[solved]how to make thrown weapons stay permanent?

[Dennis]

When a player toss a weapon using the ThrowWeapon command it drops to be picked up again but only for a set time then it disapears. I figure there is a timer of some sort that either needs to be disabled or a default property that needs to be set for the inventory item that is beeing dropped. I want tossed inventory to remain in the game until end or when picked up again. Any good ideas how to do this? I have been going through every actor from <actor> up the tree to the weapon itself but are not able to see where/how this time is set and where/how the item is destroyed()?

[OjitroC]

It is in the code for Actor -> Inventory (bTossedOut is when a weapon has been thrown out by a PlayerPawn)

Spoiler

// Pickup state: this inventory item is sitting on the ground.

auto state Pickup
{
singular function ZoneChange( ZoneInfo NewZone )
{
local float splashsize;
local actor splash;

if( NewZone.bWaterZone && !Region.Zone.bWaterZone )
{
splashSize = 0.000025 * Mass * (250 - 0.5 * Velocity.Z);
if ( NewZone.EntrySound != None )
PlaySound(NewZone.EntrySound, SLOT_Interact, splashSize);
if ( NewZone.EntryActor != None )
{
splash = Spawn(NewZone.EntryActor);
if ( splash != None )
splash.DrawScale = 2 * splashSize;
}
}
}

// Validate touch, and if valid trigger event.
function bool ValidTouch( actor Other )
{
local Actor A;

if( Other.bIsPawn && Pawn(Other).bIsPlayer && (Pawn(Other).Health > 0) && Level.Game.PickupQuery(Pawn(Other), self) )
{
if( Event != '' )
foreach AllActors( class 'Actor', A, Event )
A.Trigger( Other, Other.Instigator );
return true;
}
return false;
}

// When touched by an actor.
function Touch( actor Other )
{
// If touched by a player pawn, let him pick this up.
if( ValidTouch(Other) )
{
if (Level.Game.LocalLog != None)
Level.Game.LocalLog.LogPickup(Self, Pawn(Other));
if (Level.Game.WorldLog != None)
Level.Game.WorldLog.LogPickup(Self, Pawn(Other));
SpawnCopy(Pawn(Other));
if ( PickupMessageClass == None )
Pawn(Other).ClientMessage(PickupMessage, 'Pickup');
else
Pawn(Other).ReceiveLocalizedMessage( PickupMessageClass, 0, None, None, Self.Class );
PlaySound (PickupSound);
if ( Level.Game.Difficulty > 1 )
Other.MakeNoise(0.1 * Level.Game.Difficulty);
if ( Pawn(Other).MoveTarget == self )
Pawn(Other).MoveTimer = -1.0;
}
else if ( bTossedOut && (Other.Class == Class)
&& Inventory(Other).bTossedOut )
Destroy();
}

// Landed on ground.
function Landed(Vector HitNormal)
{
local rotator newRot;
newRot = Rotation;
newRot.pitch = 0;
netUpdateFrequency = Default.NetUpdateFrequency;
SetRotation(newRot);
SetTimer(2.0, false);
}

// Make sure no pawn already touching (while touch was disabled in sleep).
function CheckTouching()
{
local int i;

bSleepTouch = false;
for ( i=0; i<4; i++ )
if ( (Touching != None) && Touching.IsA('Pawn') )
Touch(Touching);
}

function Timer()
{
if ( RemoteRole != ROLE_SimulatedProxy )
{
NetPriority = 1.4;
RemoteRole = ROLE_SimulatedProxy;
if ( bHeldItem )
{
if ( bTossedOut )
SetTimer(15.0, false);
else
SetTimer(40.0, false);
}
return;
}

if ( bHeldItem )
{
if ( (FRand() < 0.1) || !PlayerCanSeeMe() )
Destroy();
else
SetTimer(3.0, true);
}
}

function BeginState()
{
BecomePickup();
bCollideWorld = true;
if ( bHeldItem )
SetTimer(30, false);
else if ( Level.bStartup )
{
bAlwaysRelevant = true;
NetUpdateFrequency = 8;
}
}

function EndState()
{
bCollideWorld = false;
bSleepTouch = false;
}

Begin:
BecomePickup();
if ( bRotatingPickup && (Physics != PHYS_Falling) )
SetPhysics(PHYS_Rotating);

Dropped:
if( bAmbientGlow )
AmbientGlow=255;
if( bSleepTouch )
CheckTouching();
}

The UnCodex at https://www.madrixis.de/undox/overview.html is good to use when looking for this kind of thing.

[sektor2111]

And bHeldItem is involved too - actually in my works I did exactly a sort of clone for said timer due to fixes applied, because... they were too many spread on the ground at a moment, just stacking actors and even being thrown in a damage zone where Bots were permanently jumping for them, dying, dropping other weapons, then trying to get new dropped ones too and so on...

