[Fixed] Phantom pistol

[HotWax]

Step 1: Add Strife's AssaultGun to a weapon slot.
Step 2: Give the player the AssaultGun in an ENTER script.
Step 3: Take the player's Pistol away. (He'll switch to the AssaultGun)
Step 4: As the player, fire the AG until you run out of bullets and your fist is auto-selected.
Step 5: Pick up another AssaultGun. The pistol will be selected!!!

If you switch away from the pistol, you won't be able to switch back. But as long as you have bullets, you can fire it.

[Csonicgo]

this has something to do with the chai---* is sent to hell*

[wildweasel]

Hmm. I just tried this myself - exactly as you described it. Same effect.

[Graf Zahl]

Can this be it? (in P_GiveAmmo):

Code: Select all

			case am_clip:
				if (player->readyweapon == wp_fist)
				{
					if (player->weaponowned[wp_chaingun])
						player->pendingweapon = wp_chaingun;
					else
						player->pendingweapon = wp_pistol;
				}
				break;

If the player gets new bullets the code never checks whether the pistol is in the inventory before switching to it. It just assumes it's always there!

[HotWax]

Makes sense, since in Doom this would always be the case anyway. A simple check for the pistol in inventory should remedy the situation. (And of course a check to switch to the AssaultRifle, if such a check does not already exist)

[Graf Zahl]

The code needs a serious rewrite anyway.

1. It is hard coded to Doom's weapons (or Heretic's in case you are playing Heretic.)
2. Priority of change is also hard coded
3. With custom weapons it's far too limited.

[Bio Hazard]

can there be a way to prioritize weapons yourself?

of course there would need to be a waynto change the list so the decorate weapons can be included for certain wads.

i guess it would have been implemented already if it was easy to do i guess...

[Graf Zahl]

I'm sure it will come some day. The problem is that ZDoom's weapon system allows adding weapons during a game which can make the thing a little complicated. If you want to prioritize all the weapons that are actually used in a mod a small text file would be more than enough to accomplish that.

[Cutmanmike]

I wonder how HW managed to find that bug out

[Csonicgo]

I wonder how HW managed to find that bug out

HAHAHA!

[HotWax]

Umm, Cson. That was an in-joke between Cutty and myself. I was actually helping him out with a script utilizing Strife's AssaultGun. It had absolutely nothing to do with the chaingun. You may now go back into your corner and resume touching yourself.

On a side note, who the fuck ARE you?

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Like I said. Find a hole and shove yourself back in it, noob.

[Bio Hazard]

OMG hotwax has 10% (almost) of the forum??? when did that happen?

you need a vacation!

[wildweasel]

I believe I'm indirectly responsible for the introduction of Csonicgo to these forums. After my ill-fated attempt to troubleshoot his problem with ZDoom, I guess he decided to come here...

EDIT: And Hotwax, I've been here three days longer than you. *evil grin*

[HotWax]

My point was that I'm not about to take shit from some loser who comes in here a month ago and decides to flame me because he disagrees with my opinion. His posts in the chaingun thread weren't even accurate or valid, unlike most of the other posts people wrote in defense of the current behavior. Where the hell does he get off thinking he can insult me? Clearly I've been slacking in my job...

[Giest118]

OMG hotwax has 10% (almost) of the forum??? when did that happen?

you need a vacation!

... when mine and Xaser's postcounts were eradicated.