meelee pawn script

[NumberThree]

I want to make a game with zombies, so I need a script that uses a meelee attack instead of firing a projectile. Can anyone tell me how to do this?

[QuestOfDreams]

There is a sample script genericmelee.s in the scripts/sample folder that should get you started.

[NumberThree]

I used that, but now they are invincible. How do you fix this?

[QuestOfDreams]

You probably have to change the health attribute of the pawn from health to enemy_health. The latter is the attribute that the player's weapons will affect (as defined in the weapon.ini file).

In the genericmelee script this means changing

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HEALTHATTRIBUTE		[health]	// name of health attribute

to

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HEALTHATTRIBUTE		[enemy_health]	// name of health attribute

As the player's health attribute is health, using a different attribute name for enemies is reasonable if you want to avoid that the player gets hurt by his own weapons. Alternatively you may change the weapon definitions to affect the attribute health.