[Theory] - Player Inv. Flags given through weapons.

[KCMGAW]

I'm working on two mods - one single player, another multi-player. This question applies to the latter.

I notice one gripe I found when testing the MP mod in the past was someone and myself wanted different sprites based on the particular weapon or ability they were using.

Since the mod is more cartoony, the player pawns whip the weapon out of "hammerspace" if you will. Basically they don't walk around with the weapon, merely it shows up in their hands when they use it (as in, when they are attacking).

My problem is not the sprite designing itself - either editing from a base or from scratch in Flash or Photoshop. It's the coding. My current method isn't working well.

The theory is when a player selects a certain weapon, the player is given an inventory "flag", if you will, that basically indicates they are holding, in this case SSBFUsingGun1. The name is generic so I can reuse it across the various classes. The problem is it's not rendering the correct sprites, it's showing the "failsafe" Missile or Melee. At least as far as I can tell, testing this has been difficult with me alone.

Allow me to show some example code. Keep in mind my mods aren't typical ZDoom/Skulltag fare

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The Weapon Indicating Code, given upon selecting corresponding weapon slot.

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Actor SSBFUsingGunInv : Inventory
{
	Inventory.Amount 1
	Inventory.MaxAmount 1
}

Actor SSBFUsingGun1 : SSBFUsingGunInv
{
	Inventory.Amount 1
}

Actor SSBFUsingGun2 : SSBFUsingGunInv
{
	Inventory.Amount 1
}

Actor SSBFUsingGun3 : SSBFUsingGunInv
{
	Inventory.Amount 1
}

A weapon (in this case, a Melee weapon:

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actor SSBFMarioPlunger : Weapon
{
	Weapon.Kickback 0
	Weapon.SelectionOrder 300
	Obituary "%k > PLUNGER'D > %o."
	Inventory.Icon "GUNMAR_3"
	+WEAPON.MELEEWEAPON
	+WEAPON.WIMPY_WEAPON
	States
	{
		Ready:
			PLNG A 1 A_WeaponReady
			loop
		Deselect:
			PLNG A 0 A_TakeInventory("SSBFUsingGun3", 255)  // I think this is only taking the inventory to the weapon itself, I could be wrong.
			PLNG A 1 A_Lower
			goto Deselect+1
		Select:
			PLNG A 0 A_GiveInventory("SSBFUsingGun3", 1) // Same as above, but giving instead of taking.
			PLNG A 1 A_Raise
			goto Select+1
		Fire:
			PLNG B 2
			PLNG C 2
			PLNG D 3 A_Punch
			PLNG C 2
			PLNG C 6 A_ReFire
			goto Ready
	}
}

A player pawn

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actor SSBFMario : PlayerPawn
{
  Player.ScoreIcon "MUSHICON"
  Player.ForwardMove 0.65
  player.SideMove 0.75
  Speed 1
  Health 150
  Radius 16
  Height 56
  Mass 150
  scale 0.5
  PainChance 255
  Player.ColorRange 112, 127
  Player.DisplayName "Mario"
  Player.SoundClass "mario"
  Player.StartItem "SSBFMarioFireflower"
  Player.StartItem "SSBFMarioZapper"
  Player.StartItem "SSBFMarioPlunger"
  Player.StartItem "SSBFFireBallAmmo", 120	//Primary
  Player.StartItem "SSBFZapperAmmo", 75	//Secondary
  Player.StartItem "SSBFArmorMario"
  Player.WeaponSlot 1, SSBFMarioFireflower
  Player.WeaponSlot 2, SSBFMarioZapper
  Player.WeaponSlot 3, SSBFMarioPlunger
  +NOBLOOD
  States
  {
  Spawn:
    MRIO A -1
    Loop
  See:
    MRIO ABCD 6 
    Loop
  Melee:
  Missile:
        // The code where the magic is supposed to happen.
	MRIO A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("SSBFUsingGun1", 1, "Missile.FireFlower")
	MRIO A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("SSBFUsingGun2", 1, "Missile.NESZapper")
	MRIO A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("SSBFUsingGun3", 1, "Melee.Plunger")
	// Fall through if default (Failsafe)
  Missile.FireFlower:
	MRIO F 12 bright
	Goto Spawn
  Missile.NESZapper:
	MRIO H 12 bright
	Goto Spawn
  Melee.Plunger:
	MRIO J 12
	Goto Spawn
  Pain:
    MRIO K 4 
    MRIO K 4 A_Pain
    Goto Spawn
  Death:
    MRIO KL 10
    MRIO M 10 A_PlayerScream
    MRIO NO 10 A_NoBlocking
	MRIO N 0 // A_SpawnItemEx("BFCDroppedBackpack")
    MRIO P -1
    Stop
  }
}

Yeah. I'm having a hard time, although It's not of urgency to fix this. This isn't "necessary" except for aesthetic purposes.

I might make a project topic soon, but I post this here because in general I've had trouble with giving inventory flags to the player through weapons, and I figure if I solve this, it could benefit others.

Thanks in advance.

[amv2k9]

I wouldn't know how to solve your problem, but this guy might. He seems to be doing something similar to what you want to do, though in a different manner.

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