Projectile will not fire

[TIIKKETMASTER]

Hi all, im wondering why my weapon will not fire a projectile at all.

If i use the console, i can directly summon the projectile with no problems and the projectile does as intended.

The second i try to use A_FireCustomMissile (...) in a DECORATE weapon however, it just does not seem to work.

I am using a blank-slate .IPK3 File, so if there is anything else i need to add besides the core functions of the projectile (and weapon), please tell me.

Thanks!

[ramon.dexter]

Sorry, my crystalball is not working right now. Can you post the weapon's code, at least?

Does your projectile has sprites?

[Player701]

Note that A_FireCustomMissile is deprecated, and you should use A_FireProjectile instead.

[TIIKKETMASTER]

Sorry, my crystalball is not working right now. Can you post the weapon's code, at least?

Does your projectile has sprites?

yeah i got sprites for my stuff. like i said i can summon it through the console and it works just fine but it does not want to be summoned through a weapon

the reason why the weapon is a fist is cuz i needed something to copy off of. curious if that is why its breaking.

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ACTOR Fist : DoomWeapon
{
  Weapon.SelectionOrder 3700
  Weapon.Kickback 100
  Obituary "died"
  Tag "testweapon"
  States
  {
  Ready:
    PUNG A 1 A_WeaponReady
    Loop
  Deselect:
    PUNG A 1 A_Lower
    Loop
  Select:
    PUNG A 1 A_Raise
    Loop
  Fire:
    PUNG B 4
    PUNG C 4 A_FireCustomMissile("playproj",0,0,0,32,0)
    PUNG D 5
    PUNG C 4
    PUNG B 5 A_ReFire
    Goto Ready
  }
}

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ACTOR playproj
{
  Radius 6
  Height 8
  Speed 25
  Damage 3
  Projectile
  +RANDOMIZE
  RenderStyle Add
  Alpha 1
  States
  {
  Spawn:
    EBAL A 4 Bright
    Loop
  Death:
    EBAL A 6 Bright
    Stop
  }
}

[Player701]

Your weapon is named Fist, but this name is already in use by GZDoom. This is technically an error, but due to backwards-compatibility reasons GZDoom will rename your actor to something else to avoid name collisions. You should see a warning message during startup, something like the following:

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Script warning, "decorate.txt:decorate.txt" line 1:
Tried to define class 'Fist' more than once. Renaming class to 'Fist@decorate.txt@decorate.txt'

So what is happening here? Whenever you try to use your weapon, you're actually using the built-in Fist instead - which of course is not coded to fire any projectiles.

You should rename Fist to something else (e.g. MyFist) and re-test. And please do pay attention to warning messages produced by the engine.

[TIIKKETMASTER]

Your weapon is named Fist, but this name is already in use by GZDoom. This is technically an error, but due to backwards-compatibility reasons GZDoom will rename your actor to something else to avoid name collisions. You should see a warning message during startup, something like the following:

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Script warning, "decorate.txt:decorate.txt" line 1:
Tried to define class 'Fist' more than once. Renaming class to 'Fist@decorate.txt@decorate.txt'

So what is happening here? Whenever you try to use your weapon, you're actually using the built-in Fist instead - which of course is not coded to fire any projectiles.

You should rename Fist to something else (e.g. MyFist) and re-test. And please do pay attention to warning messages produced by the engine.

oh my god, you're right. i was so caught up in believing that all the doom-related stuff wouldn't be there anymore but i guess not. thank you!