More,More,More! :D

[metal_head]

In my game I want a lot of weapons,but the game has only 9 slots Is there a way of putting more weapon slots in the game and can the weapon system be made for example,when I press 1,a pistol to show up,thn if I pres 1 again,the pistol changes to another weapon.I want to double the slots,so in every slot I want two weapons,which can be changed by pressing the slot key.Unreal Tournament has that (UT again man I got to stop thinking about this game ).

[elnawe]

Max Paine has that weapon system too
If you press 2 you has a Beretta, but if you press 2 again you has 2 Berettas (Dual Berettas).

[Dante]

you could make an Ultra-realistic weapon system using the default one... which means that the player can only have 2 or 3 weapons in the same time. It would be, for example: a slot for rifles, another one for heavy weapons and explosives, and another one for guns... dont be affraid of putting various weapons in the same slot... the player will just have to throw the weapon before taking another!

[metal_head]

yeah,I was thinking about that,but I want the player to have all the weapons available

[metal_head]

ssssssooooooo....does anyone have an idea of how this can be done?

[Juutis]

Yes. Come to the IRC channel and I'll tell you more. (See General Discussions)


Nah just joking. I'll try to think of a way to do it. It is possible, the question is how complex and flexible you want it to be. But coming to the IRC channel might speed the process up a bit. Yah, I'm a mean person blackmailing you guys but I want this IRC thing to work, no matter the consequences.

[metal_head]

I only use skype,man sorry (I don't know much about IRC though).
I don't want something complex,just I want to double the weapon slots,so I'll have more weapons in the game...but if that's a lot of work,than the 3 looting weapons system is good enough for me

[Juutis]

Ahh, finally a job that was worth doing. Call me crazy but I really enjoyed writing this.

Here ya go:

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{

GROUPS
{
	{
		KEY		[1]
		keypressed	[false]

		WEAPONS
		{
			{
				ATTRIBUTE	[c8]
				INDEX		[0]
			}
			{
				ATTRIBUTE	[scattergun]
				INDEX		[1]
			}
		}
	}

	{
		KEY	[2]
		keypressed	[false]

		WEAPONS
		{
			{
				ATTRIBUTE	[disklauncher]
				INDEX		[2]
			}
			{
				ATTRIBUTE	[sniper]
				INDEX		[3]
			}
			{
				ATTRIBUTE	[minigun]
				INDEX		[4]
			}
		}
	}
}


currentweapon	[0]
currentgroup	[0]



Spawn[ ()
{
	Console(false);

	LowLevel("setup");
} ]

setup[ ()
{
	PawnRender(false);

	think = "run";
} ]

run[ ()
{
	ThinkTime = 0;

	for i = 0 to GROUPS.numChildren
	{
		if(IsKeyDown(GROUPS[i].KEY))
		{
			if(GROUPS[i].keypressed = false)
			{
				GROUPS[i].keypressed = true;

				if(i != currentgroup)
				{
					currentgroup = i;
					currentweapon = 0;
				}
				else
				{
					currentweapon = currentweapon + 1;

					if(currentweapon > (GROUPS[i].WEAPONS.numChildren - 1))
					{
						currentweapon = 0;
					}
				}

				for j = 0 to GROUPS[i].WEAPONS.numChildren
				{
					if(GetAttribute(GROUPS[i].WEAPONS[currentweapon].ATTRIBUTE,"Player") > 0)
					{
						j = GROUPS[i].WEAPONS.numChildren - 1;
					}
					else
					{
						currentweapon = currentweapon + 1;

						if(currentweapon > (GROUPS[i].WEAPONS.numChildren - 1))
						{
							currentweapon = 0;
						}
					}
				}

				SetPlayerWeapon(GROUPS[currentgroup].WEAPONS[currentweapon].INDEX);
			}
		}
		else
		{
			GROUPS[i].keypressed = false;
		}
	}
} ]

}

Ya, it's pretty complex. So complex I don't even try to explain. The thing you need to know is how to use it. Basically, you only need to modify the GROUPS array. Each item in it is a group of weapons. These groups are the "categories" of weapons, and pressing a single key will cycle through these weapons. The KEY variable defines which key "activates" the group, and keypressed is nothing you have to worry about.

Each group has a WEAPONS array that holds the info about the weapons in that very group. Each item in that array is a weapon. Each weapon needs to have two variables: ATTRIBUTE and INDEX. ATTRIBUTE is the name of the weapon in weapon.ini and INDEX is the slot you give it in weapon.ini.

That may be a little hard to understand so I'll give an example:

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	{
		KEY		[1]
		keypressed	[false]

		WEAPONS
		{
			{
				ATTRIBUTE	[c8]
				INDEX		[0]
			}
			{
				ATTRIBUTE	[scattergun]
				INDEX		[1]
			}
		}
	}

That's a weapon category that is activated by pressing '1' on the keyboard. There are two weapons in it, the c8 and the scattergun. c8 would normally be armed with the key '1' (its in the slot 0 -> INDEX = 0) and scattergun with the key '2' (slot 1 -> INDEX = 1). But now if you press '1' it first arms the c8 and if you press it again it arms the scattergun. Hope you get it.

You can add as many weapons to a category as you want, and as many categories as you want. You can even have categories in the keyboard letters. The KEY doesn't have to be 0-9, it can be the keycode of any keyboard key or mouse key.


***EDIT***
Oh ya, and disable the controls for the original weapon arming system in control.ini.

[metal_head]

I really don't know how to thank you for this! I alsmost understood everything (great explanation)
sooo...if I got it right,here in the script:

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KEY   [2]
      keypressed   [false]

      WEAPONS
      {
         {
            ATTRIBUTE   [disklauncher]
            INDEX      [2]
         }
         {
            ATTRIBUTE   [sniper]
            INDEX      [3]
         }
         {
            ATTRIBUTE   [minigun]
            INDEX      [4]
         }
      }
   }
}

by pressing the key 2,I can change between theese 3 weapons : sniper,minigun and disklauncher,right? And I can make as much weapons as I want to be changed by pressing the key 2 or 3 or 5 ..you get it
and that means,I can put as much weapons as I want,because in one slot,there can be 3 or 4 or 5 weapons,right? (well,I'll only put two max )

[Juutis]

by pressing the key 2,I can change between theese 3 weapons : sniper,minigun and disklauncher,right? And I can make as much weapons as I want to be changed by pressing the key 2 or 3 or 5 ..you get it
and that means,I can put as much weapons as I want,because in one slot,there can be 3 or 4 or 5 weapons,right? (well,I'll only put two max )

Yes, exactly.

[metal_head]

That's fantastic! I'll try it this evening! Just have to finnish merging a trooper model for my game first (merging,not modeling )