Transformation?

[vrageprogrammer]

ok, here's some pseudo code for a script i'm working on-
attribute- meter=0
for each second passed, meter= meter+1
if meter = 500
attribute able= 1
if key g is pressed, and able - 1,
change act material, remove weapons and give melee attacks.
stay in this form for 300 seconds, then revert and set meter- 0!
someone wanna help me convert this to a script?

[vrageprogrammer]

Donw, put the new texture in material.ini, now what?

[Masta_J]

Ok, i understand what your trying to achieve, just a little confused with how you wrote it, so bear with me. There's a couple of ways this can be achieved, but since my understanding of scripting is more or less intermediate as opposed to advanced, I will try and give you a way that makes sense to both of us. First off, you could use the AddTimerOrder command to time your attribute, "meter", value increase. But the way I would go about it is this:
I will use the GenericPlayer script as a point of reference. First set your atrribute "meter" to low=0, initial=0, high= 500 and your attribute "able" to low=0, initial=0, high=300 in your Attribute.ini file. Then, start your code like this:

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    GROUP [Good] // Pawn Group - must be targetted by enemies
    PLAYERSPEED [96] // Walk Speed
    HEALTHATTRIB [health] // health attribute given to pawn
    HEALTHAMOUNT [100] // amount of health given to pawn
    DAMAGEATTRIB [healthenemy] // Atribute damaged by pawn
    BOX [0] // Box width
    
    IDLEANIM [Idle] // Idle AnimationSpeed
    WALKANIM [Run] // Walk anim
    BACKANIM [RunBack] // walk back anim
    STRAFELEFT [StrafeLeft] // Strafe left anim
    STRAFERIGHT [StrafeRight] // Strafe right anim
    DEATHANIM [Die] // Death Anim
    
    ANIM [string] // Do Not Edit
    ANC [0] // Do Not Edit
    LASTANC [0] // Do Not Edit
    DIR [0] // Do Not Edit
    AT [0.5] // Do Not Edit
    INTER [string] // Do Not Edit
    TM [0] // Do Not Edit
    SPEED [0] //Do Not Edit
    run_time [0]

	Spawn[()
	{
		Console(false);
		BoxWidth(BOX);
		SetGroup(GROUP);
		AttributeOrder(HEALTHATTRIB, HEALTHAMOUNT, "Die");
		SetWeapon(WEAPONMODEL);
		LowLevel("Setup");
	}]
    
	Setup[()
	{
		AttachCamera();
		self.yaw_speed=256;
		AnimateHold(IDLEANIM);
		ANIM=StringCopy(IDLEANIM);
		ANC=0;
		LASTANC=0;
		TM=self.time;
		self.think="RunPlayer";
	}]
	
	RunPlayer[()
	{
		//debug(self.key_pressed);
		PlayerRender(false);
		self.ideal_yaw=self.player_yaw;
		ChangeYaw();
	
		DIR=0; 				// Default straight
		SPEED=0; 			// Default - no motion
		AT=0.1; 			// Default
		ANC=0; 				// Default
		AnimationSpeed(1); 	// Default
	
		// handle health status
		if(self.health < 1)
		{
			HighLevel("Die");
			return 0;
		}
	                       
                     if(run_time < time)
                       {
                         if(random(1,10)>7)
                          {
                            run_time = time + 1;
                            ModifyAttribute("meter",1,"Player");
                         }
                       }
                                                 
		if(IsKeyDown(30))
		{
                           if(GetAttribute("meter","Player")=500)
                             {
			ChangeMaterial([i]YourMaterialInMaterialSection[/i]);
                                      ModifyAttribute("able",300,"Player");
		}
                       }
                       
                   if(GetAttribute("meter","Player")=500)
                    {
                     if(run_time < time)
                       {
                         if(random(1,10)>7)
                          {
                            run_time = time + 1;
                            ModifyAttribute("able",-1,"Player");
                           }
                         }
                       } 
                   
                   if(GetAttribute("meter","Player")=500)
                    {
                     if(GetAttribute("able","Player")<1)
                      {                     
                        ModifyAttribute("meter",-500,"Player");
                        ChangeMaterial([i]OriginalMaterialInMaterialSection[/i]);
                      }
                    }

The above portion of code will change your material if the key G is pressed if 500 seconds have passed, and then change back to your initial material once 300 seconds have passed. It will not change your fighting mode though. In order to change to "melee mode", I would add this into the "RunPlayer" section of code:

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                          if(GetAttribute("meter","Player")=500)
                          {
                            if(IsKeyDown([i]YourAttackButton[/i]))
                             {
                               AnimateHold([i]YourMeleeAttackAnimation[/i]);
                               self.think="MeleeAttack1";
                             }
                           }

Now for the melee attack order:

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                           MeleeAttack1[()
                           {
                            DamageAtBone(20,18,DAMAGEATTRIB,[i]YourDamageBoneName[/i]);
                            if(self.animate_at_end)
                             {
                              self.think="RunPlayer";
                             }
                           }
                           if(run_time < time)
                           {
                             if(random(1,10)>7)
                             {
                              run_time = time + 1;
                              ModifyAttribute("able",-1,"Player");
                             }
                           }
                        }]

This modification of the code will force a melee attack when you press your "attack button", if you are still within your time frame of transformation. Bare in mind that everything I have added (except the, "MeleeAttack1" command) is a modification of the RunPlayer command in the GenericPlayer script that comes with RF, so don't delete anything from RunPlayer or it won't work anymore. I must admit, I'm sure there are lots of cleaner ways of achieving this effect, but this should work none the less. Good luck and let me know if it worked....