Inter-level collectables

[JasonX]

Is it possible to create items that the game tracks all the way until it's completion? I can find an item here, at one level, and one at that level, and if i have more than 10, i can access another level (the slipgate only appears when i get more than those 10 items).

Working on something similar to the SM64 stars, but for quake. Thinking about something like tokens, or heads, don't know yet.

[mh]

The runes in SP Quake work just this way, and use serverflags for it. Check out the entrance to end.bsp from ID's start.bsp and you'll see.

[andrewj]

Does this line from sv_main.c mean that using more than the lowest four bits of serverflags will be problematic?

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items = (int)ent->v.items | ((int)pr_global_struct->serverflags << 28);

[Spike]

the lowest four 'bits' are stored in the upper 4 bits of the items stat.
If you have more than 4 bits, they'll harmlessly shift left into nothingness. The client won't see them. The lower 4 bits (runes) will be unaffected.

[daemonicky]

Is it possible to create items that the game tracks all the way until it's completion? I can find an item here, at one level, and one at that level, and if i have more than 10, i can access another level (the slipgate only appears when i get more than those 10 items).

Working on something similar to the SM64 stars, but for quake. Thinking about something like tokens, or heads, don't know yet.

I guess it is possible trought abuse of parm1-16 http://www.inside3d.com/qcspecs/qc-glob.htm#QC-GLOB , 16 floats which should be carried to next level. It could be used to instantiate some entitities you want. Although it would be limited.