[ZS] Monster drops ammo instead of weapon until certain map?

[Ebenezer Fottingnotch]

How would I make the Shotgun and Chaingun guys drop their respective weapons only after a certain map is reached in my wad? For example I have a lot of Shotgun Guys in maps 01 and 02 but I have secret areas with Shotguns in them, how would I prevent players from just getting the SG off the killed enemies in these maps, but from map03 onward, they drop SGs like normal? I want to keep the replacement monster the same actor and not have to make an inherited clone that only drops ammo.

[Blue Shadow]

Something like this, I suppose:

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class ShotgunGuy2 : ShotgunGuy replaces ShotgunGuy
{
    void SGGuy_NoBlocking ()
    {
        // On maps 1 and 2, drop shells, otherwise drop the default item.
        if (Level.levelnum < 3)
        {
            A_NoBlocking(false);
            A_DropItem("Shell");
        }
        else
        {
            A_NoBlocking();
        }
    }

    States
    {
    Death:
        SPOS H 5;
        SPOS I 5 A_Scream;
        SPOS J 5 SGGuy_NoBlocking;
        SPOS K 5;
        SPOS L -1;
        Stop;
    XDeath:
        SPOS M 5;
        SPOS N 5 A_XScream;
        SPOS O 5 SGGuy_NoBlocking;
        SPOS PQRST 5;
        SPOS U -1;
        Stop;
    }
}

If you're confused by A_NoBlocking, read its documentation.

[Cherno]

I want to keep the replacement monster the same actor and not have to make an inherited clone that only drops ammo.

However, I don't see another solution.

[Apeirogon]

Its possible with event handlers WorldThingSpawned/CheckReplacement virtuals, but it will make map compatible with gzdoom only.

[Ebenezer Fottingnotch]

[quote="Blue Shadow"]Something like this, I suppose:

[snip]

[/quote]

That's workable enough, thanks. Wasn't quite sure how to declare the levelnum thing in ZScript until now.