posted 04-18-99 09:17 PM            

where is the fxn that deals out damage and adjusts your score?

as near as i can tell, its g_combat.c, in T_Damage(). i'm trying to make grenades friendlyfire by only running the FF check if mod!=(all the grenade-type MOD defines.) but this doens't seem to be working. no damage to teammates. :-(

(i run this check twice in this fxn, and then in another (i forget which one), i do a check to see if OnSameTeam(targ,attacker), and if so, subtract 5 from attacker score.

posted 04-19-99 01:11 AM            

Take the following with a mine of salt. I'm
pretty punchy right now, so I might have missed some obvious stuff. That said:

Yes, T_Damage is where I also think such checks would go. Make sure you
modify the code at the very top which does an immediate return if the
attacker is on the same team. Perhaps something like changing:

                  if (targ != attacker && targ->client && attacker->client &&
                         targ->client->resp.team == attacker->client->resp.team)
                          return;
which says to immediatly return if attacker and targ are two seperate clients
on the same team, to
                 if (targ != attacker && targ->client && attacker->client &&
                         (targ->client->resp.team == attacker->client->resp.team && mod != MOD_GRENADE))
                          return;
which qualifies that the weapon used was not a grenade. If it was a
grenade, pass it on down.

There are various other routines in there which check to see if targ and
attacker are on the same team, but I think most of them are wrapped around
in the if() test which checks to see if it is a bullet weapon being used.
Oh, and make sure you know that (targ->client) and (attacker->client)
is true before passing it on to OnSameTeam() -- that function doesn't
bother to do the checking it should and will core dump if you don't pass
it client entities.

posted 04-19-99 02:50 AM            

where can i find info on this stuff? is there a documented quake "API" or is this all just experience? for example- what exactly is an entity? where can i find the struct definition? what fxns are available to me for vector manipulation?

i suppose i just never happened across the appropriate web pages.

posted 04-19-99 04:43 PM            

I think an entity is pretty much any object in the Quake model -- walls, clients, bullets, etc. You can find most of the useful structures in g_local.h.

posted 04-23-99 05:19 PM            

only thing is, they get a frag for it, even killing their own team.

in g_combat.c, Killed()

// 990418.2145 dschin: if death by teammate, subtract 6
if(targ->client && attacker->client)

if(OnSameTeam(targ,attacker)){

attacker->client->resp.score-=6;

if(attacker->client->resp.score<-10)

cmd_Kick(attacker);
}


this code *seems* correct, but alas, people gain frags for killing roommates. :-(

oh, and the cmd_Kick() is a guess, but it compiles

(More) Help appreciated. Thanks a lot.

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[edited for layout]

posted 04-23-99 08:56 PM            

i think i got it. i just have to test it out. Theres code to adjust frag counts in p_client.c. If i add to ... i think its ClientObit() or something, near the end it adds frags, i just added a case for FF Grens.