The "How do I make a weapon do that?" thread

[<geminibro>]

How do i make a chained projectile?

[Korby]

are you referring to a weapon like duo fist?

if not, you'll have to be a bit more specific

[Russel]

How do I do that?
And whats a Parameter in this engine. Also, I'm sorry if this all sounds Noob-Tier. I'm just an idiot who knows nothing about Decorate or ACS.

+SEEKERMISSILE on the projectile's properties block and only the first two parameters work on this function in Zandronum. [A_SeekerMissile]
Also, just so you know, A_SeekerMissile is not the most reliable seeking code out there.
And idiots don't ask questions. You're trying to learn a whole new language here. It's natural to not know everything from the start, so no need to apologize.

How do i make a chained projectile?

As Korby said, you will need to specify. When I first read this question, the first thing to come to mind was the LoreShot from Strife, which just leaves a chain of visual actors behind it in the same way as Gemini Laser.

[Megaman94]

What makes the player move backwards when they fire hard knuckle? I want to remove that for my weapon.

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actor HardKnuckleWep : MegaBuster 10049
{
//$Category MM8BDM-Weapons
Weapon.AmmoUse 4
Weapon.AmmoGive 28
Weapon.SlotNumber 5
Obituary "%o was smacked by %k's Hard Knuckle."
Inventory.Pickupmessage "Power up! Hard Knuckle"
weapon.ammotype "HardKnuckleAmmo"
inventory.pickupsound "weapon/weaponup"
+WEAPON.AMMO_OPTIONAL
inventory.icon "HARDSI"
Scale 2.0
States
{
Spawn:
WEAP T 1
loop
Ready:
FIST A 0 ACS_ExecuteAlways(998,0,18)
FIST A 1 A_WeaponReady
Goto Ready+1
Deselect:
TNT1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 0 A_Lower
FIST A 1 A_Lower
Loop
Select:
TNT1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 0 A_Raise
FIST A 1 A_Raise
Loop
Fire:
FIST A 0 A_JumpIfNoAmmo("NoAmmo")
FIST A 0 A_PlaySoundEx("weapon/mbuster","Weapon")
FIST B 2 A_SpawnItemEx("HardKnuckleFX",-1,8,32,0,0,0)
FIST CDE 2
FIST B 0 SetPlayerProperty(0,1,0)
FIST F 2 A_FireCustomMissile("HardKnuckle",0,1,10,-2)
//FIST F 0 A_ChangeVelocity(-Cos(pitch)*9, 0, sin(pitch)*5,CVF_RELATIVE)
FIST F 0 A_ChangeVelocity(-9, 0, 0, CVF_RELATIVE)
FIST GHI 2
FIST B 0 SetPlayerProperty(0,0,0)
FIST JKLMNOP 2
FIST A 0 A_Refire
Goto Ready+1
NoAmmo:
FIST A 1 ACS_Execute(979,0)
Goto Ready+1
}
}

actor HardKnuckleAmmo : Ammo
{
inventory.amount 1
inventory.maxamount 28
}

actor HardKnuckleFX
{
scale 2.5
Radius 9
Height 9
+NOGRAVITY
-SOLID
+NOINTERACTION
+CLIENTSIDEONLY
States
{
Spawn:
HARD BCDE 2
stop
}
}

actor HardKnuckle
{
PROJECTILE
scale 2.5
damagetype "HardKnuckle"
Speed 38
Radius 12
Height 10
Damage (70)
States
{
Spawn:
HARD A 3
loop
Death:
MMFX BCDE 2
stop
}
}

EDIT: I get Script error, "OC Weapons.pk3:custom/weapons/superpunch.txt" line 70:
Missing token (unexpected end of file)." when I try to test my weapon on a map.

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actor SuperPunchWep : MegaBuster 10049
{
//$Category MM8BDM-Weapons
Weapon.AmmoUse 4
Weapon.AmmoGive 28
Weapon.SlotNumber 5
Obituary "%o was punched by %k's Super Punch."
Inventory.Pickupmessage "Power up! Super Punch"
weapon.ammotype "SuperPunchAmmo"
inventory.pickupsound "weapon/weaponup"
+WEAPON.AMMO_OPTIONAL
inventory.icon "WEAPT0"
Scale 2.0
States
{
Spawn:
WEAP T 1
loop
Ready:
FIST A 0 ACS_ExecuteAlways(998,0,18)
FIST A 1 A_WeaponReady
Goto Ready+1
Deselect:
TNT1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 0 A_Lower
FIST A 1 A_Lower
Loop
Select:
TNT1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 0 A_Raise
FIST A 1 A_Raise
Loop
}
Fire:
FIST A 0 A_JumpIfNoAmmo("NoAmmo")
FIST A 0 A_PlaySoundEx("weapon/mbuster","Weapon")
FIST B 2 A_SpawnItemEx("HardKnuckleFX",-1,8,32,0,0,0)
FIST CDE 2
FIST B 0 SetPlayerProperty(0,1,0)
FIST F 2 A_FireCustomMissile("HardKnuckle",0,1,10,-2)
//FIST F 0 A_ChangeVelocity(-Cos(pitch)*9, 0, sin(pitch)*5,CVF_RELATIVE)
FIST F 0 A_ChangeVelocity(-9, 0, 0, CVF_RELATIVE)
FIST GHI 2
FIST B 0 SetPlayerProperty(0,0,0)
FIST JKLMNOP 2
FIST A 0 A_Refire
Goto Ready+1
NoAmmo:
FIST A 1 ACS_Execute(979,0)
Goto Ready+1
}
}

