Hello! As it says in the title, I cannot summon a custom weapon via a command. When I try to summon it, it throws the error "Unknown Actor or Visual Thinker". Is there something I am missing?
Apolocheese if this is a easy fix, I am relatively new to Gzdoom/Slade.
Trouble Summoning Custom Weapons with commands.
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Re: Trouble Summoning Custom Weapons with commands.
class HolyShotgun : Weapon
{
Default
{
Weapon.SelectionOrder 400;
Weapon.AmmoUse 2;
Weapon.AmmoGive 20;
Weapon.AmmoType "Shell";
Inventory.PickupMessage "The Chosen Soldier wields their blade.";
Weapon.SlotNumber 1;
Obituary "$OB_MPSSHOTGUN";
Tag "ShieldShotgun";
}
States
{
Spawn:
Sgun A -1;
Stop;
Ready:
Sgun A 1 A_WeaponReady;
Loop;
Select:
Sgun A 1 A_Raise;
Loop;
Deselect:
Sgun A 1 A_Lower;
Loop;
}
}
By the way, here is the code for the weapon I am trying to summon in question.
{
Default
{
Weapon.SelectionOrder 400;
Weapon.AmmoUse 2;
Weapon.AmmoGive 20;
Weapon.AmmoType "Shell";
Inventory.PickupMessage "The Chosen Soldier wields their blade.";
Weapon.SlotNumber 1;
Obituary "$OB_MPSSHOTGUN";
Tag "ShieldShotgun";
}
States
{
Spawn:
Sgun A -1;
Stop;
Ready:
Sgun A 1 A_WeaponReady;
Loop;
Select:
Sgun A 1 A_Raise;
Loop;
Deselect:
Sgun A 1 A_Lower;
Loop;
}
}
By the way, here is the code for the weapon I am trying to summon in question.
Re: Trouble Summoning Custom Weapons with commands.
Despite the fact that you have posted your code, you're not giving us much to go on.
Anyway, the error message that you are getting indicates that GZDoom doesn't know about the actor that you are trying to summon. So, perhaps the first thing to do would be to open the console and scroll up to the bit that tells you which files have loaded and confirm that your file with the weapon code has loaded properly.
Anyway, the error message that you are getting indicates that GZDoom doesn't know about the actor that you are trying to summon. So, perhaps the first thing to do would be to open the console and scroll up to the bit that tells you which files have loaded and confirm that your file with the weapon code has loaded properly.