Hi

I have coded a close combat template that allows picking up weapons (trough event_impact) and attaching them to the char using vec_for_vertex.
The problem is, once I have a weapon it will remain in my hand Id' now like to be able to "register" many weapons (those I've picked up) and toggle trough all of them using the mousewheel. Clicking the wheel(middle mouse button) should put away the actual weapon.

As I'm a bit code impaired, I will need some help Best would be an example (c-script)

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(I'll check the thread when I'm back from work...tonight)

This might not be how you want it or even close. but I just set up a variable called weapon num. Then based on the variable, whether the number was set to the current weapons number, made it either invisible, or, not invisible. Then everything else of course was coded based off of that. Weapon damage was set according to that variable, the sounds they play things like that.

If you were to go at it like that it would probably look something like this...



var weapon_num;

function weapon_1_vis()
{

if (weapon_num==1)
{
my.invisible=off;
}
else
{
my.invisible=on;
}
}

Then you can set up a function to either add or subtract to that value based on the mouse wheel. It should change through the weapons. Since techincally they'll all be visible when you pick them up.

I'm not a coder either, but that's what I would do. There's probably a better and cleaner way to go about it, but that's all I know how to do.

I think you should use an array. If you now get a weapon (let's say weapon nr. 5) you set that special array part to 1:
Code:

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int weapons[8];

[...]

weapons[4] = 1; //i got the weapon nr. 5

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To select it with the mousewheel you just need a number that holds the weapon number.

Code:

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int current_weapon = 0;

[...]

int old_weapon;
while(1)
{
  current_weapon += (mickey.z/120);
  current_weapon %= 7;
  while(weapons[current_weapon]==0)
  {
    current_weapon++;
    current_weapon %= 7;
  }
  if(old_weapon!=current_weapon)
  {
    change_weapon(current_weapon);//in this function morph the weapon entity
  }
  old_weapon = current_weapon;
  wait(1);
}

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all in all nothing is really detailed, but shoould give you the clue how to do it.

Hey...this looks good! I'll try to get this array thing working

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