Damage based on # of inventory item-X

[Amuscaria]

I asked about this years ago, long before Doomscript/Zscript was added and was told to wait until the scripting implementation. Now that Zscript is in, I want a projectile or hitscan to do x-amount of damage based on a certain inventory item. Say, something like:

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Damage (#DamageIncrease)*10

or something. Is this possible now? If so, what's the best way to do this?

[Raziel236]

What's your idea with this?

[Ryan Cordell]

You could probably plop in CountInv if you want it to be based off inventory item quantity.

[Amuscaria]

You could probably plop in CountInv if you want it to be based off inventory item quantity.

So I didn't need Zscript for this, and could have done this directly from decorate?

What's your idea with this?

I have a weapon that increases the the the player's inventory by 1 "DamageMult" item every time you hit something. The idea is to have the weapon do more damage the more hits you make, but you lose all of this charge when you take damage.

[Ryan Cordell]

So I didn't need Zscript for this, and could have done this directly from decorate?

If pre-zscript Damage (/DamageFunction) could support using CountInv, then sure. Otherwise..

[jdagenet]

So I didn't need Zscript for this, and could have done this directly from decorate?

If pre-zscript Damage (/DamageFunction) could support using CountInv, then sure. Otherwise..

You actually can do this in DECORATE by performing inventory state jumps that go to different damage functions.

[Amuscaria]

So I didn't need Zscript for this, and could have done this directly from decorate?

If pre-zscript Damage (/DamageFunction) could support using CountInv, then sure. Otherwise..

You actually can do this in DECORATE by performing inventory state jumps that go to different damage functions.

This is how I'm currently doing it, but its impractical if I do it for more than a few states. I'm looking for something that is more dynamic that won't require me to redo the entire set of states each time I change the weapon's behavior.

[Ryan Cordell]

You actually can do this in DECORATE by performing inventory state jumps that go to different damage functions.

That stupid, pointless amount of code bloating is exactly what he's trying to avoid.

[Matt]

in Decorate, I would add a user_dmg uservar, define damage as damage(user_dmg), and add the countinv to the user_dmg before it's needed.

if the actor is a hitscan coming from a shooter, just add countinv to the damage parameter in whatever you're using to call the hitscan attack.

[Amuscaria]

in Decorate, I would add a user_dmg uservar, define damage as damage(user_dmg), and add the countinv to the user_dmg before it's needed.

if the actor is a hitscan coming from a shooter, just add countinv to the damage parameter in whatever you're using to call the hitscan attack.

Neat! I'll give this a try. Much thanks!