[Dennis]

It is in the code for Actor -> Inventory (bTossedOut is when a weapon has been thrown out by a PlayerPawn)

Spoiler

// Pickup state: this inventory item is sitting on the ground.

auto state Pickup
{
singular function ZoneChange( ZoneInfo NewZone )
{
local float splashsize;
local actor splash;

if( NewZone.bWaterZone && !Region.Zone.bWaterZone )
{
splashSize = 0.000025 * Mass * (250 - 0.5 * Velocity.Z);
if ( NewZone.EntrySound != None )
PlaySound(NewZone.EntrySound, SLOT_Interact, splashSize);
if ( NewZone.EntryActor != None )
{
splash = Spawn(NewZone.EntryActor);
if ( splash != None )
splash.DrawScale = 2 * splashSize;
}
}
}

// Validate touch, and if valid trigger event.
function bool ValidTouch( actor Other )
{
local Actor A;

if( Other.bIsPawn && Pawn(Other).bIsPlayer && (Pawn(Other).Health > 0) && Level.Game.PickupQuery(Pawn(Other), self) )
{
if( Event != '' )
foreach AllActors( class 'Actor', A, Event )
A.Trigger( Other, Other.Instigator );
return true;
}
return false;
}

// When touched by an actor.
function Touch( actor Other )
{
// If touched by a player pawn, let him pick this up.
if( ValidTouch(Other) )
{
if (Level.Game.LocalLog != None)
Level.Game.LocalLog.LogPickup(Self, Pawn(Other));
if (Level.Game.WorldLog != None)
Level.Game.WorldLog.LogPickup(Self, Pawn(Other));
SpawnCopy(Pawn(Other));
if ( PickupMessageClass == None )
Pawn(Other).ClientMessage(PickupMessage, 'Pickup');
else
Pawn(Other).ReceiveLocalizedMessage( PickupMessageClass, 0, None, None, Self.Class );
PlaySound (PickupSound);
if ( Level.Game.Difficulty > 1 )
Other.MakeNoise(0.1 * Level.Game.Difficulty);
if ( Pawn(Other).MoveTarget == self )
Pawn(Other).MoveTimer = -1.0;
}
else if ( bTossedOut && (Other.Class == Class)
&& Inventory(Other).bTossedOut )
Destroy();
}

// Landed on ground.
function Landed(Vector HitNormal)
{
local rotator newRot;
newRot = Rotation;
newRot.pitch = 0;
netUpdateFrequency = Default.NetUpdateFrequency;
SetRotation(newRot);
SetTimer(2.0, false);
}

// Make sure no pawn already touching (while touch was disabled in sleep).
function CheckTouching()
{
local int i;

bSleepTouch = false;
for ( i=0; i<4; i++ )
if ( (Touching != None) && Touching.IsA('Pawn') )
Touch(Touching);
}

function Timer()
{
if ( RemoteRole != ROLE_SimulatedProxy )
{
NetPriority = 1.4;
RemoteRole = ROLE_SimulatedProxy;
if ( bHeldItem )
{
if ( bTossedOut )
SetTimer(15.0, false);
else
SetTimer(40.0, false);
}
return;
}

if ( bHeldItem )
{
if ( (FRand() < 0.1) || !PlayerCanSeeMe() )
Destroy();
else
SetTimer(3.0, true);
}
}

function BeginState()
{
BecomePickup();
bCollideWorld = true;
if ( bHeldItem )
SetTimer(30, false);
else if ( Level.bStartup )
{
bAlwaysRelevant = true;
NetUpdateFrequency = 8;
}
}

function EndState()
{
bCollideWorld = false;
bSleepTouch = false;
}

Begin:
BecomePickup();
if ( bRotatingPickup && (Physics != PHYS_Falling) )
SetPhysics(PHYS_Rotating);

Dropped:
if( bAmbientGlow )
AmbientGlow=255;
if( bSleepTouch )
CheckTouching();
}

The UnCodex at https://www.madrixis.de/undox/overview.html is good to use when looking for this kind of thing.

Thank you! I must have gone blind scanning the code because I went right pass that Timer function. very easy fix to just comment out the Destroy() call like this:

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function Timer()
{
if ( RemoteRole != ROLE_SimulatedProxy )
{
NetPriority = 1.4;
RemoteRole = ROLE_SimulatedProxy;
if ( bHeldItem )
{
if ( bTossedOut )
SetTimer(15.0, false);
else
SetTimer(40.0, false);
}
return;
}

/* if ( bHeldItem )
{
if ( (FRand() < 0.1) || !PlayerCanSeeMe() )
Destroy();
else
SetTimer(3.0, true);
}*/
}

[Barbie]

The UnCodex at https://www.madrixis.de/undox/overview.html is good to use when looking for this kind of thing.

If you link to https://www.madrixis.de/undox/ you'll get the navigation frames, too.

[Buggie]

You can make Mutator, which once per second walk over all Weapons and set bTossedOut to false for each.
This must be enough for make all tossed weapons permanent. And no need modify code, so it compatible with any weapon.

Someone can even implement such thing on own server...