So, how does HexenArmor EXACTLY work? The wiki is little bit un-informative on this topic, saying only that making new items is not possible and player has to rely on the predefined ones, or make new inhereting from artipowerboost.
But, we have zscript, so I think it should be possible to extend or modify this.
Or, is the working of HexenArmor hard-coded?
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Re: hexenarmor working
I'm just going to leave the ZScript file for armor here, which includes HexenArmor at the bottom. Explaining it is heavily dependent on how much you understand how Hexen armor system works, how much you understand how armor is implemented in ZDoom, and how much you understand ZDoom's inventory system, period, and starting from the beginning would be a pretty major undertaking, so I feel like pointing at where you can do your research will be a lot easier than struggling to find the actual starting point you need to understand necessary concepts for this.
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Re: hexenarmor working
Two words: Black magic.
This one of those things which are conceptionally so weird that few people have been able to fully comprehend it.
This one of those things which are conceptionally so weird that few people have been able to fully comprehend it.
Re: hexenarmor working
You can basically duplicate how HexenArmor works to make a different kind of slotted armor system.ramon.dexter wrote:But, we have zscript, so I think it should be possible to extend or modify this.
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Re: hexenarmor working
arctangent: Thanks, I was looking for this. Well, looks like the easiest way would be to create new items by inheriting the hexen slooted items.
Re: hexenarmor working
Nope, that wouldn't be the easiest way, because AddArmorToSlot cannot be overridden.
So you have to create a CustomSlottedArmor class with a copy of the code from HexenArmor instead.
So you have to create a CustomSlottedArmor class with a copy of the code from HexenArmor instead.
Re: hexenarmor working
I was thinking about replacing the whole HeXen armor system with straight up RPG armor slots. Each would have different armor rating, elemental resistances and some special ability like using Heretic +GHOST tag while equipped. And they would not deteriorate at all. You would have to mix and match randomized armor parts found levels to get desired effect. But it would need a proper inventory system which is way over my abilities.