Pickup messages tell player their value

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captainmann
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Pickup messages tell player their value

Post by captainmann »

Good day,

I was trying to create an ammo object that would tell the player how much of it they picked up, no matter if a difficulty changes the ammo factor or if the player is picking it up from a dead enemy. (Ex. On Nightmare it would say you picked up 8 shells, but on easier skills it says you picked up 4.) I'm not sure how I would do that, and this page on the ZDoom Wiki isn't doing what I want it to. Can anybody help with this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Re: Pickup messages tell player their value

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Try multiplying amount by

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AllSkills[skill].AmmoFactor
Not sure, maybe DropAmmoFactor also should be accounted, if somehow it can be determined if this object is dropped or not.

https://zdoom.org/w/index.php?title=ZSc ... _variables
https://zdoom.org/w/index.php?title=CVA ... tion#skill
https://zdoom.org/w/index.php?title=Structs:SkillInfo
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Re: Pickup messages tell player their value

Post by Jay0 »

m8f wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2026 7:30 am Try multiplying amount by

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AllSkills[skill].AmmoFactor
Not sure, maybe DropAmmoFactor also should be accounted, if somehow it can be determined if this object is dropped or not.

https://zdoom.org/w/index.php?title=ZSc ... _variables
https://zdoom.org/w/index.php?title=CVA ... tion#skill
https://zdoom.org/w/index.php?title=Structs:SkillInfo
think you also need to multiply by sv_ammofactor
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