How do I activate Infinite Items in script?

[TheSoldiersShadow]

How do I make it so that when you collect a power up item (like Berserk, Light Amplification Goggles, etc.) you can have that power forever until you complete a level? I would like to make a Berserk only WAD, but I would like to have the power up active forever so that the player doesn't need to collect more berserk power ups. What do I need to input in scripts?

Thanks a bunch!

[Tapwave]

Since Berserk lasts for the entire level, you can make an ENTER script that gives the player(s) Berserk. It should activate at the beginning of each level if you put it in an ACS library.

[Arctangent]

You put a Berserk pack in the level where the player can collect it.

Congratulations, you've now made the player do x10 punch damage for the rest of the level! Best part about this trick? It's 100% vanilla compatible, to boot.

[Kizoky]

This should do the trick.
Maybe doing the duration thing to Berserk doesn't really help, but you can use that Duration "hack" on other powerups

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ACTOR CustomBerserk : CustomInventory
{
  +COUNTITEM
  +INVENTORY.ALWAYSPICKUP
  Inventory.PickupMessage "$GOTBERSERK" // "Berserk!"
  Inventory.PickupSound "misc/p_pkup"
  Powerup.Duration 0x7FFFFFFF
  States
  {
  Spawn:
    PSTR A -1
    Stop
  Pickup:
    TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("PowerStrength")
    TNT1 A 0 HealThing(100, 0)
    TNT1 A 0 A_SelectWeapon("Fist")
    Stop
  }
}

[Gez]

Maybe doing the duration thing to Berserk doesn't really help

Indeed, because that's already Berserk's standard default normal vanilla unmodified original duration.