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Sabbat Martyr Deathmatch is going to be released soon, but we have a problem with one of the new weapons: Whenever someone is fragged by a proxy mine, it counts as a suicide for the one who tripped it. Is there any way to fix this code so that is still holds ownership? Thanks in advance.

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//==================================================
//Prox Launcher					  //
//Resources Gathered by Mechadon and Strikerman   //
//DECORATE Code by Strikerman                     //
//==================================================

ACTOR ProxProj
{
   Radius 5
   Height 5
   Health 15
   Damage 18
   Speed 0
   Scale 0.9
   Mass 9999999
   Meleerange 172
   +FIXMAPTHINGPOS
   +DOOMBOUNCE
   +NOBLOOD
   +SHOOTABLE
   +MISSILE
   +NOGRAVITY
   +GHOST
   +THRUGHOST
   +LOOKALLAROUND
   States
   {
   Spawn:
      NULL AA 1 A_Look
      NULL A 0 A_Look
      loop
   See: 
      PROX AAABBBAAABBB 1 A_Chase
      PROX A 0 A_Look
      NULL A 0
      loop
   Melee:
      PROX A 1 A_FaceTarget
      PROX A 0 A_FaceTarget
      PROX A 15 A_Playsound("ProxBeep")
      BNG4 A 0 BRIGHT A_Playsound("weapons/rocklx")
      BNG4 A 0 BRIGHT A_SetTranslucent(0.5, 1)
	  BNG4 A 2 BRIGHT A_Explode(216, 184, 1)
	  BNG4 B 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 C 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 D 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 E 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 F 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 G 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 H 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 I 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 J 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 K 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 L 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 M 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 N 2 BRIGHT
          NULL A 0
      stop
   Death:
      BNG4 A 0 BRIGHT A_Playsound("weapons/rocklx")
      BNG4 A 0 BRIGHT A_SetTranslucent(0.5, 1)
	  BNG4 A 2 BRIGHT A_Explode(184, 128, 1)
	  BNG4 B 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 C 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 D 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 E 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 F 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 G 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 H 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 I 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 J 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 K 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 L 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 M 2 BRIGHT
	  BNG4 N 2 BRIGHT 
          NULL A 0
      Stop
   }
}

ACTOR ProxProj2
{
   Radius 5
   Height 5
   Damage 0
   Speed 40
   Scale 0.9
   +MISSILE
   +THRUGHOST
   +CORPSE
   +DROPOFF
   +NOBLOCKMAP
   States
   {
   Spawn:
      PROX A 0 A_Gravity
      PROX AA 5
      NULL A 0
      Loop
   Death:
      PROX A 0 A_PlaySound("Proxhit")
      PROX A 0 A_ScreamAndUnblock
      PROX A 0 A_CustomMissile("ProxProj",0,0,0,6)
      NULL A 1
      Stop
   }
}

ACTOR ProxLauncher : Weapon 21002
{
   Inventory.PickupSound "Weapons/Pickup"
   Inventory.PickupMessage "You got the Prox Launcher!"
   	Obituary "%o tripped over %k's proximity mine." 
   Weapon.AmmoType "ProxMines"
   Weapon.AmmoGive 5
   Weapon.AmmoUse 1
   Weapon.Kickback 200
   Inventory.PickUpSound "misc/w_pkup"
   States
   {
   Spawn:
      PRXP A -1
      Loop
   Ready:
      PRXL A 1 A_WeaponReady
      Loop
   Deselect:
      PRXL A 1 A_Lower
      Loop
   Select:
      PRXL A 0 A_Raise
      PRXL A 1 A_Raise
      Loop
   Fire:
      PRXL A 0 BRIGHT A_Playsound("proxlaunch")
      PRXL B 2 BRIGHT A_FireCustomMissile("ProxProj2",0,1,0,0)
      PRXL C 2
      PRXL D 2
      PRXL E 1
      PRXL A 1 
      PRXL A 30
      PRXL A 1 A_REFIRE
      Goto Ready
   }
}

I don't see anything that would make it do that o_O

Have you tried using A_JumpIfCloser instead of a melee state?

EDIT: I am dumb and thought that the weapon launched ProxProj1.

Sorry, dude, I've got this problem myself and just decided not to make anything deathmatch-related that involved such a projectile. Have you tried aimmode 4 when spawning the exploder?

EDIT3: No, that's not it either... using the same missile for both effects gives the same result. Seems like an exploding missile uses its hate target as its owner...

Hmm, I will check about jumpifcloser.

I already tried that, Striker. It will only Jump for the one who fired it.

That's because A_JumpIfCloser checks the distance between the calling actor and its target. The target of a projectile is the actor who fired the original projectile.

Can't you do +DOOMBOUNCE and bouncefactor 0.1, or something like that, so when the target touches it it explodes?

...that's it! !

Have the original projectile land, then spawn a new, invisible one that watches and chases people. When the new one notices a target get close, it goes to A_KillMaster and disappears, while the original one then explodes.

If you want a different death state for the thing being destroyed but not detonated, give it twice the health you want it to "really" have and use A_JumpIfHealthLower to have it go to an alternate death state.

Note: the above has NOT been tested. I might later tonight, though.

I think the idea is to try to only use the original projectile, and only the original projectile. That will be the only way to score a kill.

I tried that and it didn't work... once the original projectile changed its hate target, whatever it killed would be attributed to that hate target.

Also, my solution above doesn't work. Once the second actor spawns it takes the projectile as its hate target instead of inheriting the projectile's hate target. So it just sits there staring at the original missile, or explodes immediately if I have it armed like the final version ought to be.

Is there some way to clear an actor's hate target?

EDIT: And, in retrospect not surprisingly, A_KillMaster doesn't work no matter what I do.

I already tried Vaecrius' Idea last night. It does work, but for some reason the monster wants to try to attack the mine or something. Therefore, the mine sets and instantly explodes.

XutaWoo's Idead was just brought up by the team. We are going to undergo a test with that method to see if it works the way we want it to.