Better Thunderbolt
This tutorial is simple and will two two things to the lightning gun:
(1) Make it last longer/use less cells
(2) Make it a little weaker.
It is a much improved Lightning Gun which I like a lot myself.
Step 1.
Open up Defs.qc and scroll to the very bottom. Then add the following varible:
//Thunderbolt
.float temp_cells;
The above does not need to be at the bottom but it is easy and will not interfere with anything
that might cause errors.
Step 2.
Ok open up Weapons.qc and scroll to the W_FireLightning function. Once there replace it with the
following code:
void() W_FireLightning =
{
local vector org;
local float cells;
if (self.ammo_cells < 1)
{
self.weapon = W_BestWeapon ();
W_SetCurrentAmmo ();
return;
}
// explode if under water
if (self.waterlevel > 1)
{
cells = self.ammo_cells;
self.ammo_cells = 0;
W_SetCurrentAmmo ();
T_RadiusDamage (self, self, 35*cells, world);
return;
}
if (self.t_width < time)
{
sound (self, CHAN_WEAPON, "weapons/lhit.wav", 1, ATTN_NORM);
self.t_width = time + 0.6;
}
self.punchangle_x = -2;
//This is Added
self.temp_cells = self.temp_cells + 1;
if (self.temp_cells == 3)
{
self.currentammo = self.ammo_cells = self.ammo_cells - 1;
self.temp_cells = 0;
}
org = self.origin + '0 0 16';
traceline (org, org + v_forward*600, TRUE, self);
WriteByte (MSG_BROADCAST, SVC_TEMPENTITY);
WriteByte (MSG_BROADCAST, TE_LIGHTNING2);
WriteEntity (MSG_BROADCAST, self);
WriteCoord (MSG_BROADCAST, org_x);
WriteCoord (MSG_BROADCAST, org_y);
WriteCoord (MSG_BROADCAST, org_z);
WriteCoord (MSG_BROADCAST, trace_endpos_x);
WriteCoord (MSG_BROADCAST, trace_endpos_y);
WriteCoord (MSG_BROADCAST, trace_endpos_z);
//This is changed from 30 to 10. Mainly Because you will fire it 3 times at 10 for
//a cell rather than once per cell at 30 dmg
LightningDamage (self.origin, trace_endpos + v_forward*4, self, 10);
};
Step 3.
Save and Compile. Propably my simplest tutorial yet. Other energy weapons may be done like this for
example a laser or plasma gun. Credit should also be give to Iikka Ker,nen for the temp_cells idea from his plasma gun.
Marius