Weapon Auto Switching

[paker]

Is there any way to turn off auto switching in Quake? I'm using Darkplaces.

[scar3crow]

http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplac...60830beta1.zip
you mean that one?

http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/files
all the Darkplaces you can eat! or chew and politely deposit into a napkin! i love that he has such an archive for the engine, source, and mod, along with nexuiz engine versions and so on.

[Monster]

LordHavoc has released another beta version , dated 8/30/06. Ask him for it on MIRC in #darkplaces irc.anynet.org. I don't think he's released that version on his site yet.

[Baker]

Confirmed, DarkPlaces now support "bestweapon". The implementation is slightly different, but however it works doesn't matter as long as it's there

ProQuake/JoeQuake/Qrack style: bind alt "bestweapon 8 5 3 4 2 1"
DarkPlaces style: bind alt "bestweapon 853421"

Note the lack of spaces between the impulses in the DarkPlaces method.

[Baker]

Ah! Are you certain?

If so, LordHavoc is definitely a speedy coder

Are you using the 07/25/2006 version? If not which one?

(I wondered if that was added in the 7/25/2006 build, but I didn't see anything about it in the readme or on the DarkPlaces site when it was released.)

[Canadian*Sniper]

But DarkPlaces doesn't presently support bestweapon

What are you talking about?! DarkPlaces DOES support bestweapon!

[paker]

Thanks a lot!

[Baker]

Yes, it works with JoeQuake just fine.

For the latest JoeQuake (0.15), get it from http://joequake.quake1.net

Be sure to type cvar_savevars 1 in the console the first time you use JoeQuake 0.15, otherwise it will not save your settings.

[paker]

I just tried out joequake and I'll probably be using it, especially if the binds I've seen here work. I like a rocket jump bind at times. I've seen you post it here. Does it work with joequake?

[Baker]

Is this single player or on a server?

On a server, it is advisable to have 2 keys bound:

bind ctrl "impulse 7" // select RL
bind alt "bestweapon 8 5 4 3 2" // select strongest non-RL weapon available

And you tap one of those if your weapon ever gets switched.

But DarkPlaces doesn't presently support bestweapon, which is supported by ProQuake, Qrack and JoeQuake 0.15 so you might use the 2nd best option (not nearly as good):

bind ctrl "impulse 10" // next weapon
bind alt "impulse 12" // previous weapon

This is clearly an inferior setup for multiplayer, but is the best you can do with DarkPlaces, at least right now, but impulse 10/12 is more than adequate for single player.