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Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 14:44**

wildweasel wrote:NO.

Thirded.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 15:45**

wildweasel wrote:NO.

Fourthed

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 17:49**

The AltFire method sucks ass and this is coming from the guy who did it in the first place.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 21:27**

Hold on, I think I thought you was talking about some thing else.......and I don't know what Action_Reload is. Is that a new GZDoom feature? Dammit, I feel stupid.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 23:47**

Action_Reload is a new kind of reloading that DoomRater came up with. It's not a new GZDoom feature (it actually works in ZDoom as well). Basically it involves a hidden inventory item that is used when the R key is pressed.

Posted: **Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:12**

Please . . . go into further Detail

Posted: **Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:42**

Sure thing.

The Action Reload system mainly depends on three actors - two usable CustomInventories and a dummy Inventory item.

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ACTOR Action_Reload : CustomInventory
{
   Inventory.Amount 1
   Inventory.MaxAmount 1
   -INVBAR

   States
   {
       Use:
       TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("IsReloading",1)
       Fail
   }
}

ACTOR Action_ReloadCancel : CustomInventory
{
   Inventory.Amount 1
   Inventory.MaxAmount 1
   -INVBAR

   States
   {
       Use:
       TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("IsReloading",1)
       Fail
   }
}

ACTOR IsReloading : Inventory
{
   Inventory.Amount 1
   Inventory.MaxAmount 1
   -INVBAR
}

To make this work, the mod in question has to give the player both Action_Reload and Action_ReloadCancel through a script. These items are not used like other items (hence why they don't appear in the invbar). Rather, there is a special keyconf setup that must be used:

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addkeysection "Ransom - Stranger Pt. 2" strangerkeys                    
addmenukey "Reload" +ransom_reload                    
alias +ransom_reload "use Action_Reload"
alias -ransom_reload "use Action_ReloadCancel"
defaultbind r +ransom_reload

This setup allows both one-tap reloading (the type I'm sure everybody's used to) and Outlaws-style reloading (one bullet at a time as long as the reload key is held). In typical Doom mods, though, this would be best applied to weapons like shotguns (since I'm sure everybody has died at least once because they were stuck in the middle of a reload).

So now we have the "actions" - what we need now is how to apply this setup to a weapon. Well, that's easy!

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ACTOR PocketPistol : Weapon replaces Gauntlets
{
   Weapon.SelectionOrder 400
   Inventory.PickupSound "weapons/pgunout"
   Inventory.PickupMessage "Pocket pistol (2)"
   Weapon.AmmoType1 "PGunAmmo" //The guns magazine
   Weapon.AmmoType2 "PGunClips" //The real ammo
   Weapon.AmmoGive 0
   Weapon.AmmoGive2 1
   Weapon.AmmoUse 1
   Weapon.Kickback 70
   AttackSound "weapons/pgun"
   +AMMO_OPTIONAL
   +NOAUTOFIRE
   Scale 0.25
   States
   {
   Spawn:
      VP70 A -1 bright
      Loop
   Ready:
      BMKG A 1 A_WeaponReady
      BMKG A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("IsReloading",1,15)
      Goto Ready
   Deselect:
      BMKG A 1 A_Lower
      Goto Deselect
   Select:
      BMKG A 1 A_Raise
      Goto Select
   Fire:
      BMKG A 0
      BMKG A 0 A_JumpIfNoAmmo(6)
      BMKF A 1 BRIGHT A_FireBullets(3,3,-1,5.5,0,1)
      BMKF B 1 BRIGHT
      BMKG B 1
      BMKG CB 1
      Goto Ready
      BMKF A 1 A_Playsound("weapons/dryfire")
      BMKG BCB 1
      BMKG A 8
   //Reload:
      TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("PGunAmmo",6,2)
      TNT1 A 0 A_JumpIfInventory("PGunClips",1,2)
      TNT1 A 0
      Goto Ready
      TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("PGunAmmo",999)
      BMKR A 4
      BMKR B 3 A_PlaySound("weapons/pgunout")
      BMKR C 2
      BMKR DEFG 1
      BMKR H 18
      BMKR IJK 1
      BMKR L 1 A_PlaySOund("weapons/pgunin")
      TNT1 A 0 A_TakeInventory("PGunClips",1)
      TNT1 A 0 A_GiveInventory("PGunAmmo",999)
      BMKR MNOPQ 1
      BMKR R 2
      BMKR S 3
      BMKR T 4
      Goto Ready
   }
}

Notice how there are only two JumpIfInventories at the top of the "reload" section? The first one ensures that the player doesn't already have a relatively full clip (this weapon in particular will not reload if the player has more than half of the clip left). The second ensures that the player has an extra clip in reserve with which to load the weapon again. Then the game goes through the reloading animation, adding ammo to the clip and taking away one clip from reserve.

I also added some extra code in this example so that when the player fires the weapon on an empty clip, it plays an "empty" sound and goes through the reload sequence. If you don't like automatic reloading, all that needs to be done is to add a "Goto Ready" right before the marked Reload section.

Posted: **Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:52**

wildweasel wrote: 1. Paint Your Wagon

Does that mean that on the easiest skill level of the game, we get to watch the monsters sing and dance before they beat the piss out of you? =P

Posted: **Thu Jul 27, 2006 16:46**

"Hey. You paintin' yer wagon?"
"Yeah. Got a problem with that?"
"You missed a spot."

Posted: **Thu Jul 27, 2006 17:10**

"Well then, grab a brush and join in!"
"Gonna paint the wagon! Gonna paint it fine! Gonna use all this paint because the wood is pine!"

I just had to say that, since that was the exact same thing I thought when I read that.

Posted: **Thu Jul 27, 2006 23:14**

Ahhh....BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was concerning action_reload. Now, concerning the "Paintin' the Wagon" thing, can I import .jpg format abstract wall paper and have a pscychodelic(?) wagon? jk

. AH-HAH!!!! Use ACS scripting to somehow change the texture of the wagon's sides if a jpg, bmp, png, or other format is also loaded with the, um, western thing. So you can "Paint" your "wagon"!!!! Or just add a "weapon" that is a paint brush who's decal is a paint brush stroke. That would be pretty cool.

Posted: **Fri Jul 28, 2006 21:18**

Er...it's just a difficulty setting.

Nice progress Weasel. I'm probley going to be on more again, like before. So if you need anything, I'm here

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 0:37**

I still want to paint a wagon....

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:20**

Then paint your damn wagon. =P

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2006 0:13**

Ransom

Added the tomed dual revolvers - using modified Slug Pistol graphics by Paul.
Fixed more editor numbers into Replaces.
Fixed a major error with the tomed pocket shotgun.
Repaired a few minor organizational errors.

DRD Team

Weasel's Mods