Custom Inventory & Respawn

[The_Spartan]

It might not be good thing, but try replacing the Stop in PickupWeapon with Fail.

Using this method just keeps the weapon in that position giving me the maximum amount of ammo. But that's not what i was looking for: i want it to respawn after a while giving me a normal ammo as usual.

[Klofkac]

hmm, there is a flag called ALWAYSRESPAWN, not sure if it works with inventory items... It should do the thing, I hope.
And you can use Inventory.RespawnTics for changing the delay when the item appears.

[Vincent(PDP)]

They just don't work. I think they do ONLY in Decorate Expressions.

Yes, i can send you the wad. I would be very grateful to you if you could fix this annoying problem for me. Private Message?

Sure, send me a PM with it.

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hmm, there is a flag called ALWAYSRESPAWN, not sure if it works with inventory items... It should do the thing, I hope.
And you can use Inventory.RespawnTics for changing the delay when the item appears.

First, ALWAYSRESPAWN is for monsters only.
And second, item respawning gotta be enabled for Inventory.RespawnTics to work.

But i have another idea which probably will make it stay there after picking it up. I'll try it when he PM's me the wad.

[The_Spartan]

Tried ALWAYSRESPAWN. It doesn't work.

Anyway, Vincent, I sent you the pk3 :D

[Vincent(PDP)]

It might not be good thing, but try replacing the Stop in PickupWeapon with Fail.

He's already tried that, read the previous posts...

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Fíxed it!
http://www.mydoomsite.com/WADS/general% ... ch%202.pk3

[The_Spartan]

I saw, but... It gives the maximum amount of ammo to the picker and just keeps the weapon there. I want the weapon to give you the standard amount of ammo, disappear and then respawn after a while.

[Vincent(PDP)]

I saw, but... It gives the maximum amount of ammo to the picker and just keeps the weapon there. I want the weapon to give you the standard amount of ammo, disappear and then respawn after a while.

You said you wanted them to "not disappear"... -.-
Well change the 'Fail' on pickup to 'Stop' and then remove the two slashes before Inventory.RespawnTics

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Oh, and on pickup, add:

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WFAX A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("FWeapAxe", 1, "Failing")

[The_Spartan]

Nothing. It just solved the problem of the ammo and stuff, but the items still don't respawn. I also tried to host a team game server, and they don't respawn there either.

This is the full code:

ACTOR AxeGiver : CustomInventory
{
SpawnID 27
Game Doom
Inventory.RespawnTics 35
Tag "Timon's Axe"
Inventory.PickupMessage "$TXT_WEAPON_F2"
//$Category Weapons
VisibleToPlayerClass "Fighter"
States
{
Spawn:
WFAX A -1
Stop
Pickup:
WFAX A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("ImAMage", 1, "Failing")
WFAX A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("ImACleric", 1, "Failing")
WFAX A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("ImAMarine", 1, "Failing")
WFAX A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("Imbj", 1, "Failing")
WFAX A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("ImCorvus", 1, "Failing")
WFAX A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("FWeapAxe", 1, "Failing")
goto PickupWeapon
Failing:
WFAX A 1
Stop
PickupWeapon:
WFAX A 0 A_GiveInventory("FWeapAxe", 1)
Stop
}
}

[Vincent(PDP)]

It respawned when i tried it. :/

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Did you turn on the Respawn items flag?

[The_Spartan]

I just turned on +ALWAYSRESPAWN.

I don't think they need those anyway.

[Popsoap]

Use a RandomSpawner to create the pickups. RandomSpawner clears the DROPPED flag, allowing the item to respawn.

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AxeRandomSpawner : RandomSpawner
{
	DropItem "AxeGiver"
}

[Vincent(PDP)]

I just turned on +ALWAYSRESPAWN.

I don't think they need those anyway.

ALWAYSRESPAWN isn't the flag i meant... You gotta turn the respawn items flag on in the "Gameplay Options".

[The_Spartan]

Tried. Still nothing.

I think it's time for "Plan B".

Is there any way I can avoid standard weapons to be picked up from certain classes without using an external pickup method that includes an inventory item?

[Klofkac]

There is a method in latest ZDoom, but of course Zandronum is years behnid so...

