Hi everyone! This is my first time I ask things around here so I may notknow much.
Is there a good way to change the ticrate of actors locally? I want to make a personal mod that change the firerate of weapons but not limited to the 35 tic/s of the doom engine.
Ticrate changing
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phantombeta
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Re: Ticrate changing
Actors can't have different ticrates. The ticrate is engine-global, and actors tic when the whole engine tics.
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khoi24
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Re: Ticrate changing
So how does Doom CE manages to be able to change weapon speeds ? Just curious about it.
Re: Ticrate changing
Ah, without looking at the mod, that's almost certainly done by changing frame durations - not ticrates.
e.g. if a weapon frame has a duration of 4, then it will be displayed for 4*1/35 of a second (i.e. 4 tics). If you change the duration of the frame to 1 (1 tic or 1/35 of a second), the ticrate has not changed, but the weapon frame is being shown for a much shorter period of time. i.e. the weapon will be faster.
So, the ticrate is not being changed (it's still 35 tics per second) but you are showing the weapon from for fewer tics.
e.g. if a weapon frame has a duration of 4, then it will be displayed for 4*1/35 of a second (i.e. 4 tics). If you change the duration of the frame to 1 (1 tic or 1/35 of a second), the ticrate has not changed, but the weapon frame is being shown for a much shorter period of time. i.e. the weapon will be faster.
So, the ticrate is not being changed (it's still 35 tics per second) but you are showing the weapon from for fewer tics.