actor HardKnuckleAmmo : Ammo
{
inventory.amount 1
inventory.maxamount 28
}

actor HardKnuckleFX
{
scale 2.5
Radius 9
Height 9
+NOGRAVITY
-SOLID
+NOINTERACTION
+CLIENTSIDEONLY
States
{
Spawn:
HARD BCDE 2
stop
}

[Russel]

Ok, first.
Spoiler your code...kthanks.

Second, the line that calls A_ChangeVelocity(-9, 0, 0, CVF_RELATIVE, CVF_REPLACE) is what controls the recoil.

Also "missing token" just means you forgot a closing brace at the end of your code somewhere.

[Megaman94]

Now I am getting "Script error, "OC Weapons.pk3:custom/weapons/superpunch.txt" line 32:
"fire" is an unknown actor property"

And, according to Doombuilder it is called Hard Knuckle, not the name I gave it...

[Korby]

You have a right bracket under your select state and above your fire one.

Are your mod with doom builder? Also, your DoomED number is the same as Hard Knuckle's, so doom builder probably won't like the idea of having both of them.

[Megaman94]

Where would I find "HARDSI"?  :?

EDIT: What controls the amount of damage  for hard knuckle?

[Korby]

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graphic HARDSI, 30, 30
{
   XScale 2.0
   YScale 2.0
   Patch WEAPT0, 0, 0
}
HARDSI as defined in the Textures lump.
It's basically WEAPT0, Hard Knuckle's weapon token icon, positioned under the ammo bar.

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actor HardKnuckle
{
PROJECTILE
scale 2.5
damagetype "HardKnuckle"
Speed 38
Radius 12
Height 10
Damage (70)
States
{
Spawn:
HARD A 3
loop
Death:
MMFX BCDE 2
stop
}
}
Damage (70) is where the Hard Knuckle damage is defined on the projectile.

[Megaman94]

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actor HardKnuckle
{
PROJECTILE
scale 2.5
damagetype "HardKnuckle"
Speed 38
Radius 12
Height 10
Damage (70)
States
{
Spawn:
HARD A 3
loop
Death:
MMFX BCDE 2
stop
}
}
Damage (70) is where the Hard Knuckle damage is defined on the projectile.

I am guessing it is out of 100?

[Russel]

Players have 100 health by default, yes.

[fortegigasgospel]

Also its just 70, as in no matter the HP, 70 of it will be taken by Hard Knuckle. When resistances are not taken into account.

[Hallan Parva]

first of all why isn't this in Help & Editing
second of all why don't we have a "how do I do this, pls help" thread for classes



and third of all, the actual question

is there a simple way to make a custom class ignore the jump cancel script completely
or do I have to punch the jump cancel script in the face to allow for an exception or something

[tsukiyomaru0]

first of all why isn't this in Help & Editing
second of all why don't we have a "how do I do this, pls help" thread for classes



and third of all, the actual question

is there a simple way to make a custom class ignore the jump cancel script completely
or do I have to punch the jump cancel script in the face to allow for an exception or something

Well, if ACS_Terminate works in Decorate just like ACS_Execute and the like does, you can just make the weapon for the class run this. No?

[Russel]

Easiest way to my knowledge:
Modify the script directly by checking for an item given on spawn

EDIT: This gives me an idea for a suggestion for the core. Thank you.
EDIT 2: Lost all motivation to make it, so nevermind~
I'll just ask Mess to move the script over, since that's going to happen anyway.
Predicted Scenario:
Lego: Mess, please move the jump cancelling script over to the new WCOLORS file please.
Messatsu: What!? Why?
Lego: Because people mod it for double jumps and some weird jump mechanics.
Messatsu: Nooooo......

. . . . . . . Like the visual suggestions I made to the &Bass weapons to make the more flashy and 3D-like because everything ever is just flat sprites on a fixed animation.
Which I will most likely have to make into a mod that won't ever get played anyway because it will never make it to core with Mess sitting there.