0000911: Player.WeaponSlot only reads first word in weapon name when it conflicts with an existing actor.

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0000911

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2012-07-09 05:44

2012-07-11 19:42

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TerminusEst13

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normal

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minor

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always

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closed

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no change required

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Windows

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XP/Vista/7

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Summary

0000911: Player.WeaponSlot only reads first word in weapon name when it conflicts with an existing actor.

Description

Hello.

Player.WeaponSlot is a wonderful resource that allows modders to attribute specific weapons to specific classes, rather than have everyone get everything.
Quoted actor names is also a wonderful thing, allowing modders to put proper spaces and other characters in weapon/actor names.

Problem.
When Player.WeaponSlot X has a quoted actor name that happens to have the same first word as an existing actor, like say "Dragon Claw" with the same first word as HeXen's Dragon actor, or "Ripper Chaingun" with the same first word as Heretic's Ripper actor, the game does not allow the player to swap to that weapon.

Steps To Reproduce

Attached is a simple weapon mod, replacing the PlasmaRifle class with a "Fireball Gun" and giving the player a Player.WeaponSlot 6, "Fireball Gun" property.
The "Fireball Gun" actor has the same first word as HeXen's Fireball actor, and so when summoned (or walked over) the player will be able to pick it up but cannot use it.

Additional Information

One possible workaround to this is to backport the Tag actor property from ZDoom, so that the actor name is different from the display name.

Attached Files

te13-weaponslotproblem.wad [^] (780 bytes) 2012-07-09 05:44

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(0003927) TerminusEst13 (reporter) 2012-07-09 09:10	Oh yeah, forgot to mention. There's also a big ol' "Cannot add non-weapon actor Fireball to weapon slots" error message on starting the game.

(0003928) Torr Samaho (administrator) 2012-07-09 17:51	I'm pretty sure that this problems originates from ZDoom. Does your example wad work in the latest ZDoom version?

(0003941) ZzZombo (reporter) 2012-07-10 06:24	Tag property is here already.

(0003947) TerminusEst13 (reporter) 2012-07-11 17:54	Ah, no, it doesn't seem to work in ZDoom, either. That settles that, I suppose. Sorry.

(0003949) Torr Samaho (administrator) 2012-07-11 19:41	Alright, I'm closing this then. If ZDoom should fix it, please let me know.

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-07-09 05:44	TerminusEst13	New Issue
2012-07-09 05:44	TerminusEst13	File Added: te13-weaponslotproblem.wad
2012-07-09 09:10	TerminusEst13	Note Added: 0003927
2012-07-09 17:51	Torr Samaho	Note Added: 0003928
2012-07-09 17:51	Torr Samaho	Status	new => feedback
2012-07-10 06:24	ZzZombo	Note Added: 0003941
2012-07-11 17:54	TerminusEst13	Note Added: 0003947
2012-07-11 17:54	TerminusEst13	Status	feedback => new
2012-07-11 19:41	Torr Samaho	Note Added: 0003949
2012-07-11 19:42	Torr Samaho	Status	new => closed
2012-07-11 19:42	Torr Samaho	Resolution	open => no change required

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