one gun

[franqutrass]

hello I wanted to ask how can I make in "quake 1" can only carry a weapon (apart from axe and the first shotgun).
I want that code because I already got a code to power the gun vote,
good I want is to be like "Counter Strike" in which only one can carry a weapon other than your knife and your gun.

thanks

[Baker]

I suppose you could remove the other guns on the pickup of a new gun, if you want to do it the quick and dirty way:

I'm no QuakeC genius but here goes my attempt:

You have weapon_touch which is the function which is triggered when a weapon item is picked up:

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/*
=============
weapon_touch
=============
*/
float() W_BestWeapon;

void() weapon_touch =
{
   local   float   hadammo, best, new, old;
   local   entity   stemp;
   local   float   leave;

   if (!(other.flags & FL_CLIENT))
      return;

// if the player was using his best weapon, change up to the new one if better      
   stemp = self;
   self = other;
   best = W_BestWeapon();
   self = stemp;

   if (deathmatch == 2 || coop)
      leave = 1;
   else
      leave = 0;
   
   if (self.classname == "weapon_nailgun")
   {
      if (leave && (other.items & IT_NAILGUN) )
         return;
      hadammo = other.ammo_nails;         
      new = IT_NAILGUN;
      other.ammo_nails = other.ammo_nails + 30;
   }
   else if (self.classname == "weapon_supernailgun")
   {
      if (leave && (other.items & IT_SUPER_NAILGUN) )
         return;
      hadammo = other.ammo_rockets;         
      new = IT_SUPER_NAILGUN;
      other.ammo_nails = other.ammo_nails + 30;
   }
   else if (self.classname == "weapon_supershotgun")
   {
      if (leave && (other.items & IT_SUPER_SHOTGUN) )
         return;
      hadammo = other.ammo_rockets;         
      new = IT_SUPER_SHOTGUN;
      other.ammo_shells = other.ammo_shells + 5;
   }
   else if (self.classname == "weapon_rocketlauncher")
   {
      if (leave && (other.items & IT_ROCKET_LAUNCHER) )
         return;
      hadammo = other.ammo_rockets;         
      new = IT_ROCKET_LAUNCHER;
      other.ammo_rockets = other.ammo_rockets + 5;
   }
   else if (self.classname == "weapon_grenadelauncher")
   {
      if (leave && (other.items & IT_GRENADE_LAUNCHER) )
         return;
      hadammo = other.ammo_rockets;         
      new = IT_GRENADE_LAUNCHER;
      other.ammo_rockets = other.ammo_rockets + 5;
   }
   else if (self.classname == "weapon_lightning")
   {
      if (leave && (other.items & IT_LIGHTNING) )
         return;
      hadammo = other.ammo_rockets;         
      new = IT_LIGHTNING;
      other.ammo_cells = other.ammo_cells + 15;
   }
   else
      objerror ("weapon_touch: unknown classname");

   sprint (other, "You got the ");
   sprint (other, self.netname);
   sprint (other, "\n");
// weapon touch sound
   sound (other, CHAN_ITEM, "weapons/pkup.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
   stuffcmd (other, "bf\n");

   bound_other_ammo ();

// change to the weapon
   old = other.items;
   other.items = other.items | new;
   
   stemp = self;
   self = other;

   if (!deathmatch)
      self.weapon = new;
   else
      Deathmatch_Weapon (old, new);

   W_SetCurrentAmmo();

   self = stemp;

   if (leave)
      return;

// remove it in single player, or setup for respawning in deathmatch
   self.model = string_null;
   self.solid = SOLID_NOT;
   if (deathmatch == 1)
      self.nextthink = time + 30;
   self.think = SUB_regen;
   
   activator = other;
   SUB_UseTargets();            // fire all targets / killtargets
};

So in the weapon touch function, make it only give you axe plus the new weapon by making the following modification:

// change to the weapon
// old = other.items; // Baker: comment this line out, they are losing old weapons
// other.items = other.items | new; // Baker: Nope, lose this too
other.items = IT_AXE | IT_SHOTGUN | new; // Baker: you get the axe/shotgun plus what you picked up, losing other weapons
stemp = self;
self = other;

if (!deathmatch) // Baker: comment me out
self.weapon = new;
else // Baker: comment me out
Deathmatch_Weapon (old, new); // Baker: comment me out

W_SetCurrentAmmo();

Should work in theory. I'm not Mr. QuakeC.

[ceriux]

if you have a buy menu, just comment out the pickup code, or delete everything in the function and put return;

[Wazat]

This can be done. I did something much more complex in Conquest (player has 5 slots that can hold any weapon), but you're looking for something much simpler.

Basically, you want to make it so that if the player picks up a weapon, it removes all other weapons from his inventory other than the shotgun & axe. Perhaps it drops the removed weapon on the ground. Using an impulse/alias (bound to mouse2) to swap weapons would be a good idea (instead of doing it on touch only).

In the weapon selection and fire methods, impulse 3 and weapon #3 should check which weapon the player has besides the shotgun/nailgun. It would be handy to store this in a .float, such as .float weapon3;.

Anyway, I have a mod that is much simpler than Conquest, but that does something similar to what you want. It's still the system of being able to store any weapon in any weapon slot, but it should give you a good base to work with. The mod is called Monster Swarm, and I haven't worked on it in some time and never released it.

Basically, monsters spawn randomly throughout the map similar to UT's Invasion mode. The player can run around collecting guns and gunning down the monsters, and he chooses which 5 weapons he carries. Holding down the shift key while looking at a weapon and pressing a weapon number will swap weapons.

So I could swap my shotgun for a super nailgun by looking at the super nailgun, holding shift, and pressing #2. I should probably move the key binding to the mouse2 button or something, since shift is a little awkward.

If someone can point me to a decent upload site that won't fill my poor compy with innumerable worms & viruses, I'd be happy to upload it for your benefit. I'm not sure if it will be useful to you (you only want the 3rd weapon to be switchable), but it may help.

[Baker]

If someone can point me to a decent upload site that won't fill my poor compy with innumerable worms & viruses, I'd be happy to upload it for your benefit. I'm not sure if it will be useful to you (you only want the 3rd weapon to be switchable), but it may help.

www.quaketastic.com password = ilovetheshubhub

[lth]

The tidy way to do it, IMO, would be to add a .entity field onto the player called "weapon_item", and store a reference to the currently-held weapon in that. That's how both THE HORROR and MechInf (part-finished) work. I've put the source to MechInf here:
http://www.random-productions.co.uk/quake/mechinf.zip for the curious.

[franqutrass]

thanks

[Wazat]

The mod is uploaded:

Download Monster Swarm

Hopefully this is handy to someone. I lost track of it some time ago and I really should pick it up again.

[franqutrass]

oh is a good mod and have bugs

[franqutrass]

but a good mod

[franqutrass]

but I'll take the Baker