[Gardevoir]

I used CustomInventory in my classes mod and it worked just fine.

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ACTOR WeaponID1 : Inventory
{
  Inventory.Amount 1
  Inventory.MaxAmount 1
  +INVENTORY.UNDROPPABLE
}

ACTOR WeaponID2 : Inventory
{
  Inventory.Amount 1
  Inventory.MaxAmount 1
  +INVENTORY.UNDROPPABLE
}

ACTOR WeaponSlot1 : CustomInventory Replaces Chainsaw
{
  Inventory.PickupMessage ""
  
  States
  {
  Spawn:
	CSAW A -1
	Stop
  Pickup:
    TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("WeaponID1", 0, "PickupID1")
	TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("WeaponID2", 0, "PickupID2")
  PickupID1:
    TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("Chainsaw1", 1, "Failure")
	TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("Chainsaw1", 1)
	TNT1 A 0 A_SetBlend("FFFF00", 0.1, 5)
	//TNT1 A 0 A_Log("\cgYou got the chainsaw!") There's no A_Log in Zan 1.2 (it's in 2.0) but I suppose you can use ACS for pickup messages.
	TNT1 A 0 A_PlaySoundEx("misc/w_pkup", CHAN_VOICE)
	Goto Success
  PickupID2:
    TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("Chainsaw2", 1, "Failure")
	TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("Chainsaw2", 1)
	TNT1 A 0 A_SetBlend("FFFF00", 0.1, 5)
	//TNT1 A 0 A_Log("\cgYou got another chainsaw!")
	TNT1 A 0 A_PlaySoundEx("misc/w_pkup", CHAN_VOICE)
	Goto Success
  Failure:
    TNT1 A 0
	Fail
  Success:
    TNT1 A 0
	Fail
	}
}

Give WeaponID# items to the classes to make them pick up what you want. If you don't want them to pickup anything I suppose redirecting them to Failure should work. The weapon's going to stay on the map forever no matter how many times you will pick it up.

[Vincent(PDP)]

He wanted the weapon to disappear for a while, and i already made it work staying...

[The_Spartan]

Tried something different this time:

DECORATE:

ACTOR AxeGiver : FWeapAxe
{
VisibleToPlayerClass "Fighter"
States
{
Spawn:
TNT1 A 0 A_Jumpif(ACS_ExecuteWithResult(601,1) == 1,"Spawn2")
Stop
Spawn2:
WFAX A -1
Stop
}
}

ACS:

#library "script2"
#include "zcommon.acs"

Script 601 (int arg0)
{
if(PlayerClass(PlayerNumber()) == arg0)
{
SetResultValue(1);
print(s:"yes");
}
else
{
SetResultValue(0);
}
}

Still nothing, probably due to the fact that checks the activator's inventory, being the weapon while it is in the state of Spawn.

[Vincent(PDP)]

Tried something different this time:

DECORATE:

ACTOR AxeGiver : FWeapAxe
{
VisibleToPlayerClass "Fighter"
States
{
Spawn:
TNT1 A 0 A_Jumpif(ACS_ExecuteWithResult(601,1) == 1,"Spawn2")
Stop
Spawn2:
WFAX A -1
Stop
}
}

ACS:

#library "script2"
#include "zcommon.acs"

Script 601 (int arg0)
{
if(PlayerClass(PlayerNumber()) == arg0)
{
SetResultValue(1);
print(s:"yes");
}
else
{
SetResultValue(0);
}
}

Still nothing, probably due to the fact that checks the activator's inventory, being the weapon while it is in the state of Spawn.

Well PlayerNumber() checks the activating player's number. And since you did it in an actor's spawn state, there's no activating player. And, if I'm right, the PlayerNumber() will be set to the server (-1).

[The_Spartan]

Well PlayerNumber() checks the activating player's number. And since you did it in an actor's spawn state, there's no activating player. And, if I'm right, the PlayerNumber() will be set to the server (-1).

That's right, and what i'm going to do next? I have no ideas.

[Vincent(PDP)]

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Script 123 OPEN
{
SetActivator(-1);
ConsoleCommand("SV_ItemRespawn 1");
}

Then use RespawnTics on your item