[Not a bug] A_Firebullets numbullets field and shotguns

[Xtyfe]

I'm not sure if this is a bug, an oversight or undefined behaviour but there is a not very well documented function of the "numbullets" field of A_FireBullets that when set to a negative number, stops the first shot from being 100% accurate.

This works all well and fine for weapons that only fire one bullet. But for weapons that fire more than that, setting it to something like -9, just fires one bullet instead.

I have attached a runnable example with 2 defined shotguns. One uses -9 for its numbullets field, and the other is my workaround by calling A_FireBullets 9 times with numbullets set to -1.

I feel it shouldn't have to be that way.

[InsanityBringer]

Anything that fires more than one bullet should automatically never be accurate on the first shot, even if the value is positive. If it's not doing so, that's probably a different bug.

[Xtyfe]

If that is the case, then there is no bug here and I was not aware of that. Again, this isn't well documented and I assumed that it would act the same as a single bullet weapon.

[Blue Shadow]

Edited the wiki. Is this better?

[InsanityBringer]

That's much more clear, I feel at least. I had thought it was mentioned on the wiki, but I guess not.

[Blue Shadow]

I had thought it was mentioned on the wiki, but I guess not.

There was a mention of it. I just filled in the missing blanks and clarified a bit.