Noob question - Pistol

[fuzzyfireball 1]

I have a quick question.

How do I make it so you spawn with a random pistol weapon? For example. I start a new game and instead of the pistol, it's the Gold Wand. Then I start another new game, and instead of the Gold Wand, it's the pistol? I tried looking into the wiki,, put couldn't find anything. So if I missed it, sorry.

Anybody that can help me out?

[The NUtcracker]

I don't think you can do that without using ACS and only if the "PlayerClassChange" function is implemented.

[Matt]

One thing you can try is to create the playerclass and weapons as usual, but instead have the player begin with a weapon whose select state uses A_Jump to randomly give a weapon. The random weapon-giver then removes itself from the player's inventory and cannot be selected again.

[fuzzyfireball 1]

I'll try that, thanks

[HotWax]

The following enter script swaps the player's starting inventory half the time.

Code: Select all

script 1 ENTER {
     if (random(0, 1)) {
          TakeInventory("Pistol", 1);
          TakeInventory("Clip", 50);
          GiveInventory("GoldWand", 1);
          GiveInventory("GoldWandAmmo", 20); // May need to adjust that number, that's from memory
     }
}

Note if this is to be used in a library, you will need a flag that disables it after the first time it is run. This is to avoid the script having an effect on subsequent maps.

[Project Shadowcat]

[2cents] 50 shots there, too. [/2cents]

[HotWax]

Ah, but how much does the GoldWand give?

The number above should be (NormalStartAmmo - GoldWandAmmoGive).

[Kirby]

This seems to work not too badly, given that I have terrible code writing skills and that it could be improved greatly

[Project Shadowcat]

Ah, but how much does the GoldWand give?

The number above should be (NormalStartAmmo - GoldWandAmmoGive).

Then it should be 30. Eh, whatever, the player always likes more ammo.
...
Hmm, but it should be noted that the Elvenwand only has a maximum capacity of 100, as opposed to the pistol's 200.

[fuzzyfireball 1]

Wow, thanks a bunch guys. This is so much better then I could have done.