Hello all,
I think I need some help relaying some info to my programmer for my mod. he says he's having trouble doing a specific thing with the weapons, and I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas.
The main idea is that the weapons in this mod are much like old school weapons like in Contra and Megaman, where the weapons can be fired very rapidly, but only have a 2-5 projectile limit in a set amount of distance (simulating screen distance)
The amount of blasts in that set distance is not a problem, weapons work good shooting 3 projectile bursts a set distance away, but the problem the programmer is having is working with the +attack, it always shoots repeating (and way too fast when close to a wall)
Another issue is that he mentions that frame Macros can never be interrupted, making it impossible to shoot and interrupt an animation sequence, I don't know how this works but I have seen some cases where this is possible, so I'm not sure what the problem really is.
What I'd like is that the weapon only shoots once per button press _only_ up to 3 times per "screen". The programmer says making a new impulse may be messy, and I would hate to break the ability to change the +attack button in the menu that way too.
I would like to know if anyone has any ideas, I myself am no expert in QuakeC, but know some lingo here and there, I'd be able to relay the information easy and let you guys know what he thinks.
This seems to be the only thing holding back this mod, which is going to be very button reflex based, and more controller/gamepad based, and it would be a shame to leave such a crucial mechanic.
later I want to incorporate "charge" shots when the button is held down as an alternate fire, but this is important first
Thank you all!
I think I need some help relaying some info to my programmer for my mod. he says he's having trouble doing a specific thing with the weapons, and I'd like to know if anyone has any ideas.
The main idea is that the weapons in this mod are much like old school weapons like in Contra and Megaman, where the weapons can be fired very rapidly, but only have a 2-5 projectile limit in a set amount of distance (simulating screen distance)
The amount of blasts in that set distance is not a problem, weapons work good shooting 3 projectile bursts a set distance away, but the problem the programmer is having is working with the +attack, it always shoots repeating (and way too fast when close to a wall)
Another issue is that he mentions that frame Macros can never be interrupted, making it impossible to shoot and interrupt an animation sequence, I don't know how this works but I have seen some cases where this is possible, so I'm not sure what the problem really is.
What I'd like is that the weapon only shoots once per button press _only_ up to 3 times per "screen". The programmer says making a new impulse may be messy, and I would hate to break the ability to change the +attack button in the menu that way too.
I would like to know if anyone has any ideas, I myself am no expert in QuakeC, but know some lingo here and there, I'd be able to relay the information easy and let you guys know what he thinks.
This seems to be the only thing holding back this mod, which is going to be very button reflex based, and more controller/gamepad based, and it would be a shame to leave such a crucial mechanic.
later I want to incorporate "charge" shots when the button is held down as an alternate fire, but this is important first
Thank you all!
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