[SOLVED] Can't get monsters to drop custom ammo correctly

[Ariasio]

I'm having a problem with making my monsters drop custom ammo correctly.

Here's the code of monster #1

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actor aresshocktrooper 30000
{
	health 80
	radius 20
	height 56
	mass 100
	speed 9
	painchance 96
	monster
	+floorclip
	attacksound "ashtfire"
	seesound "aretsight"
	painsound "aretpain"
	deathsound "aretdeath"
	obituary "%o was gunned down by an Ares Shock Trooper"
	dropitem "aresshell"

And here's the code of the custom ammo it's supposed to drop:

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actor aresshell : ammo 26002
{
	inventory.amount 4
	inventory.maxamount 40
	ammo.backpackamount 16
	ammo.backpackmaxamount 80
	inventory.pickupmessage "Picked up some Shotgun Shells (4)"
	inventory.pickupsound "aresapku"

The problem here is that the monster drops the specified ammo, but the amount you get when you pick it up is incorrect. You're supposed to get 4 shotgun shells, but instead you get 2.

Now, here's monster #2

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actor aresinfantry 30001
{
	health 40
	radius 20
	height 56
	mass 100
	speed 9
	painchance 120
	monster
	+floorclip
	attacksound "riflefire"
	seesound "aretsight"
	painsound "aretpain"
	deathsound "aretdeath"
	obituary "%o was gunned down by Ares Infantry"
	dropitem "aresrifleclip" 

And here's the code of the ammo drop:

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actor aresrifleclip : ammo 26000
{
	inventory.amount 10
	inventory.maxamount 60
	ammo.backpackamount 40
	ammo.backpackmaxamount 120
	inventory.pickupmessage "Picked up a rifle clip (10)"
	inventory.pickupsound "aresapku"

This monster I can't get to drop the ammo at all, no matter what I do.
EDIT: Now suddenly it started dropping ammo, but as with monster #1, only half the amount you're supposed to get is acquired when picked up. What the hell?

What seems to be the problem here? It's not the wrong class names. I spellchecked them, like, 10 times to be sure. The problem doesn't lie in the ammo itself either because when spawned separately, it works as intended. Thanks in advance for helping me out.

EDIT: The same problem occurs when the monster is supposed to drop a weapon. The pickup gives only half the amount of ammo it's supposed to. I've also tried specifying the amount after the classname (i.e. "aresshell" 4), but it results in the monster not dropping anything.

[Void Weaver]

All item-ammo amount dropped by monsters are halved by default.
Therefore you always get 4 shotgun shell in the Shotgun dropped by Shotgunguys, despite that 8 shells defined in the Shotgun actor.
At the same time, the placed one on map gives to player 8 shells instead.

So, you can set double drop amount of the same ammo-item OR just make inherited from original only for drop.

[Ariasio]

All item-ammo amount dropped by monsters are halved by default. Therefore you always get 4 shotgun shell in the Shotgun dropped by Shotgunguys, despite that 8 shells defined in the Shotgun actor. At the same time, the placed one on map gives to player 8 shells instead.

Huh, really? I never noticed that while playing the game. Now I feel stupid for making this thread. Do I lose streetcred in the community for that?

So, you can set double drop amount of the same ammo-item OR just make inherited from original only for drop.

Guess I'll go with the second option. Thanks a lot for explaining everything to me. I was losing my mind out there trying to figure out why it doesn't work the way I want it to.

[Void Weaver]

Yep, a such tiny "unnoticeable" detail. Also on 1st and 5th game difficulties ammo spawn\drop is doubled.
So if normally "Clip" gives 10 bullet from placed one on a map and 5 from drop, then the same "Clip" on ITYTD and NM will give 20\10 bullets from placement\drop correspondingly.

But as I said it's default behaviour, as global method you can always predefine ammo drop amount for each difficulty via corresponding parameters in MAPINFO/Skill definition.

[Ariasio]

Also on 1st and 5th game difficulties ammo spawn\drop is doubled.
So if normally "Clip" gives 10 bullet from placed one on a map and 5 from drop, then the same "Clip" on ITYTD and NM will give 20\10 bullets from placement\drop correspondingly.

But as I said it's default behaviour, as global method you can always predefine ammo drop amount for each difficulty via corresponding parameters in MAPINFO/Skill definition.

I'll keep both of these things in mind. Thank you once again.

[R4L]

You can also give your custom ammo the -DROPPED flag to make them drop a full amount or the amount you specify.

[Ariasio]

You can also give your custom ammo the -DROPPED flag to make them drop a full amount or the amount you specify.

Just tried this method out to see if it works. It doesn't.

[StroggVorbis]

Try adding "ammo.dropamount 4".

[Void Weaver]

DabbingSquidward, you absolutelly right! This is simpliest way ofc. ^_^

[Ariasio]

Try adding "ammo.dropamount 4".

Holy shit! It works! Thank you so much!

Only works for ammo drops, though. What can I do when it comes to weapon drops? Aside from fiddling with skill definitions in MAPINFO, of course.

[Dan_The_Noob]

Try adding "ammo.dropamount 4".

Holy shit! It works! Thank you so much!

Only works for ammo drops, though. What can I do when it comes to weapon drops? Aside from fiddling with skill definitions in MAPINFO, of course.

just set the amount to double for dropped weapons?

[Ariasio]

just set the amount to double for dropped weapons?

Except there are no separate dropped weapons. I forgot to mention but in the meantime I tried out the method Void Weaver suggested, with the separate drops that inherit everything, apart from the ammo amount given, from the main weapon. It resulted in enemies dropping a clone of the main weapon that doesn't count as the main weapon when picked up.

[StroggVorbis]

Make a new actor that inherits from WeaponGiver. Put the weapon you want the player to receive as DropItem and make the monster drop this actor. Use Weapon.AmmoGive to override the default amount.

Example:

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ShotgunGiver : WeaponGiver
{
Weapon.AmmoGive -1
Dropitem Shotgun
Inventory.PickupMessage "$GOTSHOTGUN"
States
{
Spawn:
SHOT A -1
}
}

[Ariasio]

Make a new actor that inherits from WeaponGiver. Put the weapon you want the player to receive as DropItem and make the monster drop this actor. Use Weapon.AmmoGive to override the default amount.

Example:

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ShotgunGiver : WeaponGiver
{
Weapon.AmmoGive -1
Dropitem Shotgun
Inventory.PickupMessage "$GOTSHOTGUN"
States
{
Spawn:
SHOT A -1
}
}

A pretty convoluted way to go about it, but at least it finally works. Thanks once again. You've been of great help to me.

[StroggVorbis]

Don't mention it, glad I could help