Bad MoveType & Alternateive To Stuffcmding

[Team Xlink]

Hello.

I am trying to change the player model when he has a certain weapon this is what I have:

if (self.weapon == IT_GROWINATOR)
{
setmodel(self,"progs/giant.mdl");
modelindex_player = self.modelindex;
self.movetype = MOVETYPE_WALK;
self.impulse = 0;
}

It gives me an error that says this:

Svphysics: bad movetype

I don't know why it is doing that.

Thank you.

Hello.

I am trying to slow the players turning speed and stuffcmding to cl_yawspeed isn't a good way to do it, is there an easy alternative to it?

Thank you.

[Orion]

Player models are changed via .modelindex.

Also, you don't need to redeclare MOVETYPE_WALK nor self.impulse after changing a model.

Try something like this at PutClientInServer() (client.qc):

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setmodel (self, "progs/giant.mdl");
modelindex_giant = self.modelindex;


The player's modelindexes are checked by CheckPowerups() (also client.qc), you might also want to take a look at it.

Don't forget to put a (float modelindex_giant) at the bottom of defs.qc.

But the second question I kinda don't know much, though.

[Wazat]

We recently had a discussion on slowing the player's turn speed... I forget which thread. Does anyone have the link?

[Baker]

We recently had a discussion on slowing the player's turn speed... I forget which thread. Does anyone have the link?

viewtopic.php?t=1874

(Obtained via: this Google query)

[Spike]

in regular quake, not all entities support movetype_walk, only players do. Are you sure your 'self' is really the player?

[Urre]

As I understand it, your target platform is PSP, correct? For that you'll probably have to stuffcmd to restrict turning speed, as whatever engine you're using probably doesn't have an alternative. Truth is it can be hard with engines which supposedly have alternatives, too. I can only imagine it being possible with CSQC, and I haven't tried it out personally. That is, if you're planning to restrict the mouse aiming speed too, not just the turning speed by keys.

Does the PSP Quake engine you're using use cl_yawspeed for turning? It might base it on some other cvar.

[mh]

If you're SP-only you can use cvar_set ("cl_yawspeed", "100") from QC and it should work. For MP it won't get from server to client(s) however.

[Wazat]

Well, as discussed in the other thread, if you jump to 3rd person mode (or even stay in 1st person) and use a dummy object as the player, you CAN restrict turn speed very effectively that way (this is how most games do turrets & vehicles, etc).

If you don't want to use a dummy object as the player, a stuffcmd may be the only option. Hopefully that doesn't clobber the player's config if they quit at the wrong time, though!