Creating a Reload for a Reload

[mapimapimap]

Hey Guys, I'm a bit new to making guns in ZDoom, and I need some help. I want to make a gun which has four barrels each with six bullets/shells.
In the attachment is a picture of a Nerf blaster which has the exact thing I described.
My idea is that every 6 shots, Doomguy uses the lever action and spins to the next barrel. Every fourth times he uses the lever action, he opens the gun and quickly loads each barrel. I want to know if this is possible and if it is possible to add a "reload" button make Doomguy quickly reload all four barrels, like he would if I shot the 6 bullets/shells in each of the four barrels.
Thanks in advance!

[hideousdestructor]

Here are the following state labels and A_WeaponReady flags for GZDoom's weapon controls:

Fire
Altfire
Reload, WRF_ALLOWRELOAD
Zoom, WRF_ALLOWZOOM
User1, WRF_ALLOWUSER1
User2, WRF_ALLOWUSER2
User3, WRF_ALLOWUSER3
User4, WRF_ALLOWUSER4

This tutorial is partially relevant.


For what you're describing I would have in the weapon definition an int array with 4 items.

Each time the lever is held, something like the following will happen:

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NRFG Z 4{
    int currentcylinder=invoker.cylinders[0];
    //you could use a for loop, but with only 4 things why bother
    invoker.cylinders[0]=invoker.cylinders[1];
    invoker.cylinders[1]=invoker.cylinders[2];
    invoker.cylinders[2]=invoker.cylinders[3];
    invoker.cylinders[3]=currentcylinder;
    A_PlaySound("sixfourneverforget/leverrotate",CHAN_WEAPON);
}

Similar manipulation of these values would apply for the reload.

[mapimapimap]

Thanks, I'll try it out!