target_powerup convertion: "powerup" to "spawnflags"

Submitted by John Preston on May 28, 2010 - 8:33am
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Hello.
Just reminding about my old request on lugor forums (ages ago, heh):

target_powerup

Spawnflags:
"0" - (0) Nothing.
"1" - (1) Quad Damage (based on g_guadfactor value)
"2" - (2) Protection to: acid/lava/radius damage - 100%, All types of damage - 50%
"4" - (3) Force Pull Effect (Body)
"8" - (4) Red Flag (Red Glow)
"16" - (5) Blue Flag (Blue Glow)
"32" - (6) Neutral Flag (White Glow), also a Stash Effect.
"64" - (7) Battle Shield Effect (Pulsating aura)
"128" - (8) Dodge Effect (Source: Force Seeing 3-rd rank)
"256" - (9) Force Push Effect (Hand)
"512" - (10) Force Speed Effect
"1024" - (11) Cloak Effect (Invisibility)
"2048" - (12) Light Force Enlightenment
"4096" - (13) Dark Force Enlightenment
"8192" - (14) Force Boon
"16384" - (15) Ysalamiri (Yellow Bubble, absorbs a force)
"32768" - (16) Invulnerability (Green Bubble, absorbs force & damage)

Keys:
"powerup" - useless key now
"time" - count in mms, alternative "wait" key

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I remember that it was fine supported...

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May 28, 2010 - 2:31pm
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iMp
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i dont see a problem with

i dont see a problem with powerup the way it is now
so far this seems good
i could like it by spawnflags

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May 28, 2010 - 4:27pm
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Actually, you have to place

Actually, you have to place for ex: 3 powerups to make a nice looking effect for some quest, but with this it could be done with only one entity.

And "powerup" key should stay as it is now, to not ruin the old entities placed on maps (unless robo do some system powerup -> spawnflags conversion)

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May 29, 2010 - 11:03pm
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John Preston
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You have not noticed a 2nd

<strong>2 iMp</strong>

You have not noticed a 2nd major thing: 16th powerup - green bubble of invulnerability.
And yes, as NikitaRus said - it could be more comfortable to use 1 entity for multiple effect.
Also, "wait" is not so good name for key... much worse than "time".

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May 30, 2010 - 1:58am
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lazyness, so far

lazyness, so far invulnerability one is not needed
just use /undying or /god
adding invulnerabilty powerup just fuck ups more gameplay

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May 30, 2010 - 9:06am
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John Preston
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2 iMp

You have forgotten to add "imho", isnt it?

So, if I want to give a temporary invulnerability to player before he goes into FFA zone, I should grant him god_mode everytime? Nice one, pal...

Sometimes, the power up is used not only by admin, yep.

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May 30, 2010 - 10:41am
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Khyron Jinn
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Given the logical entity

Given the logical entity system (that's in the current versions, right? I remember messing with it in the RPD server but don't remember if he actually implemented it in public release... anywhoooo), why not just place multiple powerups with the same targetname?

,spawnflags, would probably be more efficient, but don't replace ,powerup, with it. Just add them on so old powerups will still work.

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June 1, 2010 - 2:20am
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Alright, this won't take too
Status: Pending»Accepted

Alright, this won't take too much work, nor will it break anything.

Just FYI, the invulnerability power up hack was removed in 2.4.3, guess I have to re-add it later.

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June 1, 2010 - 11:10am
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John Preston
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2 RoboPhred

Good choice, thanks.
AFAIN, Green Bubble of Invulnerability is based on cvar - g_spawninvulnerability. Also, it is not a real god mode. You can be knocked down (melee kick) and get a hurt by falling down (and some other non-player damage). Probably you need not to hack this function... Can it be... hm... a cvar code adaptation for entity?

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June 2, 2010 - 1:42am
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delfin1
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ya as long as it's non

ya as long as it's non breaking and backwards compatible, why not ;d

Its making me miss flipside's utility XD.

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June 2, 2010 - 8:58pm
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RoboPhred
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I had previously added

I had previously added invulnerability to target_powerup, but removed it later on. Invulnerability does not use the powerup system, its a separate variable in the code such as the full body lightning and body shield effects. I will probably make a new entity to handle the many non-powerup player effects in the game (invulnerability, fall to death blackout, electrocution, and so forth).

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