Detonate projectiles while in air(SOLVED)

[Faad3e_]

Is there anyway that a player can detonate a projectile while its in the air with a weapon?
(Example: A projectile is flying, I use the ALTFIRE and the projectile is sent to death state)

[Catastrophe]

Yeah, look at the ghostbuster traps in GvH

[Ivan]

Yeah, look at the ghostbuster traps in GvH

Or Ragnarok DM, which has an example that works exactly the way OP describes.

[Faad3e_]

Or Ragnarok DM, which has an example that works exactly the way OP describes.

Alright, i downloaded it, which gun haves the behavior i described?

[Ivan]

The plasma cannon, found in 3rd or 4th map. Although you might need to define a new key to detonate it, still, it's the same for altfire really. (With enabling A_Weaponready and necessary flags to allow alt fire to pass)

[Faad3e_]

The plasma cannon, found in 3rd or 4th map. Although you might need to define a new key to detonate it, still, it's the same for altfire really. (With enabling A_Weaponready and necessary flags to allow alt fire to pass)

Alright, thanks a lot sir

[Ijon Tichy]

It's simple, really. Have the projectile constantly check for an item in the player's inventory. If it's there, jump to a state where it does an A_Stop (to stop in midair), then do some explosion shit and disappear. Alternately, have it call A_Die, which would drop its health to 0 and put it in the Death state, and have the A_Stop there.

This grenade lays on the ground and does not detonate until the player gets the DakkaDetonateGrenades item.

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// This is the inventory item that will be placed in the player's inventory
// to detonate it; give it through whatever method, take it immediately after
actor DakkaDetonateGrenades: Inventory { Inventory.MaxAmount 1 +UNDROPPABLE }

// The grenade itself
actor DakkaRemoteGrenade
{
    // irrelevant

    States
    {
      Spawn:
        SGRN A 1 bright
        SGRN A 0 A_JumpIfInTargetInventory("DakkaDetonateGrenades", 1, "Detonate")
        loop
      
      Detonate:
        SGRN A 0 A_Die
        goto Death2  // should never be reached

      Death:
        SGRN A 0 A_Stop
        SGRN A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NOGRAVITY", 1)
        SGRN A 0 A_JumpIfInTargetInventory("DakkaDetonateGrenades", 1, "Death2")
        goto OnGround

      OnGround:
        SGRN A 1 bright
        loop

      Death2:
        SGRN A 0 A_Stop
        SGRN A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NOGRAVITY", 1)
        MISL B 0 A_SetTranslucent(1, 1)
        MISL B 0 bright A_PlaySound("dakka/explode")
        MISL B 0 bright A_Explode(96, 144, 0)
        MISL B 0 bright A_Explode(64, 144)
        MISL B 8 bright
        MISL C 6 bright
        MISL D 4 bright
        stop
    }
}

[Faad3e_]

It's simple, really. Have the projectile constantly check for an item in the player's inventory. If it's there, jump to a state where it does an A_Stop (to stop in midair), then do some explosion shit and disappear. Alternately, have it call A_Die, which would drop its health to 0 and put it in the Death state, and have the A_Stop there.

This grenade lays on the ground and does not detonate until the player gets the DakkaDetonateGrenades item.

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// This is the inventory item that will be placed in the player's inventory
// to detonate it; give it through whatever method, take it immediately after
actor DakkaDetonateGrenades: Inventory { Inventory.MaxAmount 1 +UNDROPPABLE }

// The grenade itself
actor DakkaRemoteGrenade
{
    // irrelevant

    States
    {
      Spawn:
        SGRN A 1 bright
        SGRN A 0 A_JumpIfInTargetInventory("DakkaDetonateGrenades", 1, "Detonate")
        loop
      
      Detonate:
        SGRN A 0 A_Die
        goto Death2  // should never be reached

      Death:
        SGRN A 0 A_Stop
        SGRN A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NOGRAVITY", 1)
        SGRN A 0 A_JumpIfInTargetInventory("DakkaDetonateGrenades", 1, "Death2")
        goto OnGround

      OnGround:
        SGRN A 1 bright
        loop

      Death2:
        SGRN A 0 A_Stop
        SGRN A 0 A_ChangeFlag("NOGRAVITY", 1)
        MISL B 0 A_SetTranslucent(1, 1)
        MISL B 0 bright A_PlaySound("dakka/explode")
        MISL B 0 bright A_Explode(96, 144, 0)
        MISL B 0 bright A_Explode(64, 144)
        MISL B 8 bright
        MISL C 6 bright
        MISL D 4 bright
        stop
    }
}

whoa, you made it so simple, thanks even more sir!

guess im just too dumb at this :(

EDIT: one question, projectiles always take as target the thing that shot them?

[Ijon Tichy]

Yeah, a projectile's target is its firer. Change the target of the projectile, that target is now considered the firer. Kinda backwards, but welcome to hacks.