Bouncestate property/flag

[Xaser]

Let's say you want a reflective shot that homes, but only does so when bouncing off a surface. Have it call A_SeekerMissile on a bounce, then go back to Spawn.

This exact thing is something I've been wanting to do for a while. That's how Devil May Cry's Nightmare Beta behaves, and I always did want to emulate that behavior for the Nightmare in Psychic. Maybe I'll get my wish eventually.

Some other neat uses off the top of my head:

• Make a grenade that bounces multiple times and causes an explosion every bounce (e.g. Bulletstorm's charged Bouncer)
• An "Erratic," non-spherical bouncer can be made by tweaking its direction via A_SetAngle for every bounce
• Emulate Heretic's powered-up Mace shot, though that's basically what amv2k9 said
• Simply animating a projectile on bounce is one of the more useful (albeit simple) applications. Because why not?

[Ed the Bat]

I'll be using this to emulate the Firemace's secondary (non-powered) shot, which spawns two children upon bounce. This should be cleaner than the hacky workarounds I was trying.

[HeXaGoN]

Can someone give me a real-life application of what bounce states can be used for? This is a genuine question.

Projectiles that create explosions upon bouncing is what I planned to use it for.

[amv2k9]

• Make a grenade that bounces multiple times and causes an explosion every bounce (e.g. Bulletstorm's charged Bouncer)

Also a cluster bomb launcher from Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando which does much the same thing ...and is also called the Bouncer

• Emulate Heretic's powered-up Mace shot, though that's basically what amv2k9 said

I was also thinking of the Beam Reflexor from Jak 3, and the Combine Overwatch rifle's altfire in HL2 seems to act similarly to this as well.

[amv2k9]

Let's say you want a reflective shot that homes, but only does so when bouncing off a surface. Have it call A_SeekerMissile on a bounce, then go back to Spawn.

Eugh, guess not.