MM8BDM official Weapon Template (v5d)

[ProtoDude]

I am fairly sure I had that set up, but it doesn't matter now as I had to get back to default file, since I screwed up something and the game couldn't find the default weapons (cannot find "actors/inventory/[game]/[weapon].txt" thing)

Also damn, being used to R4MI makes Dive Man's real weapon pathetic.

[William0918]

Can you make this weapon template for MM8BDM v4a?

[William0918]

Ok, what I'm trying to do is make my own weapon, but when I test it, the texture for when the weapon is not being shot is not there. How can I fix that?

[Ceridran]

What texture are you using, and may I see the parts of your code that are before the "Fire:" mark?

[William0918]

Well, I have to upload it to Dropbox first, but I'll do that later.

[Ceridran]

No, simply copy and paste the text. If you're using custom textures, tell me the texture names and which one you want to be the idle frame.

[William0918]

No, simply copy and paste the text. If you're using custom textures, tell me the texture names and which one you want to be the idle frame.

Ok, my weapon textures are BGUNA0, BGUNB0, and BGUNC0. I want the idle frame to be BGUNA0.

[Ceridran]

I think I know what's going on..
Look at this.

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BUST B 0 A_JumpIfNoAmmo("NoAmmo")
BUST B 0 A_PlaySoundEx("weapon/mbuster","Weapon")
BUST B 0 A_FireCustomMissile("MegaShot",0,0,8,0)
BUST CD 3
BUST B 2
BUST B 0 A_Refire
The purpose of the numbers is to tell how many tics that frame will be there for. The BUST B 0 frames don't even show the frame-- with these BUST B 0 frames, all these actions happen at once because of the 0 tic mark. The BUST CD 3 is for the animation you see when you fire; it takes 3 tics to go through both frame C and frame D, then it advances to the next part. ( I may be wrong with how that works )

.. Uh, I'm bad at explaining thoroughly, so let's just say make sure you aren't using 0 for the parts you want to be displayed.

[William0918]

Ok, so what do I do with the BUST text?

[Ceridran]

You don't have to use it, I didn't tell you to insert that into your code. I'm assuming that you've used the 0 tic to try and make the idle frame display what it displays, and I needed an example.

Try messing around with tic speeds, especially in the Ready state.

[BombHornet]

Wait. Isn't the template supposed to be updated to v4?

[Russel]

No, not it's not.

I was waiting on someone to point this out.
I'll have a new one posted sometime next week, thanks for pointing it out!

[Russel]

I lied about it taking a week
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nl6h1tujmfv7btd/WeaponTemplatev4a.pk3?dl=0

[Knux]

Funny how I came here to ask about the weapon template needing to be updated, and it just did. Maybe I'll be able to get some weapon work done for TT once I'm done with another thing I'm making.

[SmashTheEchidna]

FINALLY

Thank you, Lego. I've been waiting for this for a long time.
(this and the class template.)