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

[Hallan Parva]

I want to make a ground-based weapon like Bubble Lead or Wind Storm. The projectile's supposed to do 15 damage. However, for some reason the infamous "bubble doubling" occurs and shots do 30 damage instead! How do I prevent this from happening?

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actor BubblerAttack
{
obituary "????? it's a secret! Can't reveal it yet."
-SOLID
PROJECTILE
-NOGRAVITY
Damage (15)
Height 16
Radius 20
Scale 2.5
gravity 1.0
speed 15
States
{
Spawn:
BUBB A 4
BUBB A 0 A_GiveInventory("Clip",1)
BUBB BCB 4
loop
Death:
TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("Clip",1,"Continue")
TNT1 A 1
stop
Continue:
TNT1 A 0  A_CustomMissile("BubblerAttack",0,0,0,2,0)
TNT1 A 1
stop
}
}

[Max]

What the bubble lead does is continue on death. So when it hits an actor, it still continues. Adding

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Crash:
TNT1 A 1
Stop
Should fix it, as crash is the state entered when hitting a player.

[Hallan Parva]

Alright, new question.

Suppose I put actual sprites in Crash instead of a transparent one. Would these sprites "play" when the Bubbler hits a player? I'm asking because I want the "foam" from the Bubbler to only play when it hits a player.

EDIT: I'm aware of the Death vs XDeath question above. I was just curious about Crash to see if it'll save some steps.

[Gummywormz]

Crash is what happens when it hits a floor if I remember correctly.

[Max]

Alright, new question.

Suppose I put actual sprites in Crash instead of a transparent one. Would these sprites "play" when the Bubbler hits a player? I'm asking because I want the "foam" from the Bubbler to only play when it hits a player..

Yes

Crash is what happens when it hits a floor if I remember correctly.

Nope

[Hallan Parva]

How would I make a weapon's attack proportional to the user's HP? As in, I want to make an attack become stronger (or weaker) with a DIRECT ratio to the attacker's health. This means for every 1 HP I lose, my attack will become 1 point stronger/weaker.

[Korby]

Check Murumasa from ye olde Classes.

[Max]

How would I make a weapon's attack proportional to the user's HP? As in, I want to make an attack become stronger (or weaker) with a DIRECT ratio to the attacker's health. This means for every 1 HP I lose, my attack will become 1 point stronger/weaker.

Old Murumasa didn't do this. However, the general theme is there. The only way I can think of to make a direct change is to make 100 checks and 100 projectiles!!

[Hallan Parva]

SHIT.

So I can't call "health" like a variable? I have to literally make ONE HUNDRED CHECKS?

[Max]

XXXX A 0 A_JumpIfHealthLower(100,"Fire100")
XXXX A 0 A_JumpIfHealthLower(99,"Fire99")
XXXX A 0 A_JumpIfHealthLower(98,"Fire98")

etc etc

HAVE FUN!!!

EDIT : START AT 1, NOT 100! SILLY ME...

[Hallan Parva]

Grumble grumble...

Everyone else, don't consider my question "closed". If you find ANY better way to do this, for the love of all things Mega Man PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSEEEEEEEEEE share it with me!

(I'm doing Hub Style last now.)

[TheBladeRoden]

Will probably have to involve some ACS
http://zdoom.org/wiki/CheckActorProperty
http://zdoom.org/wiki/SetActorProperty

[BiscuitSlash]

Okay, sadly my weapon may only be good with a special thing that makes them go through players. Is this possible? As in going through actors?

[Korby]

Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be 100% battle orientated. An air dash is useful enough on its own, any damage is just a helpful side effect.

[Gummywormz]

Give them an item that sets -solid. Then give an item that sets +solid.