DRD Team

I'm sure you've heard many people try and suggest adding a vertical spread to custom missiles (fired, or enemy fired), but I'd like to at least see it here where my feature suggestions will be heard.

So how about it? (I tried adding it myself, and I was completely lost )

I strongly support the above poster.

Glad to see I've got some support, any more takers?

Seriously, having this would let us make MUCH better weapons (or monsters).

Can already be done for player weapons unless I am wrong. Check the ZDooM Wiki just incase. As for enemies it would be a great idea. The Cyberdemon alone looks gay as hell firing the rocket from his waist.

What makes you think that the spawn height of a missile can't be set?

I'm not sure if I clerified properly, I mean like a z-angle for the missiles. Give them an arc (as if you're aiming up/down).

You already can. The syntax for A_CustomMissile is:

A_CustomMissile(type, spawnheight, spawnoffset_xy, angle, aimmode, pitch)

although pitch only works when aimmode is 2. In this mode the missile isn't aimed at the monster's target though.

What about A_FireCustomMissile?

(That's what I was mainly inquiring about, should have been more clear )

Graf Zahl wrote:You already can. The syntax for A_CustomMissile is:

A_CustomMissile(type, spawnheight, spawnoffset_xy, angle, aimmode, pitch)

although pitch only works when aimmode is 2. In this mode the missile isn't aimed at the monster's target though.

Why is none of this in the Wiki! DAMN!

Is the same action in A_FireCustomMissile? >_<

No. And it won't be added. You can use A_CustomMissile in this mode for players as well.

Aimmode means what?

0 means aim at the target.
1 means shoot parallel to a line from source to target
2 means don't aim at all and allow specifying a pitch.

I noticed with Aimmode 2, you cant shoot up and down . . .

So with aimmode 1 the shot fires in a straight line with no z-height changes regardless of spawnheight? (like the chaos serpents in Hexen) Or is that aimmode 2 with 0 pitch?