ZDoom

Hi,

I have made a custom menu that the player can access ingame whenever he/she wants. It also freezes the game using PowerTimeFreeze and SetPlayerProperty().
Of course, the player can still press the "use" key to activate switches, doors or anything. Which makes sense from a technical perspective, though it doesn't make sense for the player.

I know that using Aprop_TotallyFrozen doesn't disable the "use" key. I'd like to know if there is a way to make the player unable to use something. Temporarily morphing into a class with a Player.UseRange of 0 is problematic due to inventory and user variables.
Is there a way to do this in zscript? I am very poor at it so far, so maybe there is a way there that I am unable to find.

With ZScript you can directly modify the player's properties like you would with variables in ACS.
For example, this powerup will take away the player's ability to use [Use] and give it back once it's taken away:

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Class PowerUseless : Powerup
{
    double savedrange; //Saved range variable to return it after this powerup ends
    Default{Powerup.Duration 0x7FFFFFFF;}
    Override void InitEffect() //InitEffect is called when the powerup starts
    {
        Super.InitEffect();
        If(owner)
        {
            let playe = PlayerPawn(owner); //Cast the owner as a player so you can access the specific variables
            savedrange=playe.UseRange; //Save the player's current UseRange
            playe.UseRange=0; //And set it to 0
        }
    }
    Override void EndEffect() //EndEffect is called when the powerup ends
    {
        Super.EndEffect();
        If(owner)
        {
            let playe = PlayerPawn(owner);
            playe.UseRange=savedrange; //Restore the player's previous UseRange
        }
    }
} 

Thats wonderful. Tested it and it works.
Many thanks!