(mo, "BD_BFG9000"); 		mo.TakeInventory(oldweapr,1); break;
				}
			}
		}
	}
private Weapon GetWeapon(PlayerPawn mo, Class<Weapon> type)
	{
		let weap = Weapon(mo.FindInventory(type));
		return weap ? weap : Weapon(mo.GiveInventoryType(type));
	}
}