Problem with thunderwalker cloak rune and vweps

[Batman!]ZFA[]

With the addition of vweps to Thunderwalker 6 it has broken on of the 6 runes we use in the game.

Cloak rune is like the ring of shadows except when the owner shots or is shot they are seen.

vweps and ring of shadows work fine together, but with cloak rune the owner should become hidden (with eyes.mdl) instead you see this below



which seems to be using the default quakeworld skin instead of the eyes.mdl

the current vweps.c for tw 6 is here

currently the cloak rune code incombat.cis:

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// ThunderWalker: De-cloak if hurt
    if (targ.twrune & Cloaking_Rune)
    {
        if (targ.floyd == 1)
        {
            sound (targ, CHAN_ITEM, "tw/twcloak2.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
            targ.floyd = 2;
        }
        setmodel (targ, "progs/player.mdl");
        targ.bippy = time + 4.5;
        targ.gene = time + 6.5;
        targ.jimmy = 2;
    }
    // react to the damage
    oldself = self;
    self = targ;

    if (self.th_pain)
    {
        self.th_pain (attacker, take);
    }
    self = oldself;

And the cloak rune code from weapons.c here:

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// ThunderWalker: Handles whether you should be visible or not with cloaking rune
    if (self.twrune & Cloaking_Rune)
    {
        if (time > self.bippy)
        {
            if (time < self.gene)
            {
                stuffcmd (self, "bf\n");
            }
            if (self.jimmy == 2)
            {
                sound (self, CHAN_ITEM, "tw/twcloak.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
                self.jimmy = 1;
            }
            setmodel (self, "progs/eyes.mdl");
            self.floyd = 1;
        }

Doc one of our coders tried adding two different codes to fix this but both were not able to correct the problem.

First try: This one removed the weapon models but you still saw the player with the base skin

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if (self.model == "progs/eyes.mdl");
{
self.vw_index = 0;
return;
}

2nd one broke the viewable weapons so they did not work at all

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if (self.floyd == 1)
{
self.vw_index = 0;
return;
}

Anyone have idea where we went wrong with what we added to vweps.c?

All the latest TW 6 code is available here

[r00k]

Okay I found the bug in the client-side vwep code

in ezQuake: in cl_ents.c, CL_LinkPlayers....

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if ((cl.vwep_enabled && r_drawvweps.value && state->vw_index)&& (state->modelindex != cl_modelindices[mi_eyes]))             
      {
         qbool vwep;
         vwep = CL_AddVWepModel (&ent, state->vw_index, cent->old_vw_frame);


it wasnt checking against the eyes model

[FrikaC]

.jimmy .bippy .gene and .floyd? These variable names are sillier than mine.

[Batman!]ZFA[]

Thanks Rook

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=de ... tid=678559

[Batman!]ZFA[]

To really fix this we need to be able to control it from the server though.

I added a couple calls to VWEPS_SetModel();

Doc wrote: one when your model is set to eyes.mdl and also when your model is changed
back to player.mdl
I doubt this will fix it but thought it was worth a try.

This is what I get from that try.

[Tonik]

The client patch is redundant. The client doesn't have to worry about eyes or not, the logic there is most straightforward:

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if  (self.vw_index == 0)  then
       draw whatever model self.modelindex is set to
else
       draw vwplayer.mdl and the vwep

Don't tell it to draw the vwep, and it won't! If the original Doc's patch is not working, that's because something in your code is setting self.vw_index again later!

If you don't wanna bother figuring out what exactly is happening and just want a quick fix, you can just put the lines

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if (self.modelindex == modelindex_eyes)
        self.vw_index = 0; 

at the very end of PlayerPostThink()

(no, you can't check self.model because it doesn't change when you go into eyes mode; only self.modelindex does)

[r00k]

this is correct, the 'eyes mode'l for me was the bandaide not the reason. I was sure that someone would correct this it was late nigth and Batman called me, and i just pooped and if != statement so we could play. so it was a fix to be fixed.

[Batman!]ZFA[]

Doc wrote: I added the self.modelindex check to PlayerPostThink() maybe this one will
work.

Doc wrote: It looks like it's half working since it's removing the weapon model with the cloak rune.

I wonder if now there is something messed up with the player.mdl
or if maybe it has something to do with the 24 bit team and enemy skins

[r00k]

When I tested it with Zquake .17 it worked for me and in ezQuake that I modified with said code. I've slept since then so I could be wrong.

[Batman!]ZFA[]

Rook: your client update worked

This is server side, we are trying to change in the qwprogs.dat

[Batman!]ZFA[]

now we have it fixed server side as well:

Doc wrote: I moved

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if (!stof(infokey(world, "vwep")))
return;
from Precache_VWEP(); to VWEPS_SetModel();

I added this to VWEPS_SetModel();
if (self.model == "progs/eyes.mdl" && self.invisible_time != 0)
{
vw_model = 0;
}

And here is where I think the problem was

In CheckPowerups();
I replaced this bit of code

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// use the eyes
self.frame = 0;
self.modelindex = modelindex_eyes;
VWEPS_SetModel(); // Viewable Player Weapons
}
else
{
self.modelindex = modelindex_player; // don't use eyes
}

NEW CODE

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// use the eyes
self.frame = 0;
self.modelindex = modelindex_eyes;
self.vw_index = 0; // Doc remove weapon models
}
else
{
self.modelindex = modelindex_player; // don't use eyes
VWEPS_SetModel(); // Doc set player weapon model
}

thanks again everyone for all the help on this!!