Balance issues

[Dan_The_Noob]

So...
I'm fiddling with the same old mod, and recently upped all the enemy health and stuff but it makes infighting redundant...

is there a way to make infighting damage higher or should i just crush everything down to size?

[Boondorl]

With ZScript you can use an event handler to give every monster an Inventory item that makes use of the ModifyDamage function. When passive is true you can check to see if the source is a monster and if it is, increase the damage by however much you feel is necessary. Don't know if there's any way to do it in Decorate or ACS without exploiting the engine to hell and back. If compatibility with Zandronum or very old versions of GZDoom isn't an issue, I'd recommend using ZScript. You can use it in conjunction with Decorate so you don't have to worry about rewriting everything.

ZScript code:

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class InfightBooster : Inventory
{
    override void ModifyDamage(int damage, Name damageType, out int newdamage, bool passive, Actor inflictor, Actor source, int flags)
    {
        if (passive)
        {
            if (source && source.bIsMonster)
                newdamage *= 1.1; // You can use whatever modifier you want here - this one will increase damage by 10%
        }
    }
}

class InfightHandler : EventHandler
{
    override void WorldThingSpawned(WorldEvent e)
    {
        if (e.thing.bIsMonster)
            e.thing.A_GiveInventory("InfightBooster");
    }
}

Mapinfo:

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GameInfo
{
    AddEventHandlers = "InfightHandler"
}

[Dan_The_Noob]

oh... it needs to be Zandronum compatible.

[Tartlman]

oh... it needs to be Zandronum compatible.

In that case, i think the only way to do it is to add a damage type and make monsters weaker to it than the player is.

My suggestion? Just don't do it, and crush down the numbers.

[Dan_The_Noob]

oh... it needs to be Zandronum compatible.

In that case, i think the only way to do it is to add a damage type and make monsters weaker to it than the player is.

My suggestion? Just don't do it, and crush down the numbers.

yeah, I might just crush the numbers down a little to help them along... right now it's actually better than i thought, but they're still a bit slow to murder eachother