Weapon giving armor?

[Spaceshiporion]

I want to make a weapon, and I'd like to add a little armor to the player when I pick it up.

What code do I need? I already tried adding

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A_GiveInventory("BlueArmorForMegasphere", 1)

as well as

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  Armor.SavePercent 50
  Armor.SaveAmount 200

I put both of these in the actor description of the weapon, below pickup sound.

But the former does nothing, and the latter isn't recognized for some reason?

[Average Raven Fan]

Alright, let's start by going over why those two didn't work : A_GiveInventory is an action, it has to be associated with a state and can't be put into an actor's properties. Meanwhile, Armor.SavePercent and SaveAmount are properties, but they're Armor properties, so they're only available when used with items that inherit from Armor!

Try this instead :

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class ArmorShotgun : CustomInventory replaces Shotgun
{
	States
	{
	Spawn:
		SHOT A -1;
		Stop;
	Pickup:
		TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("Shotgun");
		TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("GreenArmor");
		Stop;
	}
}

ZScript but easy enough to convert to DECORATE if you want. This replaces the Shotgun with a custom pickup that will give you a Shotgun and a Green Armor when you grab it. Replacing like this is not entirely recommended and it'd be better to manually place it in maps or spawn it from a RandomSpawner instead, or hijack the pickup virtual function if you're using ZScript, but it should work.

Give it a go and see if it's what you wanted!

[Spaceshiporion]

Alright, let's start by going over why those two didn't work : A_GiveInventory is an action, it has to be associated with a state and can't be put into an actor's properties. Meanwhile, Armor.SavePercent and SaveAmount are properties, but they're Armor properties, so they're only available when used with items that inherit from Armor!

Try this instead :

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class ArmorShotgun : CustomInventory replaces Shotgun
{
	States
	{
	Spawn:
		SHOT A -1;
		Stop;
	Pickup:
		TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("Shotgun");
		TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("GreenArmor");
		Stop;
	}
}

ZScript but easy enough to convert to DECORATE if you want. This replaces the Shotgun with a custom pickup that will give you a Shotgun and a Green Armor when you grab it. Replacing like this is not entirely recommended and it'd be better to manually place it in maps or spawn it from a RandomSpawner instead, or hijack the pickup virtual function if you're using ZScript, but it should work.

Give it a go and see if it's what you wanted!

Thank you so much for answering! I will check out later!

[Spaceshiporion]

Alright, let's start by going over why those two didn't work : A_GiveInventory is an action, it has to be associated with a state and can't be put into an actor's properties. Meanwhile, Armor.SavePercent and SaveAmount are properties, but they're Armor properties, so they're only available when used with items that inherit from Armor!

Try this instead :

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class ArmorShotgun : CustomInventory replaces Shotgun
{
	States
	{
	Spawn:
		SHOT A -1;
		Stop;
	Pickup:
		TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("Shotgun");
		TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("GreenArmor");
		Stop;
	}
}

ZScript but easy enough to convert to DECORATE if you want. This replaces the Shotgun with a custom pickup that will give you a Shotgun and a Green Armor when you grab it. Replacing like this is not entirely recommended and it'd be better to manually place it in maps or spawn it from a RandomSpawner instead, or hijack the pickup virtual function if you're using ZScript, but it should work.

Give it a go and see if it's what you wanted!

Hey buddy! I tried putting your code in my Decorate script, and it didn't seem to recongize "class" I think?
I think I'm doing something wrong.

The word actor turn blue, but using "class" goes wrong, and won't let me open my wad in Gzdoom.

I think I should also mention:
I want to add specific amounts of armor. I don't want the BlueArmor itself

I tried defining a custom pickup with my own numbers, but ultimately I haven't figured it out yet.

[Spaceshiporion]

I figured everything out! Yes!!

I had to define an actor that gave the correct amount of armor I wanted,
then I made a CustomInventory Actor that would give me both that item and the weapon I made.